A file containing a set of attribute values that describe the data stream for a printer. Before a print job can be placed in a queue, a virtual printer definition must exist for both the print queue a [..]

is a file that contains attribute values that describe the data stream for a particular printer. This virtual printer definition must exist for the print queue to work properly.

A virtual printer is a printer driver that resembles the functionalities of a physical printer, but is not actually associated with one. Instead, a virtual printer sends its output to a file, normally [..]