I've not heard of a Print Management system that does that. Sean Rector, MCSE
-----Original Message----- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 5:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Print Management Systems Thank you all for the good information on the Windows 2008 print management... I'm looking at it now, and it looks very promising. (Especially the ACLs, which may allow me to block students from printing to some printers altogether!) Is there a way in the Windows 2008 system to block a printout from a user which is, say 10 pages or larger? Or is that beyond the capabilities of the MS solution? (I'm not seeing it, poking around.) --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Troy Meyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:22:10 -0800 Subject: RE: Print Management Systems > Just a quick add-on. While centralized print servers are a must (expecially > in R2 and 2008 environments where its much sweeter) That wont stop random > people from finding an IP and sending print jobs to printers directly. Your > outside firewall should block LPD (TCP 515) and any other port your network > printers use for receiving data. Also to make sure students and folks > inside the firewall don't send print jobs they shouldn't, most printers will > allow some sort of ACL setup so only specific IPs are accepted. > > -Troy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 1:15 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Print Management Systems > > A print server will bring you many benefits, the biggest being consolidation > and a single point of management\control. You'll need a print server to do > any type of "job control or filtering" like you have been tasked to > research. Also, you'll be able to setup security on the print queues so > only certain users or groups can print to them. I could go on but 2003 > server R2 and server 2008 have made major strides in print management. I > would check it out. > > Sorry for the quick reply but let me know if any other questions come up... > > Shook > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 4:04 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Print Management Systems > > Hey List, > > Being a school, we have a lot of network printers. Currently, they are all > setup directly to the comptuters as needed. > > We're begining to see print jobs come from unknown locations, and unessesary > large print jobs... So the question of Print Management has come up. > > I'm curous what the community is using. I've also not touched a Windows > print server, so what are the pros and cons? > > I will need something that works with Windows and Mac OS X. > > Thanks for any input, > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > 2008-2009 Season: Tosca | The Barber of Seville > Recently Announced: Virginia Opera's 35th Anniversary Season 2009-2010 Visit us online at www.vaopera.org or call 1.866.OPERA.VA This e-mail and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). Unless otherwise specified, persons unnamed as recipients may not read, distribute, copy or alter this e-mail. Any views or opinions expressed in this e-mail belong to the author and may not necessarily represent those of Virginia Opera. Although precautions have been taken to ensure no viruses are present, Virginia Opera cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that may arise from the use of this e-mail or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
