Comparing the Client Side Monitoring and Server Side Monitoring Modes
| - | Client Side Monitoring | Server Side Monitoring |
| Print job interception | Client computer | Print server |
| Installing the monitoring agent on every client computer | Yes | No |
| Reconfiguring the existing printing infrastructure | No | Yes |
| Getting document images | Yes | Yes |
| Getting the name of the process the print job was created in | Yes | Yes |
| Exact information about the number of printed pages and other job properties | Yes | Yes |
You can see from the table that both modes are the same concerning the features and differ only in the way they are installed, configured and run. Each administrator must choose the variant that suits his network best. Keep in mind that you can combine both methods for a more flexible approach to the problem of the application configuration.
