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Monitor activity for TCP/IP printer

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by vlad_corneliu

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I have a Minolta 2200 color laserjet network printer. How can I monitor the activity of the printer? I mean I want to view who printed which document or file and when. I know it is possible to configure this from 'Printers/Server Properties' but is uncomfortable to view those logs from Event Viewer. Is it other way (make a different folder, not System log, a free software or anything else) for make my life easier?

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by joseph moore

The best solution is to get another Event Viewer analyzier that is a little easier to use. Try Event Analyst. It parses, filters and sorts any/all Event Viewer logs any way you want. You can export the filtered list to a text file, an Access database, over an ODBC connection to send to a database server, or as an HTML document. Then, you can create a filter on event id 10, which is the Print event.

by joseph moore

Oh, I forgot a couple of things.
1) you can get the 30-day trial of this app from www.download.com or go to the manufacturer's web site at http://www.doriansoft.com

2) There is a template report that lists total Print Jobs by User. You get the user name, the total MB printed by the user, the total print jobs and total pages printed, the first print job date/time and the last print job date/time.

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