Install the Direct Print Monitor

If your organization does not have a dedicated print serverA print server is a system responsible for hosting print queues and sharing printer resources to desktops. Users submit print jobs to a print server rather then directly to the printer itself. A print server can be a dedicated server but on many networks this server also performs other tasks, such as file serving at one or more site, you should consider setting up Direct Printing. Direct Printing allows you to track and report on local printing that is sent directly from a computer to a printer, without a print server.

Each computer that prints directly to a printer needs the following components:

• a print queueA print queue displays information about documents that are waiting to be printed, such as the printing status, document owner, and number of pages to print. You can use the print queue to view, pause, resume, restart, and cancel print jobs. that sends jobs directly to a printer rather than to a print server queue. The print queue can use either the IP address or hostname of the printer.

• a small monitoring component, known as a Direct Print MonitorThe Direct Print Monitor is the Direct Printing component that tracks jobs between desktops and an MFD.. This monitoring component reports back to the Application ServerAn Application Server is the primary server program responsible for providing the PaperCut user interface, storing data, and providing services to users. PaperCut uses the Application Server to manage user and account information, manage printers, calculate print costs, provide a web browser interface to administrators and end users, and much more..

The way in which you install Direct Printing depends on your operating system. For more information see:

• Install the Direct Print Monitor on a Windows computer

• Install the Direct Print Monitor on a Mac computer

• Install the Direct Print Monitor on a Linux computer