Managing printers

Note: Customize the data shown using the left pane filters. The filters are populated based on the search results.

Managing printers in groups

  1. From the Fleet Tracker web portal, click Manage > Fleet > Devices.

  2. If necessary, select a client or group. For more information, see Selecting a client or group.

  3. Select one or more printers, and then click Device.

  4. Do either of the following:

    • Click Move, and then select the client or group to where you want to move the printers.

      Note: Moving a printer to another client or group removes it from the client or group that it is in, depending on the level of the destination.
    • Click Copy, and then select the client or group to where you want to copy the printers.

Some printers may be moved from one location to another. A printer can be associated with its new group automatically during a rollup. The following scenarios show how Fleet Tracker manages the printer when it is moved to another location:

Removing printers from groups

  1. From the Fleet Tracker web portal, click Manage > Fleet > Devices.

  2. Select a client or group. For more information, see Selecting a client or group.

  3. Select one or more printers, and then click Device.

  4. Click Remove from Group > Yes.

Managing an individual printer

  1. From the Fleet Tracker web portal, click Manage > Fleet > Devices.

  2. If necessary, select a client or group. For more information, see Selecting a client or group.

  3. Click a printer name, and then do one or more of the following:

    Note: You can also export the list of printers.
    • From the Device Details tab, view information about the printer, including its location, status, page count, and supplies.

    • From the Ticket tab, review, create, delete, or export tickets associated with the printer.

    • From the Policy tab, create, edit, or delete the printer policy.

    • From the Historical View tab, export or view archived information about the printer.

    • From the Create Report tab, generate, view, send as e-mail, or export reports.

      Note: Generating reports is not supported at the printer level.
    • From the Log tab, view the log for the printer.

  4. Note: Changes made to settings at the printer level override settings at the group level.

Adding a printer manually

  1. From the Fleet Tracker web portal, click Manage > Fleet > Device > Add.

  2. Enter the appropriate information.

  3. If necessary, add another printer.

  4. Click Ok.

Note: Printers that are added manually are set to storage state. Data is not collected from printers that are added manually unless a data collector discovers these printers.

Understanding printer states

You can set the printers to one of the following states:

Note: The values in some columns are no longer shown. When sorting or filtering printers by columns, the printers are listed in the same manner as when the values of the columns were still shown.

Changing printer states

  1. From the Fleet Tracker web portal, click Manage > Fleet > Devices.

  2. Select one or more printers.

  3. Click Device, and then select a printer state.

    Note: For more information, see Understanding printer states.

Understanding device statuses

In Fleet Tracker, each device is associated with a device or printer status.

Device status

The device status refers to the current operational state of the device.

Note: When using the Embedded Lexmark Remote Asset Manager, we recommend discovering and collecting only up to 100 devices. Rolling up more than 100 devices shows a message with the data collector status.
Printer status

The printer status refers to the current state of the printer portion of the device; multifunction products have features beyond just printing jobs.