Restricting access to color printing is now much simpler. All printers now have a filter for selecting the user groups who have color printing access.
Watermarking and job attribution is now available for PCL5 printer drivers, in addition to the existing PostScript support. Next up: PCL6.
New reports to compare printing over time (e.g. last month to this month).
Enhancements:
Novell OES: Print jobs manually canceled from iPrint queues are now automatically refunded.
Novell OES: Improvements to cluster install notes.
Scheduled reports can now be copied. This simplifies setting up multiple similar reports.
Printer toner information may now be manually updated (in addition to the automatic perdiodic updates)
Test notifications can now be sent to specific email addresses as well as by entering a username.
The Windows release station zero-install method ("pc-release-local-cache.exe") now automatically updates more config files each time it is launched (config.properties and client-machine-aliases.properties), simplifying deployment of multiple release stations from a central location.
Improved retrieval of device serial numbers via SNMP by looking in some non-standard SNMP locations.
Improved support for IPv6 when using the Windows Print Services for Unix (LPR and IPP).
All printing based reports now have an ad hoc filter for printer groups.
Improved logging to diagnose secondary server connection issues caused by security settings.
Added a full Hebrew translation, thanks to our team in Israel.
Fixes:
Fixed a problem editing scheduled reports with multiple email recipients which caused the recipients to be saved incorrectly.
Fixed problem when editing scheduled reports in Excel/CSV format where date range parameters were incorrectly displayed.
Fixed small memory leak in the Windows print provider service.
Sensitive fields are no longer logged to the App Log when they are changed in the Config Editor (e.g. SMTP passwords).
Windows: fixed printing order when a large number of print jobs are released at once (more than about 40 jobs).
Improved reliability of watermarking on the HP 4100 with PostScript drivers.
Release Station: Fixed anonymous print release for release stations running in "release any" mode.
Release Station: Improved support for card authentication when using card header and trailer that are the same character.
Fixed a problem setting admin rights for user group restrictions that could occur when running on a PostgreSQL database configured with certain locale/language settings.
Printer compatibility improvements:
Improved page count detection for Xerox APIV C4470 PCL6 drivers.
Improved copy count detection for some PostScript printers.
Added page count support for Dymo 330 and 450 printers.
Added grayscale/color detection for Xerox PostScript printers (e.g. the WC 7655).
Added paper size detection for Canon UFR II devices such as Canon ir-ADV C2020/C2030 printers.
Added support for detecting A5 paper sizes for Ricoh and Kyocera PCL5 printer drivers.
Added support for RISO ComColor GDI series.
Added support for the Ricoh RPCS driver for the GX7000 and GXe3350N devices.
Added support for the Panasonic KX-MB3030 GDI Driver.
Added copy count detection for PostScript drivers on KIP plotters.
Linux/Mac: Added support for the Oki C5650 HiperC printer.
Linux/Mac: Improved reliability of print job redirection (e.g. find-me printing) on very busy print queues.
18 October 2010 - PaperCut 10.6 (Build 12014)
New features:
Default shared account - New option to give users a default shared account. The default account is then pre-selected in account selection pop-ups making it faster to select commonly used accounts.
Secondary user directory - Some organizations have more than one user directory (e.g. a Microsoft Active Directory and a separate LDAP server). This options allows importing, synchronizing and authenticating against two separate user directory sources.
Enhancements:
When multiple jobs are released from a Windows hold/release queue the original job print order is now maintained.
Improved support for Windows Server Core.
Bulk user actions may now be performed based on users' last activity date. This makes it easy to apply operations like deleting users that have had no activity for a long period of time.
New print scripting snippets to help administrators quickly build new scripts.
Added log rotation to the print provider log file to avoid it consuming too much disk space.
Improved handling of Windows print provider restarts to avoid currently held jobs from being left in the queue.
Added a new admin right to disable access to the global job log.
Several new ad hoc report filters, including the ability to filter on multiple chosen printers (instead of all printers or one printer), and multiple chosen shared accounts.
