Print Buffer (Noun)
Meaning
A buffer that stores data until the printer is ready.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- When the printer is offline, the computer stores the printing job in a print buffer until it becomes available.
- The print buffer was designed to allow multiple documents to be spooled and then printed in the order they were received.
- The printer had a large print buffer which could store and execute print jobs for up to 300 pages.
- A print buffer is typically used to temporarily store the data that will be printed, after which it is deleted by the system.
- The capacity of the print buffer depends on the amount of available memory allocated for this function.