Windows Server Enable or Disable Logging of Printing Events

Windows Server 2008 R2

• Go to: Server Manager -> Diagnostics -> Event Views -> Applications and Service Logs -> Microsoft -> Windows -> PrintService -> Operational -> right click on the right side under Actions "Enable Log".

Windows Server 2003

To enable or disable logging of printing events

1. Open Printers and Faxes.
2. On the File menu, click Server Properties, and then click the Advanced tab.
3. To enable or disable writing spooler error events to the system log file, select or clear the Log spooler error events check box.
4. To enable or disable writing spooler warning events to the system log file, select or clear the Log spooler warning events check box.
5. To enable or disable writing spooler information events to the system log file, select or clear the Log spooler information events check box.
6. Stop and restart the spooler service, or reboot the server.

Notes

• To open Printers and Faxes, click Start, and then click Printers and Faxes.
• By default, all printing events are written to the system log file. If you want to reduce the amount of data that is logged, disable the logging of information events. If you want to further reduce the amount, disable the warning events. Disabling the logging of spooler error events is not recommended.