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| Thread ID: 91476 | 2008-07-08 08:22:00 | Counter for printer commands | Slim (4633) | Press F1 |
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| 686523 | 2008-07-08 08:22:00 | Is there any free utility counter that can be used to count the number of times a print command is sent to my MFC. I wish to count the number of pages printed of a period of time. Counting the paper in machine does not work as frequently paper is re-inserted. | Slim (4633) | ||
| 686524 | 2008-07-08 08:42:00 | Have you checked the manual for your printer to see if it already has an option to do a page printed count? | Jen (38) | ||
| 686525 | 2008-07-08 09:06:00 | Good thought Jen. Just checked manual, nothing there. Epson CX8300. | Slim (4633) | ||
| 686526 | 2008-07-08 09:18:00 | A bit rough & ready ... but my printer logs an event to the System Log every time I print. eg. Event Type: Information Event Source: Print Event Category: None Event ID: 10 Date: 6/07/2008 Time: 8:50:41 p.m. User: ... Computer: ... Description: Document 3, Book1 owned by ... was printed on Brother HL-2040 series via port USB001. Size in bytes: 732736; pages printed: 1 ... What you could then do is set up a filter on the event log for your date/time range, and filter it on "Event Source = Print", "Event ID = 10" Make sense? |
dyewitness (9398) | ||
| 686527 | 2008-07-08 10:23:00 | My CX8300 Epson does not appear to have a system log. | Slim (4633) | ||
| 686528 | 2008-07-08 11:25:00 | The system log is part of the OS. For XP you can find this by going Control Panel > Admin Tools > Event Viewer > System. | Jen (38) | ||
| 686529 | 2008-07-08 23:21:00 | Thanks Jen. Events are coded in numbers. Appears to be Error logs only in Event veiwer. System is XP SP3 |
Slim (4633) | ||
| 686530 | 2008-07-09 02:17:00 | Ok, sounds like you may not have print information logging enabled. Follow the instructions in this article: www.microsoft.com Then try the System event log filtering technique in my other post to just show the print events for your desired date range. |
dyewitness (9398) | ||
| 686531 | 2008-07-09 03:15:00 | Many thanks dyewitness. Have sussed it out and have Print enabled, tried one print and it logged. | Slim (4633) | ||
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