Folks:


I have a Print Server that provides service for 25 network printers and 100
users.

For every print job that passes through the print server I would like to
capture as much statistical information (about THAT print job) as possible.
For example, I am interested in: USER, TIME, DATE, # PAGES, ETC, ETC,
ETC. How best can I accomplish this goal ?

* Is there a DOS command (or VB script, Jscript) that I can use to
capture this type of information for each print job ?
* Would the existence of Active Directory provide any assistance towards
achieving my goal of gathering data for each print job crossing the print
server ?
*

My goal is to archive this information to a database/spreadsheet for
later analysis.




Thanks,
John.

This product seems to do what you need. I am sure there are others.
http://www.prnwatch.com/
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"JohnNews" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Folks:
>
>
> I have a Print Server that provides service for 25 network printers and
100
> users.
>
> For every print job that passes through the print server I would like to
> capture as much statistical information (about THAT print job) as
possible.
> For example, I am interested in: USER, TIME, DATE, # PAGES, ETC,
ETC,
> ETC. How best can I accomplish this goal ?
>
> * Is there a DOS command (or VB script, Jscript) that I can use to
> capture this type of information for each print job ?
> * Would the existence of Active Directory provide any assistance
towards
> achieving my goal of gathering data for each print job crossing the print
> server ?
> *
>
> My goal is to archive this information to a database/spreadsheet for
> later analysis.
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> John.
>
>
>
>

Auditing may also give him enough info.

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"Jeff Richards" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> This product seems to do what you need. I am sure there are others.
> http://www.prnwatch.com/
> --
> Jeff Richards
> MS MVP W95/W98
> "JohnNews" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Folks:
> >
> >
> > I have a Print Server that provides service for 25 network printers and
> 100
> > users.
> >
> > For every print job that passes through the print server I would like to
> > capture as much statistical information (about THAT print job) as
> possible.
> > For example, I am interested in: USER, TIME, DATE, # PAGES, ETC,
> ETC,
> > ETC. How best can I accomplish this goal ?
> >
> > * Is there a DOS command (or VB script, Jscript) that I can use to
> > capture this type of information for each print job ?
> > * Would the existence of Active Directory provide any assistance
> towards
> > achieving my goal of gathering data for each print job crossing the print
> > server ?
> > *
> >
> > My goal is to archive this information to a database/spreadsheet for
> > later analysis.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

JohnNews wrote:

> Folks:
>
>
> I have a Print Server that provides service for 25 network printers and 100
> users.

How could that have anything even remotely to do with Windows Millenium
Edition OS ? Hire a support tech.

>
> For every print job that passes through the print server I would like to
> capture as much statistical information (about THAT print job) as possible.
> For example, I am interested in: USER, TIME, DATE, # PAGES, ETC, ETC,
> ETC. How best can I accomplish this goal ?

By RTFMing on your print server software ?


Rick

Turn On your Print logging so that the EventLog captures as much printing
information as possible. When you have enough info for a certain period,
save the EventLog as a text file (comma delimited or tab delimited) & then
sort it.

To sort it, I feed it through a Perl script.

Albert C. Pang
Klohn Crippen

"JohnNews" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Folks:
>
>
> I have a Print Server that provides service for 25 network printers and
100
> users.
>
> For every print job that passes through the print server I would like to
> capture as much statistical information (about THAT print job) as
possible.
> For example, I am interested in: USER, TIME, DATE, # PAGES, ETC,
ETC,
> ETC. How best can I accomplish this goal ?
>
> * Is there a DOS command (or VB script, Jscript) that I can use to
> capture this type of information for each print job ?
> * Would the existence of Active Directory provide any assistance
towards
> achieving my goal of gathering data for each print job crossing the print
> server ?
> *
>
> My goal is to archive this information to a database/spreadsheet for
> later analysis.
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> John.
>
>
>
>

[posted and mailed]

Take a look at:
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptprnlog.asp

Brian Smither
Smither Consulting

"JohnNews" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> For every print job that passes through the print server I would like
> to capture as much statistical information (about THAT print job) as
> possible.


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