Monitor Printer availability using ActiveXperts Network Monitor

ActiveXperts Network Monitor is a software solution you need to scan your network servers, workstations and devices for failures or irregularities. With ActiveXperts Network Monitor, you can identify issues and fix unexpected problems before your others even know they've happened.
ActiveXperts Network Monitor maximizes network availability by monitoring all aspects of your servers, workstations, switches, routers, printers and any other devices. It can also detect temperature, humidity and other environmental aspects in your server rooms.

Printers need maintenance from time to time; they run out of on toner, out of paper, or get paper jams. When a printer stops working, usually no notice is sent out to users; however, users can still send print jobs to the printer. If the problem is not corrected, jobs will accumulate as long as the printer is unavailable. For that reason, monitoring the printers is an important part of system administration.

An ActiveXperts Network Monitor Printer check requires the following parameters:

  • Print server - The name of the server where the print server is installed;
  • Printer name - The name of the printer, as it appears in the Windows' control panel. For instance: 'HP LaserJet 2300 Series PS'.
  • Credentials - If alternate credentials are required to access the remote server, select an alternate account here.

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