Logging Information to the BarTender System Database

History Explorer can reprint one or more or all of the items in a BarTender print job based on the print job information that is stored in the BarTender System Database. To use this reprint functionality, you must specify that print job information is logged to the BarTender System Database. To do this, follow these steps:

1. In Administration Console, expand the System Database node in the left navigation pane if it is not already expanded, and then click Print Job Logging.

2. On the Print Job Logging page, click to select the Log print job information check box.

3. In the Reprint area, click to select the reprint logging options that you want.

4. In the Images of Printed Items area, optionally click to select the Include image of the printed item(s) check box, and then configure the items that you want to include and the image settings. When you do this, History Explorer can access an image of the print jobs that you specify in the Items list.

   This option uses a significant amount of space in the BarTender System Database and can result in more time being required to run BarTender print jobs.

5. Click Apply to save your changes. Alternatively, click OK to save your changes and close Administration Console.

For more information, refer to the Print Job Logging Page topic in the Administration Console help system.

History Explorer can display a list of the messages that are generated by certain applications in the BarTender Suite. To log these messages to the BarTender System Database, follow these steps:

1. In BarTender, click Log Setup on the Administer menu. The Log Setup dialog opens.

2. Click to select the Log messages to System Database check box.

3. In the Severity Level list, select the severity level of the messages that you want to be logged (errors, warnings, and/or information). To specify individual messages that you want to be logged, select Custom, click Select, and then click to select the messages that you want.

4. Click OK.

The message severity levels have the following meanings: 

• Errors prevent you from printing an item or from using an application in the BarTender Suite.

• Warnings indicate events that may affect how an item is printed or how an application behaves, but these events are not serious enough to cause a print job to fail or an application to stop working.

• Information messages convey print job information. They have no effect on the output of a print job or on the behavior of an application.

Every time that a user tries to perform a protected action in any BarTender application, BarTender can log the permission check. These checks can include actions, electronic signatures, logon overrides, or use of encryption keys. History Explorer can display these permission checks when you have done the following in Administration Console:

• Set up security for your computer

• Configured some security permissions

• Specified that security permission checks are logged

To log security permission checks, follow these steps:

1. In Administration Console, expand the Security node, and then click Logging.

2. Scroll through the Action list to find the actions that you want, and then click to select the check box for each permission check that you want to be logged to the BarTender System Database.

3. Click Apply to save your changes. Alternatively, click OK to save your changes and close Administration Console.

When you configure event logging in Printer Maestro, History Explorer can display the printer inventory events, print jobs, and printer events that Printer Maestro logs. To do this, follow these steps:

1. In Printer Maestro, click Events Setup on the Administer menu to open the Events Setup dialog.

2. In the Event Targets pane of the dialog, select BarTender System Database.

3. On the Events tab, click to select the Enable check box.

4. In the Event Selection area, under Severity, select the severity levels of the messages that you want to be logged.

5. Under Categories, click to select the Printer, Job, and Inventory check boxes.

6. Click OK to close the Events Setup dialog.

For more information, refer to the Events Setup Dialog topic in the Printer Maestro help system.