Thursday, July 16, 2009

Re: Print Manager

Print Manager Plus has this feature. You can get the same control
over local (USB) printers that you have over network printers. See http://www.softwareshelf.com
.

Christopher
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Christopher Butler
Director of Information Services
St. John's Preparatory School
http://www.stjohnsprep.org


On Jul 16, 2009, at 3:55 PM, Renee Ramig wrote:

> Does anyone know if there is a plug-in, snap-in, add-on, or whatever
> Microsoft wants to call it that will allow me to install on a computer
> on my network that has a local (usb) printer attached to it, so I can
> monitor usage?
>
> I have five users (all in admin) that have their printer attached via
> USB. (The main reason, was the network went down once two years ago,
> and
> they couldn't print for a couple of days. They also wanted to make
> sure
> they were the only ones that could access and print to their
> printers.)
>
> I use Print Manager to know when to order ink, and also if I see one
> offline for an extended period of time, I send my tech guy to take a
> look. Five of my key admins want this same service, but they are not
> ready to get connected via Ethernet.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Renee Ramig
> Seven Hills School
>
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