Added new web services APIs and server-commands to set the "override user-level settings" option on a printer.
The user configuration report now displays the shared account name for users with the "charge to single shared account" option enabled.
When viewing a deleted user (e.g. by clicking though from an old print log) a message now clearly indicates that the user has previously been deleted.
Enhanced feature to look up user id/card numbers in an external database.
Web Print no longer lists printers that users do not have permission to print to (i.e. via a printer filter).
If there is only a single printer available in Web Print then it is now selected by default.
Added the "Transacted By" field to the "Transaction Logs" PDF report.
New option to hide comment headers displayed in CSV reports.
Mac: Improved default memory configuration to improve reliability on busy systems.
Improved documentation for installing SSL certificates.
Various other documentation improvements.
Fixes:
Fixed a problem that could result in Web Print jobs timing out early if they were also put into a hold/release queue.
Linux/CUPS: Improved reliability of print pop-ups for workstations with spaces in their machine names.
Improved print notification messages to include the destination printer when using printer load balancing or find me printing.
Limited access administrators are no longer able to enable/disable a user if they do not have the "Change user settings" right.
Fixed an error viewing deleted users (e.g. by clicking on the user name from an old print log).
Fixed problem that can occur when removing groups with many thousands of users. Also made the deletion process much faster and more efficient for large user groups.
Improved support for watermarking on Fuji-Xerox PostScript printers.
Fixed problem filtering the user list by balance when the multiple personal accounts feature is enabled.
Fixed display of account selection and printer override settings in the "User configuration"" report.
Fixed problem that could occur when editing scheduled reports if they have filters referencing a printer that has been deleted.
Printer compatibility improvements:
Added page count support for Evolis Pebble printers.
Improved support for n-up printing in the Ricoh universal PostScript driver.
Improved page count detection on some Canon imageRUNNER devices using PCL5 drivers, such as the Canon imageRUNNER 2270.
Improved support for Sharp GDI print drivers.
Mac: Improved support for Canon iPF5100 for Canon UFR drives when printing from Adobe Reader.
Mac: Added support for Epson Stylus Pro 4000.
Mac: Fixed duplex page count issue with the Mac "Generic PCL Laser Printer" driver.
Linux: Improved duplex detection for the Canon iR5075.
Linux: Added support for the Canon iR5075 when using the Canon UFRII Linux driver.
Improved page count detection for PostScript print jobs generated through SAP software.
20 September 2010 - PaperCut 10.5 (Build 11768)
This is a bugfix release for version 10.5 and contains the following changes:
Fixes:
Fix possible crash in the print provider when using Xerox PCL6 drivers doing NUP booklet printing when page-level color detection disabled. This issue was introduced in the initial 10.5 release.
Improved client print popup reliability when the user client was not running when the job was first printed.
10 September 2010 - PaperCut 10.5 (Build 11715)
This is a bugfix release for version 10.5 and contains the following changes:
Fixes:
Fixed crash in the Windows print provider service that may occur on busy print servers. This issue was introduced in the initial 10.5 release.
Fixed minor display issues in the administration interface when using Microsoft Internet Explorer (in the Group and Shared Account details screens).
7 September 2010 - PaperCut 10.5 (Build 11681)
This is a bugfix and minor enhancement release for version 10.5 and contains the following changes:
Fixes:
Fixed the description of the "by paper length" charging options (clarification).
Secure Print Release: Fixed a problem that causes an error when pressing the "Release/Print All" button when no jobs are available to release.
Internet Control: Fixed a problem that stopped Internet usage from being logged.
Printer compatibility improvements:
Improved support for N-up printing for Ricoh Universal PostScript drivers.
Improved page-level color detection in N-up printing for Xerox PCL6 drivers.
Improved page-level color detection for Konica Minolta PCL6 drivers.
Improved support for Canon UFR printers (e.g. Canon iPF5100) when printing from Adobe Reader on Mac.
