windows 7
I have a small office network, with a Windows 7 box that acts as a printer and file server, and about 9 other Windows 7 clients. Whenever a document is printed to the shared printer by a user in the local network, everyone gets the "document was sent to the printer" popup in their system tray.
Is there a way I can turn this off for everyone? The computers aren't on a domain or group policy, it's just a normal local network.
You can use the prnmngr.vbs script.
It's located in %SystemRoot%\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\[language] for Windows 7. For XP it's located in windows\system32.
To add printer for all users you use this command:
cscript prnmngr.vbs -ac -p "\\server\printer"
Is the printer directly connected to the network or is it shared from a PC?
Ethernet Printers
A lot of times, ethernet printers will have a web interface in which you can see event logs (including the user/machine) a job was sent from.
PC Shared Network Printers
I'm not too sure about the history on this view, but msinfo32 does have information about the Print Jobs.
Type msinfo32.exe at the (Start menu and click Run) on the computer that has the share.
Expand the "Software Environment" category on the left pane.
Click on "Print Jobs" from the list of options. You will see the print jobs that are currently in your print queue on the right pane.
Best Answer
Each computer should :
Devices and Printersapplet,Print server propertiesmenu-bar item,AdvancedtabShow informational notifications for network printers