[SOLVED] Print Server Monitoring

[mrallanson]

I am trying to find a program that will allow a teacher to monitor printouts that are going to a network printer in her classroom. She needs to know who is doing the printing. The printer is on a print server. A Google search really didn't turn up anything for me. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Mtop]

The printer may have a que history or such. It may help if you let everyone know the Manufacturer and Model number of the printer. Is it connecter to a a router or such as that may have info as well.

Is it from offsite or local?

 

[mrallanson]

It's an HP Enterprise M507. It's in the teacher's classroom.

 

[Mtop]

Nice printer!
Ther are so many pages and this printer has so many options.
I recommend you ask this question on the site below. It may already have internals to show sender but manual can help you set and secure.
https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-laserjet-enterprise-m507-series/19203918/manuals

 

[Ralston18]

Agreeing with @Mtop.

HP tends to refer to "Print Jobs" and "queue" not so much.

The manual is indeed lengthy. At least download and save a copy of the M507's manual on the teacher's computer. Place a Desktop shortcut link to the .pdf file to make the manual easily accessible. Likely to come in handy.

As for the queue/printouts...

Again on the teacher's computer enter "Printers and scanners" into the "Type here to search box".

The M507 printer should be listed.

Click the printer.

The click Open queue.

A window should appear showing

Document Name
Status
Owner
Pages
Size
Submitted
Port

Note: "Submitted can be sorted in ascending or descending order".

Leave the window open or minimize as necessary. A second monitor can make it easy to observe incoming print jobs.