31 August 2010 - PaperCut 10.5 (Build 11628)
This is a bugfix and minor enhancement release for version 10.5 and contains the following changes:
Enhancements:
On pages that have a "Quick find" search, focus the cursor on the "Quick find" field when the page is loaded.
Fixes:
Novell OES: Fixed problem installing the service used by the 'resend after connection' feature.
Printer compatibility improvements:
Added support for a Sharp GDI printers (e.g. Sharp MX-2300G).
23 August 2010 - PaperCut 10.5 (Build 11527))
New features:
Multiple Personal Accounts - Administrators can now configure users to have multiple personal account balances. This advanced feature can be used at a basic level to separate cash from quota and at an advanced level to give departments better control over cost recovery processes.
Re-sending data after connection - Secondary Print Servers now have the ability to store print event results when communication with the PaperCut Application Server is lost. These events can be then replayed back to the primary server when communication is restored.
Watermarking and Job Attribution - It is now possible to add dynamically constructed text to the bottom of each page (e.g. username, student number, date) as a watermark. The font sizes, gray-level and position on page to be changed. (Watermarking is currently listed as an experimental feature and only supports PostScript printers)
Digital Signatures - Watermarking has been extended to also support adding a unique digital signature to each document. Signatures are generated using a cryptographic HMAC based on SHA1 or MD5. This may be used to verify the origin and author of any print job.
Print Policy Support - A print script recipe is included that implements a standard corporate print policy where:
users are reminded via a popup to print duplex (and must opt-in to print simplex)
printing emails is discouraged
printing web pages in color is discouraged
Simple mode Web print for Mac And Linux - Web Print (Simple Mode for PDF) is now cross platform! Organizations using Mac OSX and Linux print servers can now enable the Simple Mode (PDF) for Web Print.
Ad-hoc bulk user updates - Bulk user actions can now be performed on a list of users defined on-the-fly in the PaperCut Administration Console, you are no longer restricted to pre-defined groups or individual users.
New environmental impact desktop widget developed in conjunction with the Do Something the non-profit organization supporting the Paper-Less Alliance.
Enhancements:
Added report filters to all the shared account and group logs reports.
Added an option on the Printer Charts page to get list statistics/charts for the previous day (yesterday).
When "run now" link is clicked under Scheduled Reports, it will inform the user about the selected date range.
Various small usability improvements to the Web Print interface.
Added printer group, printer name filters to the department and office printing summary reports.
Reduced memory usage of the Windows Print Provider service when handling many simultaneous print jobs (e.g. when many jobs are held in a hold/release queue).
Add a time-out when performing LDAP authentication requests. This improves behaviour when the LDAP server is not responding to requests in a timely manner.
End user web pages: If a user is automatically charging to a single shared account, allow them to view this account's balance.
Advanced Printer Scripting:
New company/corporate print policy script. The policy script reminds users to print double-sided and not print emails and web pages in color.
Enhanced printer scripting to allow scripts to change the user associated with a job.
Enhanced printer scripting to access the selected shared account (after the account selection popup is displayed).
Added new script action to allow the print job document name to be changed/updated.
Added new web services APIs and server-commands to look up a user by card/id number.
When allowing users to register their own internal user account and choose their own id, the minimum ID length is now configurable.
When configuring the destination queue for Find-Me Printing, sort the list of print queues in alphabetical order.
Update SSL CA root certificates from Verisign, Thawte, GeoTrust, SECOM, GlobalSign, Entrust, Keynectis, Quovadis, T-Systems and Unizeto.
Customizable admin interface - The look of the admin interface can be tailored according to an organization's intranet site including the main admin logo and tab colors.
Fixes:
Fix a small memory leak in Windows print provider that is triggered when print jobs are redirected (e.g. when using find-me printing or load-balancing). Sites that make heavy use of find-me printing or load balancing (more than 10k jobs/day) are encouraged to upgrade.
Mac: Fix a possible crash in the print provider when establishing a connection to the Application Server when the application server is not running.
Fixed a problem that could cause a duplicate account selection popup to appear if a very large print job took longer than 15 minutes to complete spooling and analysis.
