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Print Inspector is a powerful print management and auditing solution for your corporate network. This software lets you manage the print jobs queued to any shared printer (you can pause or cancel any job, view the printed document properties, resume the job or restart it and print the document from the very beginning) and provides easy access to the printer and print server settings.

Print Inspector also features powerful print auditing capabilities: in a special database, it saves detailed statistics about all printed documents (including the document name, date and number of pages, job date and time, name of the user who created the job, name of the computer from which the job was sent to the printer and more).

A built-in reporting tool lets you create various reports based on the collected data (the report can be as simple as the list of all printed jobs or can include detailed statistics for all printed documents and all users). You can also export all data to CSV format and analyze it with Microsoft Excel and similar programs supporting the CSV format

Print Inspector is a flexible cost-effective solution designed to help you maximize the return on your printer investment and minimize the total cost of printer ownership. Print Inspector can be used for managing print jobs and also provides you with comprehensive statistical information on printer usage and users' printing habits. See below for the detailed list of the Print Inspector features.

System requirements

  • Windows NT 4.0 (Workstation or Server), Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows 2003 Server
  • 3MB on hard drive and additional free space for database files
  • Internet Explorer 4.0 with the shell extension or later
  • At least one local or remote printer

Features

Print Inspector Detailed information on the documents printed by remote users (includes document name, number of pages and other parameters). Details
Print Inspector Reports and statistical data. Details
Print Inspector Ability to export data for further processing
Print Inspector Printer queue management. Details
Print Inspector Easy management and access to printer and print server settings

Version history

6.0 February 16, 2006 Since this version the Print Inspector supports two database engines. Data can be stored either in a built-in MS Access compatible database or in an external MS SQL database.
5.0 October 16, 2005

Major release

  • Fully revised core
  • Event log
  • New reports
  • Many minor improvements and fixes
4.1 May 26, 2005

Minor update

  • Charging fixed
  • Paper size logging
4.0 November 15, 2004

Completely redesigned release

  • Runs as a system service
  • More printers supported
  • Minor bugs fixed
3.3 July 14, 2004 A few interface improvements:
  • Totals for each countable column
  • Automatic refreshing after each new record
  • Saves columns width
  • Keeps the sorting order when you switch between tabs
3.2 July 1, 2004
  • Redesigned the cleanup command
  • New reporting tool added
3.1 June 10, 2004
  • Password protected commands prevent unauthorized access
  • A notification system
  • Minor bugs fixed
     
3.0 December 14, 2003
  • Minor interface changes
  • A new database engine
  • Print charging
     
2.0 December 1, 2002
  • Fully rebuilt version 1.0. New engine, new interface.
  • This version is commercial (demo).
  • This is the first published version.
     
1.0 May 10, 2002
  • This version was for internal use only, never published.
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