Event Viewer Logging Configuration

 

In order to change the Event Viewer Logging settings for all users, select the appropriate option from the dropdown list, and press Apply.

When the Event Logging feature is turned on, the following information can be written into the Event Viewer:

 

Event: Printing finished successfully

Set the "Event Logging Level" in the printer driver INI file to 3, in order to generate event if print job finished successfully.

 

Event ID: 100

Level: Information

Source: name of the printer that generated the event

Log Name: Application

Event data:

Printer name: name of the printer that generated the event

Document name: the name of the printed document

User name: name of the printing user

Date submitted: the date and time the print job was submitted

Date printed: the date and time the print job finished printing

Computer name: name of the computer that generated the print job

IP Address: IP address of the computer that generated the print job

Host name: host name of the computer that generated the print job

 

 

Event: Printing was aborted

Set the "Event Logging Level" in the printer driver INI file to 2 or 3, in order to generate event if the print job was aborted.

 

A print job can be aborted either by the user or because of an error.

Event ID: 101

Level: Warning

Source: name of the printer that generated the event

Log Name: Application

Event data:

Printer name: name of the printer that generated the event

Document name: the name of the printed document

User name: name of the printing user

Date submitted: the date and time the print job was submitted

Date aborted: the date and time the print job was aborted

Computer name: name of the computer that generated the print job

IP Address: IP address of the computer that generated the print job

Host name: host name of the computer that generated the print job

 

 

Event: Error during printing

Set the "Event Logging Level" in the printer driver INI file to 1 or 2 or 3, in order to generate event if an error occurs during printing.

 

This event is usually followed by an abort (Message ID: 101) event.

Event ID: 102

Level: Error

Source: name of the printer that generated the event

Log Name: Application

Event data:

Printer name: name of the printer that generated the event

Document name: the name of the printed document

User name: name of the printing user

Date submitted: the date and time the print job was submitted

Date aborted: the date and time of the error

Computer name: name of the computer that generated the print job

IP Address: IP address of the computer that generated the print job

Host name: host name of the computer that generated the print job

Error: the error message