Fixed a problem where the names of the color and grayscale columns in the "Printer Group - printer summary" (CSV only) report were not in the correct order.
Fixed an admin rights problem preventing printer access from being delegated to the group level.
In "Printer Usage - Log" report, the logs will be sorted by date within printer.
Fixed a problem when clicking "Cancel" on the TopUp card import in the PaperCut Administration console would still attempt to import the card file.
Fixed sorting of scheduled reports list by report title.
Fixed an error caused by ordering scheduled reports list by the recipients/location column.
Fixed an install error that may be seen when installing PaperCut on a Windows print server with some less common printer drivers.
The list of printers in the Web Print wizard now correctly sorts alphabetically.
Mac/Linux: Fixed a problem that could stop the printer's make/model from being recorded in the interface.
Printer Scripting: Fix a problem with the "inputs.job.isColor" property that may not report the correct value if page-level color detection is enabled.
Fixed a problem importing the legacy PaperCut Quota user database when hosting PaperCut on a machine running Chinese Windows.
Fixed problem displaying Chinese characters in the title of the standard release station.
Printer compatibility improvements:
Status check jobs submitted by the Brothers MFC-7440n device monitoring tool are now ignored.
Fixed minor and rare memory leak that may occurs when analyzing certain PostScript spool files.
24 June 2010 - PaperCut 10.4 (Build
10808)
New features:
Scheduled reports may now be
saved to disk as well as sent
via email.
New server-commands and web
services APIs for adjusting/setting
group memberships. This helps
administrators on large networks
by avoiding the need to fire off
a full user/group sync when a
user provisioning script may have
created just a single user.
Enhancements:
Improved print release (hold/release
queue) performance on large networks
where there are many jobs in a
held state.
The link displayed on the user
client tool can now be conveniently
configured via Options -> General
Linux/Mac: The "nobody"
user is now automatically flagged
as an unauthenticated user.
Improved behavior when user
is set to "Auto charge to
single shared account" and
that account is deleted. When
the user next prints this will
be logged and the user's settings
will be reset to charge to automatically
charge to their personal account.
Improved reliability of hold/release
queues when the application server
encounters an unexpected error
condition.
Improved support for Active
Directory environments with modified/custom
user schemas.
PrimoPDF virtual printers are
now ignored by default.
Minor improvements to the help/usage
message for the db-tools utility
command.
Improved error message when
server-command is run as a non-privileged
user.
Improved instructions on how
to run/use the Java Web Service
API example code.
Simplify setup of release station
payment hardware on Linux.
Improved logging of card self-association
performed by users. The card number
is now logged in the "App.
Log" for both successful
and failed attempts.
Fixes:
Fixed problem that could cause
bulk user operations to be run
again if the user hits the browser
refresh button after starting
the bulk operation.
Fixed display problems in the
Account Transaction Summary report
when running on an external database
like SQL Server.
Improved client behavior when
using client popup authentication
with the timeout set to "For
this job only".
Fixed a rare problem seen when
analyzing PCL6 jobs that could
cause analysis to fail and/or
the the PaperCut Print Provider
service to crash.
Fixed a rare issue where jobs
could be unexpectedly refunded
when using certain print drivers.
Fixed a rare issue where the
balance on the user client tool
may not have updated in real-time.
Fixed problems with the user
client balance display on some
versions of Chinese Windows.
Fixed the Windows Sidebar Environmental
Impact gadget using pages instead
of sheets for environmental impact
calculations (i.e. duplex printing
was not taken into account).
Fixed issue where applying a
bulk user operation to users with
less than or greater than a specified
balance may have also applied
it to users with exactly that
balance.
Printer compatibility improvements:
Improved copy count detection
when printing multiple copies
of a Photoshop document from a
Mac.
Improved page size detection
for Kyocera devices using PCL5
drivers, such as the KM5050.
Added basic detection for printers
using "Ricoh DDST" drivers.
Improved detection when printing
from Microsoft Publisher to Konica
Minolta bizhub devices.
