LANSPool was network printer administration software developed by

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. The package was designed specifically for the Novell NetWare network operating system. The software allowed users to share

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and faxes and for administrators to modify LAN printing operations. The software takes its name from the

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for

local area network A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university campus or office building. By contrast, a wide area network (WAN) not only covers a larger ...

(LAN) and the

spooling In computing, spooling is a specialized form of multi-programming for the purpose of copying data between different devices. In contemporary systems, it is usually used for mediating between a computer application and a slow peripheral, such as ...

technique by which computers send information to slow peripherals such as printers. In March 1992,

announced that users of version 3.01 of the software might be at risk from the Michelangelo virus as the manufacturer had found the virus on master copies of the 5¼-inch floppy disksbr>

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