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NOTE: The ‘Oracle’ database option is only available after installing the Oracle JDBC Driver plug- Creating Windows System DSN Before you can enable MarkVision Professional to collect printer inventory or Job Statistics information on windows systems, you must first configure the ODBC data source. The system ODBC settings can be accessed from the system control panel.
MarkVision Professional 10.2 June 1, 2004 2.2.1 Microsoft Access From the System DSN dialog box, click “Add” and the following dialog box will appear. Select Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb) and click “Finish.” After clicking “Finish”, the following dialog box will appear. Think of a name for your connection and type it into the “Data Source Name”...
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After the name and description for the connection has been entered, you must specify a database in which to store the data coming from MarkVision Professional. You may either “Select” a database already created for this purpose, or choose “Create” to define a new database and location.
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The name you specified for your connection (DSN) is now listed under System DSN. Click “OK”. You are now ready to configure MarkVision Professional to start sending the data. In MarkVision Professional, after selecting the “Access” database selection, the URL field should become enabled.
MarkVision Professional 10.2 June 1, 2004 Access the properties of the service by either double-clicking the service in Windows NT, or clicking the properties button in Windows 2000 and beyond. Select “This Account” to log on to the new machine as a user with appropriate network access privileges and click “OK.”...
JDBC (database) support. If out-of-date drivers existed on your system from a previous release of MarkVision Professional, they have been removed. If you require Oracle support, you will need to register and download the Oracle JDBC Driver v1.2.mvp plug-in from the following web page: http://www.markvisionprofessional.com.
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MarkVision Professional 10.2 Use the information gathered by the printer inventory process to answer questions such as: How many printers do we have on our server(s) / network? What types of printers do we have? What options are installed on our printers?
MarkVision Professional 10.2 June 1, 2004 Configuring MarkVision Professional Open the MarkVision Professional client. Select “Actions” on the toolbar and then “Printer Inventory” from the drop-down list, or “Printer Inventory” from the “All Tasks” list. MarkVision Professional 10.2 Page 12...
MarkVision Professional 10.2 June 1, 2004 The Printer Inventory screen should be displayed. Select the appropriate database. Follow database specific instructions in the Configuring Database Driver section. Table and Field Descriptions The tables and descriptions of each field are listed below. The data types listed for each field listed are specific to Oracle databases.
This is the master table for Printer Inventory. It contains data such as address, protocol, capability of the device, revision level, RAM size, etc. Field Name Note: All printers may not support some fields. For more specific information, please contact Lexmark http://support.lexmark.com Customer Support at...
FAMILY_ID 3.2.2 RAWPIEMULATOR This table contains records pertaining to the type of emulation available on the device. Field Name Note: All printers may not support some fields. For more specific information, please contact Lexmark http://support.lexmark.com Customer Support at DEVICE_ID START_TIME_UTC VERSION MarkVision Professional 10.2...
This table contains records pertaining to the actual port to which a job was submitted to the device, such as network, serial, parallel, etc. Field Name Note: All printers may not support some fields. For more specific information, please contact Lexmark http://support.lexmark.com Customer Support at...
RAWPISUPPLY This table contains records pertaining to the physical printing ink and toner supply for printer inventory. Field Name Note: All printers may not support some fields. For more specific information, please contact Lexmark http://support.lexmark.com Customer Support at START_TIME_UTC DEVICE_ID...
TONER_TYPE 3.2.6 RAWPIFONTOPTION This table contains records pertaining to the fonts available on the selected device. Field Name Note: All printers may not support some fields. For more specific information, please contact Lexmark http://support.lexmark.com Customer Support at START_TIME_UTC DEVICE_ID VERSION...
MarkVision Professional 10.2 FORMAT 3.2.7 RAWPICODELEVEL This table contains records pertaining to the code level of the device. Field Name Note: All printers may not support some fields. For more specific information, please contact Lexmark http://support.lexmark.com Customer Support at START_TIME_UTC DEVICE_ID VERSION...
