Printer Management

[jobyk]

Hi Friends

I have a client who uses a HP laserjet Network Printer. It has been installed as network printer not through any port of the Computer. We need to develop a software whicch will access the queue of the print server and store that details and at the end of the day generate a report on number of copies printed user wise. The printer is installed on a NT server. In the network majority of them rae on 98, some are on 2k and others are on XP.

I have no clue about going for this project. Could pl. help me by giving some tips.

Thanks in advance
Joby

 

[paulbent]

NT 4 Server has a facility for auditing printers which may suffice. It's configured in Print Manager. Open the printer window, select Properties from the Print menu and then the Security tab.

The info is written to the Security Event Log which you can access with API functions or WMI called from a VB exe. There's a link to a code sample at:

http://gethelp.devx.com/techtips/nt_pro/10_minute_solutions/10minNT0201.asp

Paul Bent
Northwind IT Systems

http://www.northwindit.co.uk