Print
Control and Print Management Software
Step 1.
Download and extract the
30-day trial version
of CZ Print Release Station, then double click setup.exe
to install Master Print Release Station.
Option 1: Master Print Release Station is installed on a
computer that will be used by staff or users to release the print jobs
Option 2: Master Print Release Station is installed on
your current print server that has printers shared and and Slave Print
Release Station is installed on a computer that will be
used by staff or users to release the print jobs
Option 1: Master Print Release Station is installed on a computer that will
be
used by staff or users to release the print jobs
on the computer
(e.g. \\PRS) where Master Print Release Station is installed:
Step 2. Click Start --> Settings --> Printers and Faxes
(or Devices and Printers).
Step 3.
Click "Add a printer" button to start the Add Printer Wizard, and then click
Next.
Step 4.
Click the "Local printer attached to this computer" option and
then click
Next.
Step 5.
Select a port, for example
Standard TCP/IP Port, Parallel / USB port
or LPR Port and and
follow the instructions on screen. If the port
is not in the list, select "Create a new port" to add a new port.
Step 6.
The printer icon will be
added to your Printers and Faxes folder (or Devices and Printers folder). Right
click the printer icon and click Sharing.
Step 7.
Right
click the printer icon and click Properties. Uncheck "Render print jobs on
client computers" and select "Start printing after last page is spooled".
Step 8.
Click Start -> All Programs -> CZ Solution -> CZ Print Release
Station 5.0 - Master to run CZ Print Release Station for the
first time. If Preferences window doesn't appear, click menu
Print Jobs -> Preferences.
Step 9.
Click Refresh List, select the printers you want to
control in the list of "Available Shared Printers" and click
Add to add it to the list of "Monitored Printers", click
Save, and then click Exit.
Step 10.
On each workstation that you want to control the
print jobs, add shared printer e.g. \\PRS\HP
LaserJet 4:
9.1 Choose Start ->
Printers and Faxes (or Devices and Printers).
9.2 Click "Add a
printer" button to start the Add Printer Wizard, and then click
Next.
9.3 Click the "A
network printer" option and follow the instructions on screen.
9.4. The printer icon will be added to the
Printers and Faxes folder (or Devices and Printers folder). The network printer
name is like "Printer-Name on Print-Server-Name".
Step 11.
Send a print job from a workstation. The print job is held in CZ Print Release
Station -> Waiting Jobs. You can click Print button to release it. There are
different ways to release print jobs. Please see
Scenarios
for more details.
Option 2: Master Print
Release Station is installed on your current print server that has printers
shared and and Slave
Print Release Station is
installed on a computer that will be used by staff or users to release the print
jobs
On your current Print Server
(e.g. \\PRS) that has shared printer (e.g. HP LaserJet 4)
Step 2.
Click Start -> All Programs -> CZ Solution -> CZ Print Release
Station 5.0 - Master to run CZ Print Release Station for the
first time. If Preferences window doesn't appear, click menu
Print Jobs -> Preferences.
Step 3.
Click Refresh List, select the printers you want to
control in the list of "Available Shared Printers" and click
Add to add it to the list of "Monitored Printers".
Step 4.
In Preferences -> Print Jobs, select "Enable add-on slave print release
station", click Save, and then click Exit.
Note:
Master Print Release Station can be
run as Windows service on your current print server regardless
of whether someone is logged on.
Step
1. Exit Master Print Release Station if it is
running.
Step
2. Rename file C:\Program Files\CZ Solution\CZ Print Release
Station\config\noservice (or C:\Users\<your_account>\AppData\Local
\VirtualStore\Program Files\CZ
Solution\CZ Print Release Station\config\noservice) to a different name.
Step
3. Start CZ Print Release Station and
select the menu item "Tools-->Install CZ Print Release Station
(Master) Service".
Step 4.
Restart the computer. When the Master Print Release Station
service is running, the process "PrintSaver.exe" is running in
Task Manager.
If the Master Print
Release Station is running at the backend on the print server
and it is not used by staff or users to release the print jobs, then
only
the license for Slave
Print Release Station needs to be ordered. The license for
Master Print Release Station is free.
If the Master Print
Release Station is used by staff or users to release the print
jobs, don't install CZ Print Release Station (Master) Service.
Step 5.
On a computer that will be Slave Print Release Station
5.1 Double click CZ Print Release
Station_Slave.msi to install Slave Print Release Station.
5.2 Choose Start ->
Printers and Faxes (or Devices and Printers).
5.3 Click "Add a
printer" button to start the Add Printer Wizard, and then click
Next.
5.4 Click the "A
network printer" option and follow the instructions on screen.
5.5 The printer icon will be added to the
Printers and Faxes folder (or Devices and Printers folder). The network printer
name is like "Printer-Name on Print-Server-Name".
5.6 Select
menu Print Jobs --> Preferences, enter the IP address or
computer name of print server where Master Print
Release Station is installed, then click "Connect" and "Get
Settings" button.
Step 6.
Send a print job from a workstation to the network printer (For exmaple
\\PRS\HP LaserJet 4). The print job is held on both
Master Print Release Station and Slave Print Release Station. You can click
Print button to release it from either Master Print Release Station or Slave
Print Release Station. There are different ways to release print jobs. Please
see
Scenarios
for more details.
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