FREE_SPACE 3.2.9 RAWPIINPUTOPTION This table contains records pertaining to the input option installed on the device. Field Name Note: All printers may not support some fields. For more specific information, please contact Lexmark http://support.lexmark.com Customer Support at START_TIME_UTC DEVICE_ID VERSION...
3.2.10 RAWPIINPUT This table contains records pertaining to the types and number of inputs available on the device Field Name Note: All printers may not support some fields. For more specific information, please contact Lexmark http://support.lexmark.com Customer Support at START_TIME_UTC...
OPTION_TYPE BIN_COUNT 3.2.12 RAWPIOUTPUT This table contains records pertaining to physical output option capabilities of the device. Field Name Note: All printers may not support some fields. For more specific information, please contact Lexmark http://support.lexmark.com Customer Support at START_TIME_UTC DEVICE_ID...
MarkVision Professional 10.2 3.2.13 RAWPIDEVICESTATUS This table contains records pertaining to the physical output options installed on the device. Field Name Note: All printers may not support some fields. For more specific information, please contact Lexmark http://support.lexmark.com Customer Support at START_TIME_UTC...
STOP INCREMENT 3.2.15 RAWPISTATSPAPER This table contains records pertaining to the Paper Statistics. Field Name Note: All printers may not support some fields. For more specific information, please contact Lexmark http://support.lexmark.com Customer Support at MarkVision Professional 10.2 MVP 10.0 NUMBER(10) MVP 10.0...
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MarkVision Professional 10.2 DEVICE_ID START_TIME_UTC VERSION RECORD_ID RECORD_TYPE VALUE_TYPE UNITS DATA CAPACITY MarkVision Professional 10.2 MVP 10.0 VARCHAR2(255) MVP 10.0 NUMBER(10) MVP 10.0 NUMBER(5) MVP 10.0 VARCHAR2(64) MVP 10.0 VARCHAR2(64) MVP 10.0 VARCHAR2(64) MVP 10.0 VARCHAR2(64) MVP 10.0 NUMBER(10) MVP 10.0...
COUNT START STOP INCREMENT 3.2.16 RAWPISTATSSIDES This table contains records pertaining to the Sides Statistics. Field Name Note: All printers may not support some fields. For more specific information, please contact Lexmark http://support.lexmark.com Customer Support at DEVICE_ID START_TIME_UTC VERSION RECORD_ID...
COUNT START STOP INCREMENT 3.2.17 RAWPISTATSSUPPLIES This table contains records pertaining to the Paper Statistics. Field Name Note: All printers may not support some fields. For more specific information, please contact Lexmark http://support.lexmark.com Customer Support at DEVICE_ID START_TIME_UTC VERSION RECORD_ID MarkVision Professional 10.2...
MarkVision Professional 10.2 3.2.18 RAWPISTATSINSTALL This table contains records pertaining to the Installed Date Statistics. Field Name Note: All printers may not support some fields. For more specific information, please contact Lexmark http://support.lexmark.com Customer Support at DEVICE_ID START_TIME_UTC VERSION RECORD_ID...
MarkVision Professional 10.2 Field Relationships The master table for Printer Inventory is RAWPRNINV, with one-to-many relationships established between the top two fields, DEVICE_ID and START_TIME_UTC. NOTE: The new table for MVP 7.3, RAWPIINPUTOPTION, has the same relationship values as RAWPIOUTPUTOPTION.
June 1, 2004 4. Job Statistics The Job Statistics task for MarkVision Professional allows you to collect information on processed jobs for a particular printer, or a group of printers. With the collected data you can create reports, perform trend analysis, and even drive a purchasing program to automatically order supplies such as toner, ink, and paper.
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MarkVision Professional 10.2 The Job Statistics screen should be displayed: Select the appropriate database. Follow database specific instructions in the Database Driver section. The Selected Printers list display any printers you have asked the server to monitor for Job Statistics alerts.
