Monitoring printer - help !
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Hello ! I need to create application that will monitor printer and save backup of every document that is printed on that printer ... It's enough to be in plain text. Printer is connected to a computer and is shared via LAN. Computer is running Windows XP. Is it possible ? Could you give me some advice, what to use, where and what to read :)
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Hello ! I need to create application that will monitor printer and save backup of every document that is printed on that printer ... It's enough to be in plain text. Printer is connected to a computer and is shared via LAN. Computer is running Windows XP. Is it possible ? Could you give me some advice, what to use, where and what to read :)
You could have a look if these classes would help: - PrintServer Class[^] - PrintQueue Class[^] - PrintSystemJobInfo Class[^]
The need to optimize rises from a bad design.My articles[^]
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Hello ! I need to create application that will monitor printer and save backup of every document that is printed on that printer ... It's enough to be in plain text. Printer is connected to a computer and is shared via LAN. Computer is running Windows XP. Is it possible ? Could you give me some advice, what to use, where and what to read :)
From your question, it looks like you want to monitor all printjobs that go to the network-printer. Printers have their own methods of caching pages that need to be printed, and it depends on the driver of the printer that the vendor supplied. Lastly, a warning; you should check with a lawyer before peeking into other people's documents. Let me add that I'd sue your ass off, if I found out that you're reading my print-outs :-D If you're just spending too much money on ink on that printer, then try and find a network-admin who can setup some cover-sheets and permissions. Hope this helps,
I are troll :)
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You could have a look if these classes would help: - PrintServer Class[^] - PrintQueue Class[^] - PrintSystemJobInfo Class[^]
The need to optimize rises from a bad design.My articles[^]
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From your question, it looks like you want to monitor all printjobs that go to the network-printer. Printers have their own methods of caching pages that need to be printed, and it depends on the driver of the printer that the vendor supplied. Lastly, a warning; you should check with a lawyer before peeking into other people's documents. Let me add that I'd sue your ass off, if I found out that you're reading my print-outs :-D If you're just spending too much money on ink on that printer, then try and find a network-admin who can setup some cover-sheets and permissions. Hope this helps,
I are troll :)
hehe thanks for advice :) But that's now the case, because that printer is in the school and students shouldn't print anything on it, but we allow them ... And because of that they don't have any grantee that this document won't be seen by somebody else ... Printing on that printer is just like posting your document online so that everyone can see it ...
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hehe thanks for advice :) But that's now the case, because that printer is in the school and students shouldn't print anything on it, but we allow them ... And because of that they don't have any grantee that this document won't be seen by somebody else ... Printing on that printer is just like posting your document online so that everyone can see it ...