Tracking a network print job

[jamccor]

I work in a school district with XP Pro clients.Most of our laser printers use ip printing. My question is: Is there any way to track a print job that prints out on an employees printer? She didnt print it and she is the only one mapped to it.Yet anybody (students included) can print if they now the ip address of that printer.Im curious if there are any utilities to track the print job to a specific mac or pc ip addrsss.
Thanks
John

 

[bcastner]

See if the printer supports a "banner page" option. This would show the information you requested.

 

[linney]

See what's here.

http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?ie=UTF-8&q="print+tracking+software"+free&qt_s=Search+Groups

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...t+tracking+software"+free+windows&btnG=Search

http://digitalmass.boston.com/news/globe_tech/upgrade/2002/0617.html

The above link may be too old now but I quote from it and include the heading in case you want to search for it.

In 'War Room,' they have ways of making a PC talk
By Hiawatha Bray, 06/17/02

"Ever type up a quick note, print it out, then delete the file? Too bad you forgot the spool file, created when you tell your computer to print something. It's a separate copy of the document, used by the operating system to feed the printer. Once the printing's done, the operating system "deletes" the spool file. But we know what that's worth.

So does Farwell. Last fall, he worked a case where an employee had printed out dozens of confidential documents, and carried them along when he jumped to another firm. The guy deleted the documents from the hard drive, but missed the spool files. Farwell found a year's worth of printouts on the suspect's computer, including the illicit files.

 

[jamccor]

Unfortunately,it doesnt support banner pages

 

[jamccor]

Im going to try the Sepia tracking software. Thanks for the links linney!