Case 1
Case description:
- Administrator computer 192.168.0.1
- Workstation 192.168.0.2
- Workstation 192.168.0.3
- All computers are connected to one network
- Printers:
- At 192.168.0.3:
- Desktop printer physically connected to the computer and shared for network access (\\192.168.0.3\SharedPrinter).
I.e. this printer is a shared printer
- Desktop printer physically connected to the computer and shared for network access (\\192.168.0.3\SharedPrinter).
- At 192.168.0.2:
- Desktop printer physically connected to the computer (Printer1)
- Printer (Printer2) connected to the shared printer \\192.168.0.3\SharedPrinter
- At 192.168.0.3:
Task:
- implement the system of monitoring print jobs
Solution:
- The best way to solve this problem is to install agents on both workstations and enable the Client Side Monitoring mode on them. As a result, print jobs will be monitored on each of the computers at the moment what the jobs are sent to the printer.
