This template assess the status of Windows Print services
Prerequisites: WMI Access to print server
Credentials: Windows Administrator on print server
Monitored Components
Job Errors
This monitor returns the total number of job errors in a print queue since the last restart. Job errors can occur if the connection to the printer has errors due to network issues.
Jobs
This monitor returns the current number of jobs in a print queue. Use this counter to identify excessive use.
Jobs Spooling
This monitor returns the current number of spooling jobs (incoming or incomplete) in a print queue.
Not Ready Errors
This monitor returns the total number of printer-not-ready errors in a print queue since the last restart.
Out of Paper Errors
This monitor returns the total number of out-of-paper errors in a print queue since the last restart.
Print Server Spooler Service
This monitor returns CPU and memory usage of the Print Server Spooler Service
Print Server Thread Count
This component monitor returns the number of threads currently executing in Print Server
Total Jobs Printed
This monitor returns the total number of jobs printed from a print queue since the last restart.
Note: This component has the Count statistic as difference option enabled. It will return the difference between two polling intervals
Total Pages Printed
This monitor returns the total number of pages that have printed through the Graphics Device Interface (GDI) in a print queue since the last restart.
Note: This component has the Count statistic as difference option enabled. It will return the difference between two polling intervals
Portions of this document were originally created by and are excerpted from the following sources:
Microsoft Corporation, Copyright 
2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Available at https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn554243.aspx
Last updated: 3/3/2015