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This article contains some useful printer software links, that you can use for optimizing your printing. Article is focused on printing tools that helps you reduce expenses on printing and save your money.
This article contains some useful printer software links, that you can use for optimizing... |
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HSLAB Print Logger 5 Family - The version 5.5 is released
May, 2010
For Immediate Release
For more information contact:
Oleg Golub, CEO
Handy Software Lab
Pacific Business Centre
P.O. Box 34069 #381
Seattle, WA 98124-1069
USA
Fax number : 1-309-417-7393
Contact: Su... |
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Related product: HSLAB Print Logger
Q: I get an "Error loading MIDAS.dll" error when starting Print Logger and the program refuses to work properly after that.
A: It seems the midas.dll library does not install automatically for
some reason. Try to close software(stop the service). You migh... |
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Related product: HSLAB Print Logger
This is being caused when the "pcAnywhere host service" is running on the same computer.
Probable cause:
There is an conflict between the installed version of the "pcAnywhere
host service" and the installed version of the DirectDraw component of
Di... |
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Ideal print management solution for personal or family usage.
The Print Logger PE print management system is intended for a print
management (print control and audit printing activity) for printers at
the workstation, based on Windows NT operation systems family. At this
time this family... |
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DAO (Direct Access Objects) is not installed on your machine. This is common error for Windows 95 and Windows 98 users who have no Microsoft Office installed, and no other application that requires it. To install DAO 3.6, just download the file and file, run it and follow instructions to install com... |
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Affected systems: Windows 2008 SP2 and Windows Vista SP2.When the Print Logger inspecting print jobs on Windows Server 2008 pre-SP2 and have seen an issue where the wrong user name is logged. The wrong user name being listed in the Windows print queue. What's going on?Windows Server 2008 pre-SP2 has... |
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Why I get Remote Downlevel Document as the document name. How do I fix it?
The "Remote Downlevel Document" is the default document name when the program or computer does not provide a real document name. Print Logger detects any document name provided by the your operating system. This name yoy can... |
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Planning on purchasing some model of printer and would like to confirm that it works with Print Logger prior to purchase? It?s possible!Print Logger works by intercepting the print job as it passes via the server's print queue. In most cases it's possible to test compatibility with the Print Logger ... |
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Setting up Remote Printers
Users of Print Logger may track local printers (connected to the workstations in a network) by using a "re-mapping" method explained below. This method is complex and is not officially supported. Large organizations should consider Print Logger as its loca... |
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If you have a small network (no domain or server) you can run Print Logger software on it.
Print Logger will run on a serverless network. Peer-to-peer networks are common in homes or small office environments.
These networks differ from a standard business type network in that there is no c... |
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Separate jobs are sent when you print or fax multiple copies in Excel
Printing multiple copies of Excel Documents causes multiple print jobs
When you print multiple copies of an Excel document, Microsoft Excel creates separate print job for each copy, and then sends the jobs to the printer. ... |
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The Print Logger software uses the Windows Time Zone settings to determine the correct time zone. If Time Zone is set incorrectly then the database records and reports will show incorrect times.
First of all, you should check that your system time zone is set correctly.
1. Open the... |
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Fix for this issue: download and install Windows 2008 SP2 and Windows Vista SP2.
Running Windows Server 2008/Vista (pre-SP2) and have seen an issue where the wrong user is charged. This also correlates with the wrong user being listed in the Windows print jobs queue.
Windows Server 2008 ... |
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Hotfix Download Available
View and request hotfix downloads
Consider the following scenario:
You share a printer from a Windows Server 2008-based computer or from a Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1)-based computer.
Two users connect to the shared printer by using the same print clie... |
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For Windows 2000/XP/2003:
HSLAB Print Logger uses the system default currency symbol. You can change it using Windows Control Panel-> Regional and Language Options.
Choose the your country in "Standards and Formats" and in "Location" boxes.
For Windows Vista and a... |
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A soft quota is an official limit, lower than the hard quota, that is not an impassible boundary. Its purpose is to let you print your data when you're close to quota. If your soft quota is 185 pages and your hard quota is 200 pages, you have 15 pages worth of room to maneuver, so you don't (for ins... |
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A hard quota is the true limit beyond which you can't go without losing data. (Print job bounces, attempts to print a document may result in rejecting the print job entirely.) |
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The regular Windows and groups can be used for Print Logger. But for best results you should create special groups for Print Logger to organize your users in your own manner. Each user can be a member only of the one special group. There is no internal (non Windows) user/groups is used by Print Lo... |
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ANSWER: The user is a member of two groups - Users and Administrators. Statistics is shown for the first found group in which the user is a member. You need to create separate group for the user and to add it in Print Logger configuration. Also you should remove Users and Administrators groups fro... |
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If you're using
Print Logger software with workgroup, you should correct some local policy settings:
On printserver (or rcomputer) where Print Logger is installed, create local users with same names and
passwords like on remote computers (print clients).
