Tektronix Phasershare Printer manual Printer Management, Job accounting, 127

Chapter

13 Printer Management

Job accounting

The printer can store information about jobs printed. The information, in the form of a log file, is stored either in the printer’s memory or on a hard disk, if one is connected to the printer. If the log file is stored in the printer’s memory, it is lost when the printer is reset; therefore, it is recommended that a hard disk be used with this job accounting feature.

The log file is a list of job accounting records stored by the printer. Each record contains fields such as user name, job name, pages printed, job times, and toner used. Not all fields are supported by all printers. For details, refer to the PhaserShare Administrator or PhaserLink Printer Management Software on-line help.

The actual job accounting values reported vary depending on the protocol and print command used when each job was printed. For example, using NPRINT over NetWare provides the printer with the most information about the job being printed. When using Windows and NetWare, the job name is often LST: or LST:BANNER. Other jobs from other ports may provide even less information about the job.

Job accounting is available through the PhaserShare Administrator and PhaserLink Printer Management Software. See the next topic, “Job accounting: PhaserShare Administrator” and “Job accounting: PhaserLink Printer Management Software” on page 128.

Job accounting: PhaserShare Administrator

1.Display the Job Display tab:

a.In the Main window, click Configure Printer; this displays the Configure Printer dialog box.

b.In the Configure Printer dialog box, click Job Display; this displays the Job Display tab.

2.When the Job Display tab is first displayed, the job summary list is empty and the Total Number of Jobs field reports the number of jobs stored by the printer. To get job information, click Get Jobs.

For complete information on PhaserShare Administrator job accounting, including clearing job information, exporting job information to a file, and job accounting file formats, see the PhaserShare Administrator on-line help.

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