Printer Page counting on a server 2003 network

Hi, I am running a Server 2003 network and I need to count how many pages all 40 printers are printing in 1 month.

Whats the best way?

Thanks

Jacko

Wow, what a good question. I can't think of a way to do it through the OS - doesn't mean there isn't one though. Come on world, can this be done?
If you're using HP laser printers try using the web browser to access the management pages. There's usually a count on there. Once you've found it maybe you could knock up a script to retrieve the values using SNMP and produce a monthly report

Hi, thanks for the quick reply!
We do have all HP Laser Jet Printers

But "knocking up a script to retrieve the values using SNMP and produce a monthly report" might be a bit out of my depth

But I will have a look and see what I can find. Thanks very much for the help !

It might not be as hard as you think. A fair number of SNMP swiss-army-knife type programs will let you build a scheduled collection job. HP Openview NNM does for example. Or you could use something like MRTG to do it. The key to all of this, however, is finding/knowing the SNMP OID where the value resides in the printers you have

It looks like HP Jetdirect Software will do the job.

The Bishop's suggestion (SNMP) is brilliant if you're willing to get your hands dirty or tinker. You could however use a solution from HP called HP Web Jetadmin. I'm not sure if this was what jacko0 was referring this. Check out this link for the specs and also this one for a report generation plug-in for the same product.