Print job log

[Anthony_St]

We have a Laserjet 200 network printer in the office and lately someone has been printing large jobs and not picking them up (intentionally).  I was wondering if there was a way to view the print log to see which computer sent the print jobs ?

[Dragon-Fur]

@Anthony_St

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@Anthony_St wrote:

We have a Laserjet 200 network printer in the office and lately someone has been printing large jobs and not picking them up (intentionally).  I was wondering if there was a way to view the print log to see which computer sent the print jobs ?

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The answer is "maybe".

Ideas...

Print Queue Management - Set up "Save a print job to reprint later"

In general, you set up the method to keep the jobs in the queue ahead of time.  This method requires that your user base (those people submitting print jobs) do not sabotage the print queue by removing entries -- this is a matter determined by Policy in your workplace.  (In other words, you must have a modicum of control over what people are doing).

Dragon Document 

Reprint a print job – save a job for reprinting later

Track print jobs in Event Viewer

How you track down the print job action depends on how your software reports the incident in the Event Viewer, whether you have remote access to the computer(s) in your work group, and your skill level in garnering the information you seek (manual look-and-see or write a script to gather the reports).

For example,

Enable the job log:

Windows key + X > Event Viewer

Event Viewer > Applications and Services Logs > Microsoft > Windows > 

Scroll down > PrintService > Right-Click Operational > Enable Log

Check the log for activity:

Open the Event Viewer on the computer (from which the job was submitted

Open Applications and Services Logs > Microsoft > Windows >

scroll down, down > PrintService > Operational 

Check for print jobs:

Sort the columns by "Task Category" > scroll down to items named "Printing a document"

Click on each job to see the details on that job (name of system and UserID)

Check the log for documents / print jobs removed from the queue

Sort the columns by "Task Category" > scroll down to items named "Deleting a document"

Click on each job to see the details on that job (name of system and UserID)

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