The Phaser 840, 740, 780 and 360 printers can store information about jobs printed. The information is stored as a job accounting log file either in the printer's memory or on a hard disk, if one is connected to the printer. This job accounting log contains fields for the name of the user who submitted the job, the file name of the job, and the number of pages.
If the log file is stored in the printer's memory, it is lost when the printer is reset; therefore, it is recommended that a hard disk be used with this job accounting feature.
The following table lists the number of records that the printer can store in several configurations.
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Printer configuration
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Without hard disk
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With hard disk
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Standard
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50
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5000
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Plus
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500
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5000
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NOTE
It is best to access job accounting information only when the printer is idle.
For all fields in the job accounting log, the actual values reported vary depending on the protocol and print command used when each job was printed. For example, using
NPRINT
over NetWare provides the printer with the most information about the job being printed. When using Windows and NetWare, the job name is often
LST:
or
LST:BANNER. Other jobs from other ports may provide even less information about the job.
To perform job accounting functions
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From the
View and Configure Settings
page, click
Download Job Accounting Log. This displays the
Job Accounting
page.
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On the
Job Accounting
page, enter the proper password and click
Do/Apply
to access the
Job Accounting Links
page. See
Set Administrator Password
for more information about PhaserLink software passwords.
NOTE
PhaserLink passwords are not encrypted.
The
Job Accounting Links
page has links to the following pages, which you can use to work with job accounting records. For a detailed description of the printer's job accounting records, see
Job accounting records.
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Browse Job Accounting Records.
This page displays the 10 oldest job accounting records. The numbers at the bottom of the page are links to other pages containing the remaining records (10 to a page).
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Download All Job Accounting Records.
Downloads the job accounting log file from the printer to your host computer, but preserves the job summary list stored by the printer. This page displays job accounting records in plain text format. Since this data is accessed through a HyperText link and not through an HTML form, it can be saved directly to disk without interference from the browser.
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Clear All Job Accounting Records.
Clicking on this link clears the job summary list stored by the printer, clears all job accounting records in the printer, and displays a page that confirms the operation or reports an error if the operation could not be performed.
Job accounting records
The fields in the job accounting records are listed in the following table.
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Field
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Description
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Job Index
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Job identification number assigned by the print server.
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Protocol
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Network protocol used to send the print job.
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Host IP
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Print server IP address.
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User name
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User name from the print server.
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Host name
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Print server name.
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File name
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Name of the print file.
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Job name
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Name of the print file.
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Pages printed
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Number of pages printed.
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Job start time
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PhaserShare Series B network interfaces:
Time according to the printer's clock.
PhaserShare network cards:
Internal timing value.
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Job end time
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PhaserShare network cards:
Internal timing value.
PhaserShare Series B network interfaces:
Time according to the printer's clock.
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Interpreter duration
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PhaserShare Series B network interfaces:
Time required for the printer's PostScript interpreter to process the job. This value includes printer warmup time and any printing delays, such as paper jams.
PhaserShare network cards:
Internal timing value.
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Media type
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A coded value representing the media type used for the print job:
3 - Paper
5 - Transparency
6 - Coated Paper
7 - Card or Envelope
8 -Label
9 - Fabric Transfer
10 - Paper 2nd Side
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Media size
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A coded value representing the media size used for the print job:
3 - Letter
4 - Legal
5 - C6 Envelope
6 - DL Envelope
7 - Personal Envelope
8 - 10 Envelope
9 - Executive
15 - B (Tabloid)
26 - A3
27 - A4
28 - ISO A5
29 - ISO A6
34 - ISO B4
35 - ISO B5
36 - ISO B6
101 - Tabloid Extra
102 - Oversize A
103 - Tabloid Maximum
999 - Custom
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Cyan used
Magenta used
Yellow used
Black used
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The values in these fields indicate the percentage of the entire toner cartridge or ink stick for that color that was used by the job. For example, 1.00800 indicates that 1.008% of the contents of the toner cartridge was used.
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