Events Pane

The Events pane provides you with a view of the recent event history. Printer Maestro tracks all events that affect computers, printers, print jobs, and inventory items system-wide. The Events pane allows you to group events based on severity, so that you can easily access messages that are relevant to you. You may also set an upper limit to the number of recent events that are displayed.

You can set a limit to the number of recent events displayed in the Events pane using the Recent Event Displayed control on the General tab of the User Preferences dialog. The default limit is 1000 records.

Available Fields

When Printer Maestro detects an event, it stores information about the event as fields in its database. This information can be viewed by adding or removing columns in the Events pane. The following information can be accessed from the database:

Field	Description
Message	Displays the text message associated with the event. This field is required, and is included in the default view.
Time	Displays the date and time that the event occurred.
Category	Displays the event's category; options include Computer, Printer, Job, Inventory or Database.
Computer	Displays the name of the computer where the event was generated.
Printer	Displays the printer on which the event occurred.

Severity Levels

Each event detected by Printer Maestro is classified as an error, a warning, or an informational message.

Error messages prevent applications from executing a print job. All error conditions must be resolved before you can continue to print.
Warning messages notify the user that the print output may not be as expected. It is not mandatory to resolve warnings before printing.
Informational messages notify the user of an event that will not affect the print output.

You can filter events by severity using the filter bar near the top of the Events pane. The filter bar contains an icon for each of the severity levels. Each icon displays the number of events with the designated severity level displayed in the Events pane. Events for each level may be included or excluded from the view by clicking that level's icon.