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Monitoring printers and printer queues automatically

Monitoring printers and printer queues automatically

Printer filters display only the printers, printer queues, and printer drivers that meet specific criteria. Through automated notification, you can use printer filters to automate monitoring of printers.

In Print Management, you can view existing filters by expanding the Custom Filters node. If you expand the Custom Filters node and then select a filter, the main pane shows all printers or print drivers that match the filter criteria. Print Management includes the following default printer filters:

? All Printers Lists all printers associated with print servers that have been added to the console

? All Drivers Lists all printer drivers associated with print servers that have been added to the console

? Printers Not Ready Lists all printers that are not in a Ready state, such as those with errors

? Printers With Jobs Lists all printers associated with print servers that have active or pending print jobs

You can create a new custom filter by follow these steps:

1. In Print Management, press and hold or right-click the Custom Filters node, and then tap or click Add New Printer Filter to start the New Printer Filter Wizard.

2. On the Printer Filter Name And Description page, enter a filter name and description. If you’d like the number of matching items to be displayed after the filter name, select the Display The Total Number Of Printers check box. Tap or click Next.

3. On the Define A Filter page, define the filter by specifying the text box, condition, and value to match in the first row. If you want to further narrow the possible matches, define additional criteria in the second, third, and subsequent rows. Tap or click Next when you are ready to continue.

NOTE When you use filters for monitoring and notification, you use the Queue Status text box the most. This text box enables you to receive a notification when a printer has a specific status. You can match the following status values: Attention Required, Busy, Deleting, Door Open, error, Initializing, IO Active, Manual Feed Required, No Toner Ink, Not Available, Offline, Out of Memory, Out of Paper, Output Bin Full, Page Punt, Paper Jam, Paper Problem, Paused, Printing, Processing, Ready, Toner Ink Low, Waiting, and Warming Up.

TIP When you are matching conditions in a filter, you can match an exact condition that does exist or one that does not exist. For example, if you want to be notified only of conditions that need attention, you can look for Queue Status conditions that are not exactly the following: Deleting, Initializing, IO Active, Printing, Processing, Waiting, Warming Up, and Ready.

4. On the Set Notifications (Optional) page, you can specify whether to send an email message, run a script, or take both actions when the specified criteria are met. Tap or click Finish to complete the configuration.

You can modify an existing custom filter by following these steps:

1. In Print Management, expand the Custom Filters node. Select and then press and hold or right-click the filter with which you want to work. On the shortcut menu, tap or click Properties.

2. In the filter’s Properties dialog box, use the options provided to manage the filter settings. This dialog box has the following three tabs:

? General Shows the name and description of the printer filter. Enter a new name and description as necessary.

? Filter Criteria Shows the filter criteria. Enter new filter criteria as necessary.

? Notification Shows the email and script options. Enter new email and script options as necessary.

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