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Service Overview, Memory Requirements, Stopping and Re-starting Polling Tasks

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Service Overview The Status and Reporting Service tasks run behind the scenes and periodically query printers via SNMP for current status and reporting information. Following a reboot the Status and Report polling services starts automatically. Printer information collected is stored in data files. These files are accessed by the PrinterMap Topology window and report generation processes. The Status and Report service polling intervals are configured through the Status and Reporting Configuration windows. Refer to "Configuring PrinterMap" in Chapter 2 for more information on configuring the Status and Reporting services. Windows 95 Memory Requirements The Status and Reporting Service occupy approximately 2.5MB of RAM each. Stopping and Re-starting Polling Tasks The Status and Reporting services must be active to collect status and reporting data from managed printers. If, for example, if the Status polling process is terminated, PrinterMap Topology no longer reflects the current status of managed printers. To terminate or re-start either background task, follow instructions below for the appropriate operating system. 1. Double-click the PrinterMap Status icon or the PrinterMap Reporting icon located in the Windows 95/98 service tray to access the PrinterMap Service PrinterMap User Guide 57

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PrinterMap User Guide
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Service Overview
The Status and Reporting Service tasks run behind the scenes and periodically
query printers via SNMP for current status and reporting information. Following a
reboot the Status and Report polling services starts automatically. Printer
information collected is stored in data files. These files are accessed by the
PrinterMap Topology window and report generation processes. The Status and
Report service polling intervals are configured through the Status and Reporting
Configuration windows.
Refer to “Configuring PrinterMap” in Chapter 2 for more information on
configuring the Status and Reporting services.
Memory Requirements
The Status and Reporting Service occupy approximately 2.5MB of RAM each.
Stopping and Re-starting Polling Tasks
The Status and Reporting services must be active to collect status and reporting
data from managed printers. If, for example, if the Status polling process is
terminated, PrinterMap Topology no longer reflects the current status of managed
printers. To terminate or re-start either background task, follow instructions below
for the appropriate operating system.
1.
Double-click the PrinterMap Status icon or the PrinterMap Reporting icon
located in the Windows 95/98 service tray to access the PrinterMap Service
Windows
95