Page Countster v1.0.0.195

webfork on 28 Feb 2017
  • 282KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 9 Dec 2009
  • Suggested by guinness

Page Countster helps with printer management on a Local Area Network. The highly configurable software will create a report that contains printer IP addresses, MAC addresses, host names, printer models, serial numbers as well as the printer ink levels. The program can even send a test page to any network printer without needing a driver.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: Administrator rights
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download Printers.exe to a folder of your choice and launch.
What's new?
  • v1.0.0.195 Repaired Default SNMP Community bugg
  • v1.0.0.190 Repaired Reporting Function
  • v1.0.0.188 Added Save Default Network

11 comments on Page Countster  The Portable Freeware Collection Latest Entries Feed

zemach 2010-09-30 07:51

It’s possible to run the app automatically and send the report via SMTP?
Regards
Zemach

j36047 2010-01-07 14:26

Thanks for clearing that up Stoic Joker. That makes sense as Page Countster does see the HP LaserJet 2300 on my same home network without issue. It would be good to see this functionality in the future. It would make Page Countster more of a one stop shop for managing network printers.

Stoic Joker 2010-01-07 01:19

The primary purpose of Page Countster is to collect information from/about business (class) network laser printers. To that end the program does a pass/fail connection test to the lpr/lpd spooler port 515, which is typically open on any network print device.

Given that the Photosmart series inkjet printers are consumer class machines (which isn't a bad thing I just got one for my wife for christmas), they most likely have a very stripped down network interface (hence the failure).

Page Countster is also not designed to get readings from all 6 of the possible ink cartridges in some of the ink based machines. I may explore this later for taking reading off of a plotter and/or as network inkjets become more common.

j36047 2010-01-06 14:53

Great idea for an application. One issue for me however...does not see my HP PhotoSmart 3200 no matter what I try. Tried raising both settings but no dice. As it gets to the IP for the Photosmart, I see in the status bar it says: Failure[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] is not a printer. Any ideas Stoic Joker?

MadDog 2010-01-06 03:56

Just what I needed...
I ran this program as an Administrator and made adjustments to ICMP and SMTP as suggested by Stoic Joker - This Program rocks!

Works just as described (on a single windows domain of 30 printers). Very useful!

Thank you, thank you Stoic Joker for creating, sharing, and supporting this great tool!

Stoic Joker 2010-01-06 00:51

Network latency & traffic can impact the results. This is why both ICMP and SNMP wait times are adjustable. If it's missing devices increase the ICMP wait time. If it missing information increase the SNMP wait time. By default they're set tightly to keep the scan speed high through blocks of dead addreses. If conditions are less than ideal ... adjustments can be made to compensate as needed.

The MAC addresses are pulled from the local machines ARP table, and may come back as either all zeros or "Non Local Address" (something to that effect) if the device is located outside the local broadcast zone.

Kamika 2010-01-05 19:03

From our 80 printers in LAN only 12 found, 2 of them with printed pages, all others without values.
Also all MAC's are the same.
*tool deleted*

MiDoJo 2010-01-05 18:03

10 Printers on our LAN 0 found Sorry Got to vote this on down

PrintTester 2010-01-04 07:48

28 printers in our LAN found, 5 color page count values, all others without valaues.
And each printer has the same MAC.
Not really good this tool.

Stoic Joker 2009-12-29 17:07

Due to the programs usage of raw sockets (which are required to hit and maintain the high scanning speeds), it may need to be run with administrative rights. The error message: "SOCKET Failure Error at RAW socket(): 10038", is simply indicating that the program was run without administrative rights, and therefore does not have access to the raw socket interface.

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