print spooler

noun

, Computers.

1. a program that sequences printing jobs by temporarily storing data in a buffer and processing the jobs sequentially.

Example Sentences

CISA’s alert required emergency action by civilian executive branch agencies, including stopping and disabling the print spooler service before midnight on Thursday morning.

From Washington Times

As if an actively exploited critical flaw in the Windows Print Spooler that can allow someone to take over your computer remotely isn’t bad enough, some people who installed Microsoft’s security patch found out that the connection to their printer stopped working.

From The Verge

And it affects the Windows Print Spooler, software that manages printing, controlling the order in which print jobs from computers in an office are put in a queue, for example.

From BBC

Microsoft has started rolling out an emergency Windows patch to address a critical flaw in the Windows Print Spooler service.

From The Verge

As the Print Spooler service runs by default on Windows, Microsoft has had to issue patches for Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and a variety of supported versions of Windows 10.

From The Verge