Improved support for Apple Mac
Epson host-only drivers (e.g.
Epson Pro 3880).
Improved page count and copy
count detection on Kyocera printers
(e.g. Kyocera FS-9530 DN) using
Mac KPDL (PostScript) drivers.
17 May 2010 - PaperCut NG 10.3
(Build 10448)
New features:
Advanced print scripting:
New recipe for copyright
sampling. This script demonstrates
the use of advanced techniques
such as sampling, using functions
and multi-step user interaction.
New recipe to confirm printing
of color emails.
New recipe for redirecting
a job with confirmation.
New advanced recipe to require
that users enter an approval
code before printing (e.g.
printing must be approved
by a teacher).
New snippets for checking
printer group and user group
membership.
Added an option to speed
up the process of displaying
a sequence of multiple prompts
to a user.
Added support for card+PIN authentication
at release stations (in addition
to the existing card only authentication).
New payment gateway module for
Blackboard, including pay-and-release
support (pay for printing at a
release station).
New hold/release paper saving
reports, showing jobs that were
held in a hold/release queue and
never printed (i.e. either cancelled
by the user or timed out).
New server-commands and web
services APIs for:
Adding and setting printer
groups.
Adding and setting printer
custom fields.
Enhancements:
Visual improvements to the release
station, particularly on Windows
systems using the "classic"
look/theme.
Removed the use of many "modal"
dialog boxes in the release station.
This makes the interface more
touchscreen friendly.
Re-vamp the print job status
column to more clearly indicate
various printing, charging and
refund states.
Printers may now be filtered
by their last usage date.
Scheduled reports may now be
edited, rather than requiring
they be re-created.
Release station manager access
may now be delegated as an admin
right (via Options -> Admin
Rights).
Ad-hoc shared account reports
now include group filters, allowing
data to be limited to users from
a given group.
Web Print: Improved reliability
of handling of Microsoft XPS documents
on slow systems.
Environmental impact reports
now display the total sheets and
total pages statistics.
Added a check to prevent more
than one copy of the release station
software from running on the same
system at the same time.
Improved speed of releasing
jobs from the hold/release queue
when they've been awaiting release
for over 60 minutes.
The "CutePDF Writer"
virtual printer is now ignored
by default on Windows print servers.
Improved error messages when
runtime errors occur in advanced
print scripts.
Included documentation to support
our enterprise customers using
Microsoft Windows 2008 Server
R2 Failover Clustering Management.
Improved support for Mac 10.6
when using the client software
on systems also configured to
use a SOCKS proxy.
Security:
To conform with PCI security
compliance best practice, HTTP
directory listings have been turned
off (URLs hosting static content
like images, CSS, scripts, etc.).
Fixes:
Fixed client startup issue seen
on some Mac 10.6 systems using
a login hooks.
Improved reliability of Find
Me Printing and load balancing
on servers using virus scanners
that can interfere with print
job redirection.
Fixed problem with the top-up
card wizard that could cause British
Pound signs to display incorrectly
in the generated cards. This fix
requires re-installing the card
wizard.
Fixed problem with IE8 that
stopped the virtual queue settings
from being displayed when enabling
a printer as a virtual queue.
Fixed issue on some browsers
where report pages could only
run one report before needing
to be refreshed.
Reports run from data tables
(job log, user list etc.) will
now correctly show any applied
filters in the report header.
The reports "Group printing
- shared account summary"
and "Shared account configuration"
now include the shared account
codes, if configured.
Fixed potential issue that could
on Mac print servers where canceling
a job could result in the queue
being paused.
Fixed problem editing print
print log records that could incorrectly
change the job's grayscale flag
even though color options weren't
changed.
Fixed issue where users logging
in with uppercase usernames could
not request refunds.
Printer compatibility improvements:
Added support for some Brother
MFC range devices including the
Brother MFC-6490CW.
Added support for new RISO drivers
such as the RISO ComColor 9050.
Added support for new model
Zebra label printers such as ZDesigner
TLP 2844.
