Printer Management

Print Management gives the Tutor total control over printer usage within the classroom, the Tutor can monitor and control all printing activity by connected Students or printer. Students can be prevented from printing, be assigned page limits per lesson or require Tutor authorisation to print.

The print management feature supports multiple printers within a classroom, prevents the addition, deletion or modification of existing printers and provides printing usage summaries as part of the Student Register.

Switching to Print View

1. Click the Print View icon on the left-hand side of the Tutor Console.

   Or

   Select the View tab in the ribbon, click the drop-down arrow in the Mode section and choose Print View.

In the List view Displays the currently connected Students or groups. You can switch the display mode between large icons and details view from the View tab in the ribbon., the Student icons can be viewed in two different ways, large icons or details view. Click the Large icons icon or the Details icon on the status bar.

When viewing in large icons view, an icon is displayed next to the Student icon, informing the Tutor of the current print activity. If the List view is in details view, a summary of the print activity for each Student is displayed.

The lower panes can be minimised to make more room for the Student icons. Click the Minimise View icon.

To keep track of print usage while in other areas of the Tutor Console, select the Class tab in the ribbon and click Show Printers. The printer icon will be displayed in all other views allowing you to see jobs as they happen, pause, delete and resume printing.

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Using Printer Management

View print history