View when printer was last used on Print Server

Posted by HaroldOfIstis@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 4 comments

Hi All,

Looking for a quick way to view when a printer was last used. The printer is offline so I cannot access the web UI to go on and check logs on there. Done a bit of digging online but can't seem to find a way to view the history of the printer.

I've been asked to go through and check to see if they are still in use as the server is being upgraded.

Any help appreciated :D

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ZAFJB@reddit

If it is offline it is not being used. Simples.

TrippTrappTrinn@reddit

As it has been offline for a while, if there are no prints queued up for it, nobody is using it.

Unusual-Biscotti687@reddit

Event viewer, if you enabled logging on the print server.

Adam_Kearn@reddit

This.

You might need to increase the log size in the properties. Set it to something like 50mb and you will have loads of logs.

Then just use a powershell script to filter the data