Monitoring and Managing Internet Print Jobs

A range of permissions affects how users manage printers and receive information about printer status.

Windows XP Professional gives you quick access to basic information about printers. In Microsoft Internet Explorer, you can make the mouse pointer pause on a printer to display the printer name, status, location, and number of documents in its queue.

Printers that are hosted by Windows XP Professional or Windows 2000 servers that have Internet Information Services (IIS) or a Peer Web Server can receive jobs sent by users who use the Internet Printing Protocol. Windows 2000 Internet print servers provide information to clients about the status of print jobs and the availability of printers.

You can view and manage the print jobs on a server by using the Internet print server s Web pages. These pages provide information about jobs in the print queue, including the job name, status, owner, number of pages, page size, and time of submission.

You can view the printer device status for more information about a particular printer. This page provides current printer information, such as:

• The text in the printer s local display.

• Paper-tray capabilities and status, such as the approximate number of pages available in each tray.

• Console lights illuminated, such as Online, Data, or Attention, depending on the printer and whether it supports the standard printer MIB.