Start
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Q:
I have print logger se running. When I apply security to the printer
so only certain people can print the logger no longer records the print
jobs. If I add the everyone group back it works again. How do I lock
one printer down aswell as keep logging?
A:
Please add SYSTEM group... |
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Note: please change "c:" drive letter according to your system.
1. Start -> Run -> cmd.exe. At cmd window type: "cd c:\Program Files\Handy Software Lab\HSLAB Print Logger SE" (without quotes) and press Enter;
2. please stop the PrintLoggerSE service, type "net stop PrintLoggerSE", then typ... |
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To Install LPR Printing
loadTOCNode(2, 'moreinformation');
1.
Right-click Network Neighborhood, and then click Properties.
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Click the Services tab, and then click Add.
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Click Microsoft TCP/IP Printing, and then click OK. Insert the source CD-ROM if you are prompted to do s... |
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Verify basic network connectivity.
Check user rights, protocols, share names, and so on to determine if
you can see the server. Copy files to a share on the print server using
File Manager in Windows NT 3.x or Windows Explorer in later versions of
Windows. If you cannot access the ... |
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These instructions are designed to aid in the creation of a print
queue on a machine running Windows NT. These instructions were primarily
written to aid in the creation of a print queue that will be
receiving a print request from the DCRT Enterprise System, with emphasis
on configuring the... |
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You should configure Print Logger as a "generic service" or "generic application".
1. Install Print Logger on all nodes.
2. Restart all nodes.
3. After restart, go to Administrative Tools -> Service and stop "HSLAB Print Logger" service, set start type to &q... |
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An Error Message May Be Displayed When You Use Terminal Services and the Print to File Feature in Application Mode
If you use Terminal Services and attempt to use the "Print to file" feature in Application mode, and your file is targeted to a mapped drive letter that points to a writeab... |
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The HP Install Network Printer Wizard provides interactive or automatic installation and setup of either wired or wireless network printers (and All-in-One devices). Most newer printers incorporate network configuration into the printer's CD-ROM used to install the printer driver. However th... |
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ISSUE:
Adding a new HP Standard TCP/IP port or an HP Standard IPX/SPX port.
SOLUTION:
There are two conditions under which a computer will have an HP Standard Port Monitor available:
If the HP Install Network Printer Wizard is installed or run on the computer and a port or print ... |
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Allow Host Restrictions - switches on or off the control over quotas for this print server. If the flag is set, the control of quotas, over an opposite case of a quota is made for the given computer are not used, but the information about print jobs continues to gather.
Host Quota defines: ... |
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Solution: Go to the device manager and deleted all the ports that had been created for the printer. Then reinstall the printer, and now it should work.
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flowplayer("player12", "http://video.hs-lab.com/__flowplayer/flowplayer-3.1.5.swf", {
clip: {
// these two configuration variables does the trick
autoPlay: false,
accelerated: false,
autoB... |
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flowplayer("player13", "http://video.hs-lab.com/__flowplayer/flowplayer-3.1.5.swf", {
clip: {
// these two configuration variables does the trick
autoPlay: false,
accelerated: false,
autoBuf... |
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flowplayer("player14", "http://video.hs-lab.com/__flowplayer/flowplayer-3.1.5.swf", {
clip: {
// these two configuration variables does the trick
autoPlay: false,
accelerated: false,
autoB... |
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flowplayer("player2", "http://video.hs-lab.com/__flowplayer/flowplayer-3.1.5.swf", {
clip: {
// these two configuration variables does the trick
autoPlay: false,
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flowplayer("player3", "http://video.hs-lab.com/__flowplayer/flowplayer-3.1.5.swf", {
clip: {
// these two configuration variables does the trick
autoPlay: false,
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flowplayer("player4", "http://video.hs-lab.com/__flowplayer/flowplayer-3.1.5.swf", {
clip: {
// these two configuration variables does the trick
autoPlay: false,
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flowplayer("player5", "http://video.hs-lab.com/__flowplayer/flowplayer-3.1.5.swf", {
clip: {
// these two configuration variables does the trick
autoPlay: false,
acc... |
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flowplayer("player6", "http://video.hs-lab.com/__flowplayer/flowplayer-3.1.5.swf", {
clip: {
// these two configuration variables does the trick
autoPlay: false,
acc... |
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flowplayer("player7", "http://video.hs-lab.com/__flowplayer/flowplayer-3.1.5.swf", {
clip: {
// these two configuration variables does the trick
autoPlay: false,
ac... |
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flowplayer("player8", "http://video.hs-lab.com/__flowplayer/flowplayer-3.1.5.swf", {
clip: {
// these two configuration variables does the trick
autoPlay: false,
a... |
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flowplayer("player9", "http://video.hs-lab.com/__flowplayer/flowplayer-3.1.5.swf", {
clip: {
// these two configuration variables does the trick
autoPlay: false,
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flowplayer("player10", "http://video.hs-lab.com/__flowplayer/flowplayer-3.1.5.swf", {
clip: {
// these two configuration variables does the trick
autoPlay: false,
accelerated... |
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flowplayer("player11", "http://video.hs-lab.com/__flowplayer/flowplayer-3.1.5.swf", {
clip: {
// these two configuration variables does the trick
autoPlay: false,
accelerated... |
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If the Print Spooler service fails when printing, when Windows starts or it can not be restarted, the usual reason is that one or more printer drivers is defective. If the Print Spooler service is not running, the Printers and Faxes folder will be empty and you can not use it to remove (or ... |
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1. Set the IP address of your to Static.