This will increase network traffic. 4.1.2 Job Statistics: Collect From Disk Open the MarkVision Professional client. Select “Actions” on the toolbar and then “Scheduling” from the drop-down list, or “Scheduling” from the “All Tasks” list. MarkVision Professional 10.2 Page 37...
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MarkVision Professional 10.2 June 1, 2004 The Scheduling screen should be displayed: Select the “Add” button to add scheduled events for Job Statistics: Collect From Disk. The Add Schedule Wizard screen should be displayed: Select the Job Statistics: Collect From Disk radio button and click “Next.” Step 2 of the Add Schedule Wizard should be displayed: MarkVision Professional 10.2...
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MarkVision Professional 10.2 June 1, 2004 Modify the scheduling parameters as desired and click “Next.” Step 3 of the Add Schedule Wizard should be displayed: Select the appropriate database. Follow database specific instructions in the Configuring Database Driver section. Select “Next” and step 4 of the Add Schedule Wizard should be displayed: MarkVision Professional 10.2...
MarkVision Professional 10.2 The Selected Printers list display any printers you have want the server to query for Job Accounting alerts at the specified date/time. Table and Field Descriptions The tables and descriptions of each field are listed below. The data types listed for each field listed are specific to Oracle databases.
MarkVision Professional 10.2 4.2.1 RAWJAFAXJOB This table contains records pertaining to sent and received fax operations. Field Name Note: All printers may not support some fields. For more specific information, please contact Lexmark http://support.lexmark.com Customer Support at TIME_UTC DEVICE_ID JOB_ID...
4.2.2 RAWJASCANJOB This table contains records pertaining to submitted scans, such as account, destination, duration, resolution, etc. Field Name Note: All printers may not support some fields. For more specific information, please contact Lexmark http://support.lexmark.com Customer Support at TIME_UTC DEVICE_ID...
This table contains records pertaining to submitted print jobs, including when submitted, by whom, size, and failures encountered with the submitted print job. Field Name Note: All printers may not support some fields. For more specific information, please contact Lexmark http://support.lexmark.com Customer Support at TIME_UTC MarkVision Professional 10.2...
This table contains records pertaining to the type of media physically input to and used by the submitted job on a device. Field Name Note: All printers may not support some fields. For more specific information, please contact Lexmark http://support.lexmark.com Customer Support at...
This table contains records pertaining to the printing Papers, such as type of Paper and Printing counts etc. Field Name Note: All printers may not support some fields. For more specific information, please contact Lexmark http://support.lexmark.com Customer Support at TIME_UTC...
MarkVision Professional 10.2 VERSION PAPER_TYPE SHEET_COUNT IMPRESSION_COUNT COLOR_IMPRESSION_COUNT Field Relationships MarkVision Professional 10.2 NUMBER(5) MVP 10.0 VARCHAR2(64) MVP 10.0 NUMBER (10) MVP 10.0 NUMBER (10) MVP 10.0 NUMBER(10) MVP 10.0 June 1, 2004 Version of the data format used in this table.
MarkVision Professional 10.2 5. Device Status MarkVision Professional allows you to collect device status information for a particular printer or group of printers. With the collected data you can create reports, perform trend analysis, etc. See Configuring Database Driver for a description of supported databases.
RAWDSDEVICESTATUS This table contains a complete record of status messages and alerts, along with the times they occurred. Field Name Note: All printers may not support some fields. For more specific information, please contact Lexmark http://support.lexmark.com Customer Support at TIME_UTC...
MarkVision Professional 10.2 SEVERITY GRAPHIC_ID DISPLAY_TEXT Field Relationships 6. Data Type Conversion Data types are listed specific to Oracle databases. When writing to Microsoft Access or SQL Server databases, the data types are converted according to the following tables: Oracle...
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MarkVision Professional 10.2 June 1, 2004 Oracle Microsoft SQL Server NUMBER(x) NUMERIC(x) VARCHAR2(x) VARCHAR(x) MarkVision Professional 10.2 Page 55...
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