How To Check Your Printed Documents History On Windows 10
Plus see if anyone is printing without your permission
There will be many instances when it is useful to know what has been printed from a certain computer. You can find out everything that you’re about to print and you will also know how to view what you’ve already printed — whether it was recent or a long time ago.
You can also check to see if anyone else has been printing from your computer without your permission.
How To Access Your Print Queue
Viewing your print queue allows you to see the document that you’re about to print. This comes in handy if you think you’ve accidentally sent the wrong file to your print queue.
If you did send the wrong file to your printing list, you will end up wasting time, ink, and paper. The solution? Check your print queue to be 100% certain.
The print queue provides you with all the information that you need regarding the documents that are and were on your queue. This includes theDocument Name, Status, andSize.
How To View Your Recent Print History
Even though your printer’s queue lets you view print jobs, it’s limited to recent documents. If you want a complete log of all recently printed documents, you’re out of luck. You can’t count on your printer’s queue for this.
But luckily, there’s a workaround. Instead of going to your printer’s queue, you can turn to theEvent Manager.
This grants access to theEvent Viewer. This program allows you (and all the administrators and users of your computer) to access event logs on a remote machine.
While usingRunis easy, there is an alternative. That is to launchEvent Viewerdirectly from the start menu.
From this point on, you will have a record of future print jobs. Anytime you want, you can view this record.
How To Check Your Printing History
Enabling your system to record future printing jobs is one useful function. But what if you want to look back on what you have already printed sincethe beginning of time?
If you’re on Windows 10, it’s not going to be a problem. Just follow these simple steps.
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