Double-click on the Printers icon to display and manage the user and local printers on the audited machine. Goverlan can manage locally attached printers, local printer queues to TCP Network printers, single user printer connections and per-machine user printer connections.
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The Printers view displays information about the currently configured local and network printer queues. By default, the printer items are grouped by Type to differentiate between local and network printer queues. To group the printers by another category, click on the appropriate column header. To remove a grouping, right click on the column header used for the grouping and remove the check beside the 'Show in Groups' menu item. You can also add or remove information columns by right clicking on any of column header and check/un-check the appropriate columns.
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Use the Task Panel on the left to execute a task. The available printer tasks depend on the current selection. You can also use the context sensitive menu by right-clicking on an item in the printer list view.
The user's default printer is marked with the 
icon. To change the default printer, select another printer queue and click on the Set as Default Printer link in the Task Panel, or, right-click on the mouse and select 'Set as Default Printer' from the context sensitive menu.
To view the properties of a printer, select it and click on Properties in the Task Panel, or, right-click on the mouse and select Properties from the context sensitive menu.
To open a printer queue, double click on it, or, select it and click on See what's printing in the Task Panel, or, right-click on the mouse and select See what's printing from the context sensitive menu.
Click on the Add a printer link in the Task Panel.
Select Local Printer Queue from the Add Wizard.
Follow the Add Printer Wizard to complete your operation.
To add a network attached printer to a machine:
Click on the Add a printer link in the Task Panel.
Select Local Printer Queue from the Add Wizard.
Follow the Add Printer Wizard to complete your operation.
Click on the Add a printer link in the Task Panel.
Select User Printer Queue from the Add Wizard.
Enter the UNC path of the printer queue.
Remove the check in the All Users check box.
Click on Add Connection.
An All User Printer queue is persistent to the machine itself and applies to all users logging into the machine.
Click on the Add a printer link in the Task Panel.
Select User Printer Queue from the Add Wizard.
Enter the UNC path of the printer queue.
Enable the check in the All Users check box.
Click on Add Connection.
Select the printer object from the view.
Click on the Delete this printer link in the Task Panel.
To share or un-share a local printer queue, select it and click on the Share or Unshare in the Task Panel, or, right-click on the mouse and select Share or Unshare from the context sensitive menu.
To export the printer information to a text file, click on Report Information in the Task Panel.