2. Install the printer as a local printer on one of your workstations and print directly to the IP address of the JetDirect in your plotter. ( Use the Add Printer Wizard > Local ( as opposed to Network printer ) and choose the HP Standard TCP/IP po... |
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As expernal SQL server HSLAB Print Logger currently supports:
Vendor: Microsoft:
SQL Server 2000;
SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2005 Express;
SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 Express;
SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2008 R2 Express.
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Q: I just installed a trial version of Print Logger software However, since I have installed the software, I can no longer print to local print queues to most of my printers. This started hours after installing the application and it initially was capturing statistics.
A: You can try to... |
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Most likely you running Print Logger software on a same server where SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Reporting Services is running also.
To resolve this problem, you can disable automatic start for "ReportServer" service if you do not use it.
Same effect can be caused by "World W... |
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The Enable Advanced Printing Features option changes how and where documents are transformed into the native print language. If this option is turned off, documents will spool in RAW format (e.g. Postscript, PCL, or the printer's native language), allowing Print Logger to count pages and dete... |
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A few times a month Print Logger users email us with print queue/spooler stability issues. Although the issues in most cases do not related to Print Logger, it's a common topic among many large sites. This Knowledge Base article discusses print spooler issues and suggests a few changes we'... |
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1. You can install your printer as a local one on the same server where Print Logger is installed.
or
2. You can setup the MS Standard TCP\IP port with the printer IP address as the port for the printer, or the HP JetDirect/Intel NetPort port for a network print sever. Every user should c... |
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This is a minor bug in version 4.3.62.178. Please update your software.
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In This White Paper
Introduction (Choosing the Right Printer Drivers)
User-mode vs. Kernel-mode Drivers
Unidrv and PostScript-based Drivers
Designed for Windows Drivers
Alternate Options
Summary (Choosing the Right Printer Drivers)
Related Links (Choosing the Right Pri... |
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How to send a "print to file" to the Print Logger support team.
A "Print to file" allow the developers to inspect the raw printer data sent to the printers as produced your particular driver and network environment.
Method 1:
If the problem relates to a page ... |
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There are a many factors influencing the format of print job data. The better way is using EMF as spool format.
You can use the following to force the NT EMF for printer:
Make sure that the NT EMF format is specified in the print processor for your printer. Look in Control Panel -... |
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Q: I am having problem trying to get the number of copies a document is being printed.
It shows the number of page a document has but does not show if i want to make say 10 copy.
A: Some times the printer driver shows total document pages and one copy.
For example: w... |
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Like other server products, Print Logger makes heavy use of network resources. The Print Logger software receives inbound network connections from the clients, print servers, and web browsers. It will establish outbound connections to your external database server, if you use it. On high volume ... |
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Windows XP is limited to 10 simultaneous network connections (file share or printer connections). Microsoft builds this behaviour into Windows XP and Vista so that their customers are required to upgrade to server class editions of Windows, which are more able to handle a larger volume of con... |
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This feature is supported in MS SQL Server 2008 any edition, read more at:
http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/
If you are using SQL Server 2005 or 2005 Express you should upgrade it to MS SQL Server 2008.
The HSLAB Print Logger creates the named SQL Server insta... |
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Spoolss.dll Error Messages
There are several different ways that spoolss.dll errors can show up on your computer. Here are some of the more common ways that you might see spoolss.dll errors:
"Spoolss.dll Not Found"
"This application failed to start because spoolss... |
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