Our network printer is spitting out unwanted print jobs which no one seems to collect. I want to know from which machine the jobs comes to the printer.
We have PaperCut in our server but these specific jobs are printing without any entry in Papercut.
How to find out the IP Address for all print jobs to a printer
ipnetwork-printer
Best Answer
It's a bit of an open question depending on your network... but some kind of network traffic monitoring might be useful... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_traffic_measurement
What kind of printer is it? There may be a function to print out the IP address of the sender, or better yet, print recent logs. You might need to enable logging first: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/check-printer-logs-54952.html
Is your printer and/or network behind a firewall? There are almost certainly firewall logs on your network... but that all depends on your network...
Alternatively, you could try unplugging the printer and pluggin a laptop, with fixed IP the same as the printer's (if your network allows this). Then you can monitor IP-based requests directly. (not a great idea, but probably one that I would try just for fun and if nothing else works). This might help if you're on a windows system: apparently I need more reputation to paste this link... google "nextofwindows tracking firewall activity with a windows 8 firewall log"
Let us know:
1) Printer model 2) Network type 3) Firewall status
Maybe we can help more?
Good luck!