Online Demo - Print Tracking - Users Print to the Shared Printers on Windows Print Server (\\Printserver\Printer)

On user's computer,  the format of the printer name in "Devices and Printers" is like "printer-name on print-server-name" (for example, Lexmark X125 on PrintServer2).

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Step 1. Download and extract the 30-day trial version of Print Job Manager, then double-click PrinterAdmin Print Job Manager.msi to install Print Job Manager.

Step 2: In this demo, Print Job Manager is installed on \\PrintServer with three shared printers: TOSHIBA e-STUDIO4520C Series PCL6, Canon iR2200-3300 PCL6, and HP LaserJet 5000 Series PS.

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Step 3. Click Start -> All Programs -> PrinterAdmin Software -> Print Job Manager to run Print Job Manager.

Step 4. In Preferences -> Printers, add the printers you want to monitor in the list of "Available Local/Network Printers" to the list of "Monitored Printers", click Save, and then click Exit.

Step 5. All print jobs sent to these shared printers will be tracked in Print Job Manager -> Printed Jobs.

print control tool

Step 6. Follow "Create, View and Email Printer Usage Report".

 

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