enable print-logging on win7

Unfortunately by win7 printjobs are not longer logged in the eventlog. (I need this feature cause I have loads of requests like “i pressed print but it didnt print” and its good to see then which printer the user actually printed to and tell them on which printer they can fetch their documents).

It took me quite a while to find out how to reenable it. Many pages recommend fiddling in the registry and adding EventLog-keys to several branches. It did not work to me.
Finally I found the following webpage:

http://www.ehow.com/how_7562420_print-job-history.html
Thnx a lot. In case this link will get offline I will summarize the important things here:

• open eventviewer (via controlcenter -> system or by running eventvwr)
• open Click “Applications and Services”-->”Microsoft”-->”PrintService”-->”Operational” (in german its : Anwendungen und Dienste -> Microsoft -> windows -> printservice -> Betriebsbereit)
• There you find the logs in case the logging is enabled
• if its not just rightclick the “Operational” or “Betriebsbereit” (german) and “enable protocol”.

thats it. all credits go to Alec Preble, eHow Contributor who created the above article. I just copy/pasted it to make it easier accessible and preseve this very useful information. No credits to me.