BrSpl service

[Stan Brown]

In Win XP Pro SP2, I've been looking at some services in services.msc
that I can live without, so as to peed up boot time.

One question mark is BrSpl. There's no description in services.msc,
and no dependencies are listed. I googled for "BrSpl service", and
all I found was a statement "I suspect BrSpl is the Brother print
spool service. I normally leave this turned off." The suspicion is
plausible, since my printer is a Brother.

Can anyone confirm that BrSpl is the Brother print spool service; and
if so, what are the implications of turning it off?

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?"
"My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters."
"The waters? What waters? We're in the desert."
"I was misinformed."

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Stan,

Googling brspl+brother sure seems to indicate that this is a correct
assumption. Is it needed? Does the printer respond correctly if the service
is disabled?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Stan Brown]

On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 06:23:48 -0400 in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Rick "Nutcase" Rogers favored
us with...

Googling brspl+brother sure seems to indicate that this is a correct
assumption. Is it needed? Does the printer respond correctly if the service
is disabled?

Well, that's the question. I suppose the logical thing to do is
just to try it, but to be honest I'm reluctant to do that without
some assurances up front. So many changes in Windows seem to have
unexpected consequences, particularly ones that are not clearly
related to the change that was made.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"To put it bluntly but fairly, anyone today who doubts that the
variety of life on this planet was produced by a process of
evolution is simply ignorant -- inexcusably ignorant, in a world
where three out of four people have learned to read and write."
--Daniel Dennett, /Darwin's Dangerous Idea/ (1995), page 46

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Stan,

It's not a system-dependent service, so the worst thing that can happen is
that the printer doesn't work. Reversing the steps would correct it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Stan Brown]

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:34:15 -0400 in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Rick "Nutcase" Rogers favored
us with...

It's not a system-dependent service, so the worst thing that can happen is
that the printer doesn't work. Reversing the steps would correct it.

Highly weird. I stopped the BrSpl service, and tried printing an
article through my newsreader software. It printed, no problem.

Then I unplugged the printer and tried another print. It queued up.
When I plugged in the printer, the article printed without any
intervention from me.

So now the question is, what the heck does that service do?
I've changed it to "Manual" from "Automatic" and will see if I
notice anything different.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"To put it bluntly but fairly, anyone today who doubts that the
variety of life on this planet was produced by a process of
evolution is simply ignorant -- inexcusably ignorant, in a world
where three out of four people have learned to read and write."
--Daniel Dennett, /Darwin's Dangerous Idea/ (1995), page 46

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Probably something that just monitors for updates. Not at all unusual.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Stan Brown]

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:19:20 -0400 in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Rick "Nutcase" Rogers favored
us with...

Probably something that just monitors for updates. Not at all unusual.

That's a reasonable suggestion -- thanks!

<rant>
Why won't software makers _tell_ us what they're installing? True,
99% of people don't care, but how much would it take for those 1%
to add an item to the help file, listing the autorun services and
programs and their purpose.
</rant>

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
A: Maybe because some people are too annoyed by top-posting.
Q: Why do I not get an answer to my question(s)?
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read
text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

 

[Stan Brown]

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:49:45 -0500 in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Admiral Michael favored us
with...

Try doing a two-sided page. I tried something similiar with my brother
laser printer and while it printed, two-sided printing didnt work. The
popup didnt show asking to flip the page.

Worked for me, and I verified BrSpl is still turned off.

(Remember I've got a Brother HL-5150D, so duplexing is automatic.)

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"To put it bluntly but fairly, anyone today who doubts that the
variety of life on this planet was produced by a process of
evolution is simply ignorant -- inexcusably ignorant, in a world
where three out of four people have learned to read and write."
--Daniel Dennett, /Darwin's Dangerous Idea/ (1995), page 46

 

[Stan Brown]

Worked for me, and I verified BrSpl is still turned off.
(Remember I've got a Brother HL-5150D, so duplexing is automatic.)

For the record, I've finally found one effect of turning off the
BrSpl service with the Brother HL-5150D printer, and I'm documenting
it here to help the next person who searches. While ordinary
duplexing works fine with BrSpl service turned off, booklet printing
doesn't work. The pages come out duplexed in normal order and at
normal size, where they should come out half size, rotated 90
degrees, and in booklet order.

This morning was the first time since before 21 Sep that I tried
booklet printing, and I couldn't imagine why it didn't work. (There
was, of course, no error message of any kind.) I finally removed and
reinstalled the printer, and still couldn't make a booklet. Finally I
remembered turning off BrSpl because it had no (apparent) effect; I
turned it back on and it was fine.

Boo on Brother for not documenting this service. Boo also for not
having the driver turn it on wen needed -- I hadn't disabled the
service, just changed it from Automatic to Manual.

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