Print Analytics Setup Guide

The Print Setup Guide provides a quick and easy way to deploy Pharos Print Analytics by guiding you through the required steps. After each step is completed, a green check mark is shown on the right-hand side of the step to indicate that you've completed the step.

Step 1: Install on-premises components

  1. Save the Site Encryption Key The Site Encryption Key (previously called the Site Password) protects the site keys, which are used for encrypting print jobs. The encryption key is required to download the Device Scoutand the master Print Scout. See Recovering the Site Encryption Key.
  2. Configure Printer Host Address Define the host addresses for the printers on your network. This information will be used by the Device Scout to find your printers. See Manual entry of a single IP Address or Hostname.
  3. Download the Device Scout. Download the Device Scout, which is used to control the secure printer app running on the printer. The Device Scout only becomes available for download after confirming that the Site Encryption Key has been saved. See Why am I unable to download the Device Scout?.
  4. Install the Device Scout on a Windows Server machine. Install the downloaded Device Scout package on a supported Windows server machine. See Installing the Device Scout
  5. Discover Printers. After installing the Device Scout, it will automatically start scanning your configured IP ranges for network print devices. See Using the Device Discovery and Deployment Utility (DDU) to discover printers.
  6. Download the Print Scout. Using the saved Site Encryption key, download the master Print Scout. See  .
  7. Install the Print Scout. Install the master Print Scout on a supported workstation. See Installing Print Scout on Windows.

Step 2: Finalize Print Analytics Setup

  1. Deploy Print Scouts to user workstations. Print Scouts must be installed on user workstations. See Deploy the Print Scout

Step 3: Start using Print Analytics

  1. Review Print Analytics Dashboard. Click Review to start exploring your print data. See Review Print Analytics Dashboard