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Print Job Auditing
I need to centralize print job monitoring across all workstations. For testing, I enabled the Print Service Operational log on a group of workstations. Then I configured data collection for Error, Wa...
Are you getting entries in the local eventlog seen via Eventvwr since you enabled the collection, operations data is normally not on my default and high volume (see "note" in the link), if the file is full it wont be able to send anything?
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/13308.windows-server-2012-troubleshooting-printing.aspx#PrintService_Event_Log_Channel
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/13308.windows-server-2012-troubleshooting-printing.aspx#PrintService_Event_Log_Channel
CliveWatson - Yes, I am seeing a normal flow of events in the Operational Log, most critically event ID 307. Usually 4-6 events per print job. The logs are configured to flush old events as needed. Also, this is data coming mostly from workstations not print servers so the data flow should be relatively light.