[WEB4LIB] Printer auditing software

[Robin Zalben]

We do use Pcounter with NT (Windows 2000 Server and Windows 98 machines).
it works well for us.  

For the security minded, it does show you the names of every document
printed (but you can delete the logs regularly).  There have been a few
quirks, but it has worked very well.

Robin Zalben
PC Specialist
Alverno College

-----Original Message-----
From: Dale Goodell - WOU Library [mailto:goodeld at wou.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 11:36 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Printer auditing software


Another product worthy of consideration is PCounter
( http://www.pcounter.com )

We run this, in cooperation with our University Computing Services, on our 
campus Novell network, so I don't know about NT.

----Dale

> Although I work in a small high school with a few networked (NT) printers,
> getting students to pay for printing is a hassle, so I am considering
software
> that will monitor student printing and disable their printing rights when
they
> have exceeded their allotment.
> 
> First, is anyone using software like this with which they are pleased?
> 
> Second, I have found a company selling a product called PrintControl (at:
> http://www.northern.net/printControl/). Does anyone have any experience
with
> this product?




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Dale E. Goodell
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Western Oregon University Library
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