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NANY 2010 Release: Page Countster
Stoic Joker:
Hm... I - Don't - Know ... But it is close to something I was thinking about today regarding the collection/display of other parts of the network configuration info. Granted the main view is "full" so more columns would start to get messy, but a context menu more details option might be a possibility. I'll have to do some MIB walking on the test group to see if/how reliably I can query for that information.
mouser:
Page Countster featured on makeuseof.com (!):
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/make-your-printer-inventory-a-breeze-with-page-countster/
it's actually a rather long write up and with a bunch of screenshots.
very cool!
ps. welcome to the world of too-late-to-change-the-program-name.
Stoic Joker:
Well, I can't seem to find a smiley for stunned/speechless ... but Wow! ...and to think I was afraid this thing would flop because it was too narrow focus for anybody else to really need.
Apparently it's a good thing to (occasionally) be wrong.
techidave:
Good job, SJ! As I have said, it is a great little program. In a couple of weeks, I will be adding another school to my list that I support. This will work good up there... let me see what models and what IP's are be used without having to physically go to each one. I do know that they are still on DHCP and they have had one grab another's IP address already. So they print to Printer A but it prints on Printer B. :down:
Now I will just have to figure out which IP they are supposed to have so that I don't have to reinstall them on all the machines. :(
Stoic Joker:
Good job, SJ! As I have said, it is a great little program. In a couple of weeks, I will be adding another school to my list that I support. This will work good up there... let me see what models and what IP's are be used without having to physically go to each one. I do know that they are still on DHCP and they have had one grab another's IP address already. So they print to Printer A but it prints on Printer B. :down:-techidave (December 20, 2009, 11:46 AM)
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That does tend to be a problem when the only thing guaranteeing a network's configuration is a really long lease time. Given that static addressing is rather problematic on large networks, and printers have a habit of getting corrupt and needing to be (cold) reset (to factory settings), the best option I've found is to use the MAC address to create IP address reservations in DHCP. That way even if the printer "forgets" where it is supposed to be, the DHCP server will always assign it the correct (reserved) IP address.
Now I will just have to figure out which IP they are supposed to have so that I don't have to reinstall them on all the machines. :(
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Easy-est/Fastest method I've found is: Printer properties->Ports Tab->Port Configuration ... and then hope they all match (I've seen that one go both ways).
I'm still researching the if/how to get the IP addressing method & info to see if it can be implemented (and reconfigured) reliably.
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