windows_exporter/docs/collector.printer.md

printer collector

The printer collector exposes metrics about printers and their jobs.

Metric name prefix	printer
Data source	Print spooler API (EnumPrintersW, EnumJobsW)
Classes	Values match Win32_Printer and Win32_PrintJob
Enabled by default?	No

Flags

--collector.printer.include

If given, a printer needs to match the include regular expression in order for the corresponding printer metrics to be reported. Default: .+

--collector.printer.exclude

If given, a printer needs to not match the exclude regular expression in order for the corresponding printer metrics to be reported. Default: empty

Metrics

Name	Description	Type	Labels
windows_printer_status	Printer status. 1 for the current status, 0 otherwise	gauge	printer, status
windows_printer_job_count	Number of jobs processed by the printer since the last reset	counter	printer
windows_printer_job_status	A counter of printer jobs by status	gauge	printer, status