PaperCut NG Overview PaperCut NG - Introduction • Track and control printing charges by users, groups or clients • Easy to install and configure to your specific environment • Return on investment is fast when you control usage and/or charge • Web consoles make operation simple for staff and users
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PaperCut NG
Overview
PaperCut NG - Introduction
• Track and control printing charges by users, groups or clients
• Easy to install and configure to your specific environment
• Return on investment is fast when you control usage and/or charge
• Web consoles make operation simple for staff and users
PaperCut NG
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PaperCut NG - How It Works
PaperCut works by intercepting printer usage at the server level, calculating the cost, and deducting it from a central account associated with a user, department, group or client account.
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PaperCut NG – System Requirements
Primary Server:• Windows 2008 / 2008 R2 / 2003 / 2000 • Microsoft Clustering Services supported at all
application layers• Apple Mac OS X (10.6, 10.5 or 10.4)• Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 Linux (OES 2
Linux) - SP1, SP2 (with hotfix applied) or SP3.• Most modern Linux distributions including Red
Hat, Novell SUSE, Debian, and others
• 1GB of RAM or Higher Recommended
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PaperCut NG – System Requirements
Database Server:• Self managing internal database: suitable for up
to 5,000 users.• Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 (either 32
or 64 bit)• Microsoft SQL Express 2005/2008 (free from
Microsoft)• PostgreSQL 7.1 or higher• MySQL 5.0 or higher• Oracle 9.2 or higher
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PaperCut NG – System Requirements
Print Release StationsOS: • Windows 2008 / 2003 / Windows 7 / Vista / XP /
2000 / NT 4.0 incl. 64-bit versions• Apple Mac OS X (10.6, 10.5 or 10.4)• Most modern Linux distributions
Memory: 128MB or Greater
Hard Disk:• 0MB - zero-install deployment (recommended)• 70MB - full local installation
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PaperCut NG – Importing Users from AD
Importing users from Active Directory is as simple as:
• Install a client on one of your AD Domain Controllers.
• Login to PaperCut web interface a “Admin”.
• Go to “Options” then “User/Group Sync”.• Select “Active Directory” as your sync source.
• Click “Synchronize Now”.
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PaperCut NG – How can I add credits
• Administrators can define quotas by scheduling credit allocation at defined intervals.
• In a pay for print environment users can add funds to accounts using pre-paid voucher cards or through a variety of online payment systems to implement a self-managing user-pays system.
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PaperCut NG comes with an app for generating voucher cards you can hand out to the students and they can redeem by logging into the PaperCut portal as themselves an entering the code.
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You can also us an Optional Payment Gateway:
• Supported Gateways:• Blackboard - Blackboard's Transact platform is a card
based campus payment system. No mandatory hardware requirement. Requires a configured Blackboard system. Please contact Blackboard for further details.
• CardSmith - CardSmith provide card based payment and ID systems. Requires a CardSmith merchant account and cards for users. Please contact CardSmith for further details.
• CBORD - CBORD Odyssey PCS is a card based payment and ID system. No mandatory hardware requirement. Requires a configured CBORD Odyssey PCS system. Please contact CBORD for further details.
• My Student Account - My Student Account is a school payment system for students and parents. Requires a configured My Student Account system.
Users simply print to a single global virtual queue, then go to a print release station and release their print job. PaperCut knows which printers are nearby and picks the best one without bothering the user with the details.
LOAD BALANCED
Where multiple local printers are available intelligent load balancing algorithms are used to determine the best candidate based on factors such as printer load and error conditions.
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PaperCut NG – Client Tools
Basic Desktop Client Tool:• This Client shows the current balance of the user• Clicking on “Details” will take the user to the
Portal login interface and pre-populate their user ID.
• This client does not require an installation and can be ran from a network share via a shortcut or GPO.
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PaperCut NG – Client Tools
Print Confirmation Popup:• When a user prints, PaperCut may optionally display
a popup with print job information including number of pages, color/grayscale information, the job's cost and its document name. Users verify the print job and can choose to print or cancel it. This process reduces waste by reducing the number of incorrect/accidental print jobs.
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PaperCut NG – Client Tools
Print Account Selection:• The client software allows users to charge printing