Job Buffering - Lexmark Optra W810 Reference

Tracking job statistics
If an optional hard disk is installed, you can use the disk to store job statistics about indi-
vidual printers or network printer activity. You can set up job accounting from the operator
panel, or use MarkVision to manage job statistics. This section explains how to change
the job accounting settings from the operator panel. Refer to the MarkVision documenta-
tion on the Drivers, MarkVision and Utilities CD for more information about using MarkVi-
sion to set up job accounting.
To collect data about printer activity, set Job Accounting on from the Setup Menu. The
printer then gathers information about whether jobs printed with or without errors, the time
required to print the jobs, size of jobs in bytes, printer language used, requested paper
sizes and types, print quality setting used, and the number of printed pages and copies
requested.
Use the Job Acct Limit menu item in the Setup Menu to specify the number of print jobs
for which statistics are stored. Once you reach the limit you set, statistics for the oldest
print jobs are deleted as new statistics are collected. If you select Disabled rather than a
number from 10 to 1000, the only limit to the number of jobs for which you can collect sta-
tistics is the memory available on the disk.
Note: The Job Accounting menu item is not displayed if the installed disk option
is defective or read/write protected, or if Job Buffering has been enabled
and the Job Buffer Size menu item is set to 100%.
When you want to analyze the data you have stored, print the statistics data file by select-
ing Print from the Job Acct Stat menu item in the Setup Menu. Each record in the file con-
sists of more than 75 data fields, providing information that can help you make decisions
such as how to allocate the costs associated with maintaining the printer, and whether
printer speed and capacity are meeting demands.

Job buffering

If an optional hard disk is installed in the printer, you can temporarily store (or spool) print
jobs to the disk. This is referred to as job buffering . These jobs may be processed as they
arrive, or stored for later processing if the printer is already printing another job. Once
you've enabled job buffering for a particular port, storing and processing print jobs is auto-
matic.
Managing memory
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