User`s guide

Gathering information about printers
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Gathering information about printers
You can use MarkVision Professional to gather and store information about the devices in your
organization. You can then view the collected information (printer inventory) using a database tool or
an application, such as MarkTrack, specifically designed to interpret and display the information.
Use the information gathered by the printer inventory process to answer questions such as:
How many printers do we have on our network?
What types of printers do we have?
What options are installed on our printers?
What is the lifetime page count of our printers?
What are the print job statistics for our printers?
Enable printer inventory
1 Select Printer Inventory from the All Tasks menu.
2 Select the database you want to use.
3 Enter the username, password, and connection path (URL) for the database you plan to use.
Note: The URL is the path to the database used to monitor this server. MarkVision
currently supports the following databases: Access, Oracle, and SQL Server, as
well as CSV format (Comma Separated Variables).
4 Add the printer(s) from which you would like to collect printer inventory to the Selected
Printers box. You can select printers from folders or perform a quick find to locate the printers
you need. (Select multiple printers by using the Ctrl or Shift key.)
5 Click Apply.
If you would like printer inventory to run at a specific time, select Scheduling from the All Tasks
menu.
Access,
SQL Server
<database driver>:<DSN>
For example: jdbc:odbc:yourdsn
DSN is a Data Source Name, which must be created prior to using Job Statistics or Printer
Inventory. Use your ODBC configuration in Windows' Control Panel to create a DSN.
Note: Exporting this information through an ODBC interface is only supported in a
Windows environment.
CSV
CSV format provides you the option to export your printer data into a text file formatted to
accommodate database fields. Enter the directory address where you want the text file to
be created on your network or computer.
For example: C:\temp\printerinventory\home
Database Description