Fixed N-up detection issue as
seen on Lexmark T654 devices using
PostScript drivers.
Improved PCL6 page-level color
detection for recent Ricoh and
Konica-Minolta drivers. E.g. Ricoh
Aficio MP C5000 and Konica-Minolta
C652.
Improved grayscale detection
on Mac OS X drivers with Xerox
Phaser 7500DX and related drivers.
Improved high copy count detecting
on OCE plotters.
Improved N-up detection on Toshiba
devices using PostScript drivers.
25 March 2010 - PaperCut NG 10.2
(Build 9981)
New features:
Page-level color detection is
now supported with PCL6 / PCLXL
drivers (in addition to the existing
PCL5, PostScript and HPGL).
Quotas (scheduled automatic
payments) may now be implemented
for shared accounts.
New web services APIs and server-commands
to change user account selection
settings.
When importing card numbers
from AD/LDAP the card number may
now be extracted from the field
using a regular expression. This
can be helpful where the card
number is only a portion of the
data stored in the field.
Enhancements:
When using the additional groups
feature (additional-groups.txt):
Improve the sort order of
group names displayed in the
Add/Remove Groups screen.
Allow the additional groups
to affect the initial user
settings when users are created
on demand.
Many translation updates including
new translations into Lithuanian.
Security:
Fixed a potential cross-site
scripting vulnerability in the
error/404 page (only affects IE6).
Fixes:
Fixed issue introduced in version
10.1 causing reports to error
on Linux systems without the MS
fonts pack installed.
Fixed issue submitting multiple
copies of a Web Print job when
running in sandbox mode off a
Linux primary server via a Samba
share.
Fixed problems that can occur
when using the new advanced scripting
interface to display dialogs to
users running old versions of
the client software. IMPORTANT:
Sites using the advanced scripting
feature must upgrade locally installed
client software (if any) after
installing this version.
Fixed a problem that stopped
the client shared secret file
from being created when upgrading.
This shared secret file can be
used with the user client software
on Macs to avoid the need for
pop-up authentication.
Fixed a problem that caused
pop-up authentication to appear
again after a job was in a hold/release
queue for more than 48 hours.
This would only occur at sites
using pop-up authentication and
where the hold/release timeout
was set to 48 hours or more.
Improved reliability of starting
Web Print in sandbox mode on a
Windows 2008 R2 server. In some
circumstances Web Print could
start before the network hot folder
(mapped drive) had connected.
Minor fix to the Windows uninstaller
to ensure that the pc-shared-secret.dat
file is removed.
1 March 2010 - PaperCut NG 10.1
(Build 9816)
This is a bugfix release for version
10.1 and contains the following changes:
Enhancements:
Minor user manual improvement
in the Advanced Scripting chapter.
Fixes:
Fixed error raised when creating
new scheduled reports.
25 February 2010 - PaperCut NG
10.1 (Build 9802)
New features:
Advanced Scripting: The most
powerful feature added to PaperCut
yet! Advanced Scripting empowers
administrators by allowing them
to write scripts that execute
when new jobs arrive. This opens
up a whole host of possibilities
such as:
Displaying a pop-up message
if a user forgets to select
duplex on large jobs.
Showing statistics on the
environmental impact on large
jobs via a fancy popup dialog.
Prompting the user to confirm
large jobs before printing.
Automatically routing large
jobs to more efficient high
volume printers
... and much much more!
Custom printer fields: To assist
with printer management, administrators
can define extra metadata fields
for storing ad-hoc data. These
fields may represent data such
as asset numbers, last date of
print service, owner, details
of lease arrangements, etc. Fields
may also be used in reports.
The Mac client software has
been enhanced to leverage the
system-wide login hook for authentication.
This means that in some situations
the PaperCut client popup authentication
dialog can be eliminated, avoiding
the need for users to log in twice
- once for the system and then
again for PaperCut.
New report for 3rd party payment
hardware: reconciliation for all
devices in one report.
