O&K Print Watch 4.5.0.2421 brings you a handy program that lets users optimize printing, accurately measure printer usage, and create a company-wide printing charge-back plan that ensures that all users pay their fair share of the printing budget.

Major Features:

1. Exact determination of number of the printed pages and copies, at printing on the printer from stations witn any operation systems at usage of following printer command language: PCL (version 3, 4, 5, 5E, 5C, 6 (XL)), POSTSCRIPT (level 2 and 3),ESC/PAGE, ESC/P (with Remote Mode Commands), ESC/P2, 9-Pin ESC/P, FX, Zj-Stream, CPCA, BJL Commands, BJ Raster Image Commands.
2. Exact determination printed copies of a document.
3. Print server remote control.
4. Set printing quotas and limit printing for any object.
5. Limit document printing by pages or cost.
6. Limit document printing with restricted keywords in the name.
7. Viewing images of printed jobs.
8. Web interface for reports viewing.
9. Forbid and pause printing from a user or user groups.
10. Store print jobs data in Microsoft® SQL Server or Oracle and possibility of creation your own report.
11. The convenient gear of formation and review of the reports.
12. Print charging system allowing different costs for each printer.
13. Capability of flexible deleting of the stored information about the printed jobs.
14. Administration of the print queue.
15. Support for Active Directory users/groups.
16. Using monitor of printing in Windows Service.
17. Export reports to HTML format and XML.
18. Unicode support.
19. Reports e-mailing.
20. Track printing by projects or accounts. (Required Authentication Client)
21. Restrict printer access by password or PIN-code. (Required Authentication Client)

Enhancements:

• Added SNMP settings for network printers.
• Added serial number for network and USB printers.
• Fixed some errors.

Requirements:

• Print server requirements:
• • Operating system: Windows 7/ Server 2008 / Server 2003 / 2000 / Vista / XP / 2000 (server, advanced server, enterprise edition, 64-bit edition, ultimate, workstation, professional)
  • RAM: 384 MB minimum, 512 MB or more recommended.
  • CPU: 512 MHz and higher
  • HDD: 100 MB and more, additional space for logs and printed document images.
  • Printer: Any printer supporting the following drivers: PCL (version 3, 4, 5, 5E, 5C, 6(XL), HP-GL/2, POSTSCRIPT (level 2 and 3), ESC/Page, ESC/P(with Remote Mode Commands), ESC/P2, 9-Pin ESC/P, FX, Zj-Stream, CPCA, BJL, ZIMF.
  • Database: MS SQL Server 2005 Express (included in the O&K Print Watch distribution package).
  • If there are more than 20 printers on one print server, it is recommended to use MS SQL Server 2005 and higher or Oracle 9.x and higher.
• Control Program requirements:
• • Operating system: Windows 7/ Server 2008 / Server 2003 / 2000 / Vista / XP / 2000 (server, advanced server, enterprise edition, 64-bit edition, ultimate, workstation, professional)
  • RAM: 128 MB minimum, 512 MB or more recommended.
  • CPU: 512 MHz and higher
  • HDD: 20 MB