Allowing a user limited or unlimited printer credits

For a user to be able to print to a monitored printer, the user must have sufficient printer credits. You can limit the number of printer credits or allow a user unlimited printer credits.

To allow a user limited or unlimited printer credits

  1. From the left-hand pane, expand Picture of the Users icon Users and choose All Users.

  2. From the right-hand pane, right-click the user and from the menu, choose Properties.

  3. Choose the Printer Credits tab.

  4. In the 'Credit limit' section:

  5. To specify printer credits, select 'User has a limited number of printer credits' and type the number of printer credits that you wish to allocate to the user. If you have set 'Auto-allocation' for the user, the 'Credit limit' setting will override this setting and will apply for the duration of the current auto-allocation period.

  6. To set unlimited printer credits, select 'User has unlimited printer credits'.

  1. Click OK.

Notes

  • The number of credits that a printed page costs is set on the Printer Properties, Printer Credits tab.

  • If a user is allocated a limited number of printer credits and they exceed this number, they are prevented from printing at any printers that are monitored.

  • You can use the same process to allow limited or unlimited printer credits for multiple users. In step 2 choose all of the required users.

  • User properties are also available by selecting the user and choosing Picture of the Properties button in the toolbar, or from the File menu choosing Properties.

Related Topics

Automatically allocate printer credits
Add printer credits to a user's balance

Set the number of printer credits for a user