Amazing Toner Pirate Speed

[Hansoon]

Re: Amazing Toner Pirate Speed

There are programs that can be installed on networks

Installing on Customers network???

Hans

[Phrag]

Re: Amazing Toner Pirate Speed

Installing on Customers network???

Yep. We use one called print audit. We use it to notify us when the machines we service are low on toner, and to send us meter readings.

It's more of a pain in the a*se than anything else.

EDIT: We ask permission first.

[MHeon71]

Re: Amazing Toner Pirate Speed

Intall on network so you can see all printing devices and it reports back to you. Yes we ask peemission and like Phrag I think it is a nuisance. If there is a message, like low toner, program will email you daily.

[Phrag]

Re: Amazing Toner Pirate Speed

Intall on network so you can see all printing devices and it reports back to you. Yes we ask peemission and like Phrag I think it is a nuisance. If there is a message, like low toner, program will email you daily.

It's only a nuisance when, under some circumstances, it's installed on a desktop PC, or laptop (where the is no local server) and the customer either takes it home, turn it off while they are on holidays, or changes the computer out, the Print Audit server reports stale data from that client, and then we have to figure out why.

[Lagonda]

Re: Amazing Toner Pirate Speed

The sales department tries to get the customer to install a programme called "Fleet" its supposed to monitor all the devices we have installed but it crawls around the customers network and gives us a report on all the customers print devices. Our salesmen think it is a very good tool for when they put together print management packages for the client.
How ever most of the smart IT manages tell them to piss off as they don't want company info leaving their control but as we know a lot of IT mangers arn't as smart as they like to think they are and willing let us in.
I presume its through loop holes like that is where the pirates get their info from.

[Akitu]

Re: Amazing Toner Pirate Speed

It's a real mystery how they do it. Anyone willing to go undercover? Apply to be a toner pirate and figure out their methods, then report back to us with your findings.

[Hansoon]

Re: Amazing Toner Pirate Speed

In MY company network I would NEVER EVER allow anybody installing any kind of software. Especially not software with a "reporting" character to the outside world........

Hans