If you create large print files on a Windows network, you can improve performance by making sure they are written to the local workstation rather than to the server. As in the example above, the recommended practice is to define a special device (call it TMP0: or PRT0: or LOC0: ) which points to the local workstation (C: drive). This works best in applications that already have a configuration option to specify the logical device were particular classes of files, such as print files, get written.