Enhancements:
CSV reports with date and time
representations will now be automatically
recognized by popular spreadsheet
applications.
Support for monitoring locally
attached printers on Novell networks.
Remote queues mapped via IPP are
now ignored so only locally attached
printers are detected.
The "Microsoft Office Document
Image Writer" virtual printer
is ignored by default on secondary
server installs.
Improved documentation on how
to set up PaperCut in a Novell
cluster.
Improved the PDF version of
the user manual - smaller font,
less paper! (But you weren't going
to print it, were you?)
Improved error message when
server-command is attempted to
be run with non-elevated privileges
under UAC on Windows 2008/Vista.
Fixes:
Fixed issue where the user client
may in some situations consume
excessive CPU if the --minimized
option was turned on.
Fixed a problem in Web Print
where PDF files produced by OpenOffice
may timeout with unknown error.
Eliminated the "stale session"
error that may have occurred when
administrators attempted to log
in using Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Printer compatibility improvements:
Improved support for custom
PostScript output produced by
PeopleSoft.
Improved stability when analyzing
some Postscript spool files.
28 January 2010 - PaperCut NG
10.0 (Build 9546)
This is a major release. Please
check the Upgrade Policy for upgrade
eligibility. This release also contains
a database upgrade and administrators
should factor this into their upgrade
plan.
New features:
Printers may now be assigned
to groups. This allows administrators
to group, report and manage printers
by any attribute. Groups are administrator-defined
and can include classes such as
type, make, physical location
and work area amongst others.
The user client software has
moved out of the 1990's and into
2010 with a graphic and GUI effects
makeover. It now sits nicely with
the "glassy" look found
in modern operating systems.
Our team of developers in Japan
have been busy and this release
includes a full Japanese translation
- both the end-user and administrator
interfaces. Japanese is the 20th
non-English language now supported
in PaperCut. Welcome to our growing
user base in Japan!
On Windows systems common/popular
virtual printers such as PDF writers
and virtual faxes are now ignored
from monitoring by default. This
change will assist organizations
supporting locally attached printers
by minimizing custom configuration
required to ignore virtual printers
found on desktop systems.
Enhancements:
Improved admin login speed when
multiple admins login simultaneously.
Various documentation improvements
including areas such as Web Print,
clustering, SSL key generation
and Find Me Printing.
Improvements to Find Me Printing
and load balancing to handle a
mix of color and grayscale physical
printers. Now if the destination
physical printer is configured
as a "Grayscale Printer"
all jobs released to this printer
will be logged and charged as
grayscale.
Find Me Printing with web based
release: when there is only one
target queue when releasing a
job, the queue is no longer automatically
selected. This is important in
some cases to provide the user
information about where their
job is going.
Users' balance is no longer
displayed in the Jobs Pending
Release section of the user web
interface if users are not allowed
to view their balance.
Improved error reporting when
using server-command or the XML
web services APIs.
Fixed problem with Web Print
when the maximum upload size was
set to exactly 2048MB.
Improved support for Windows
64-bit systems via the updated
64-bit add-on pack.
Updated 3rd party libraries
and components providing improved
performance and reliability.
Streamlined the initial setup
wizard by removing the module
selection step. This step was
redundant for the majority of
organizations.
Various improvements to debug
logging to assist diagnosing problems.
Fixes:
Fixed problem in Web Print that
could allow two instances of the
Web Print process to run simultaneously.
This would result in subtle problems
and confusing behavior.
Mac/Linux: Fixed issue where
administrator printer error notifications
may not have worked with CUPS
print queues.
Improved robustness of submitting
Web Print jobs when the system
clocks of the primary server and
sandbox server are significantly
skewed or in different timezones.
Fixed error when creating and
enabling new shared accounts based
on a disabled template account.
Improved integration with Mac
print queues to avoid sending
multiple print notifications to
the application server.
Linux: Improved reliability
of print job canceling/refunding
when jobs fail to print using
CUPS printer classes on old versions
of CUPS.
Mac: Addressed permissions issue
on the server log directory that
may result in new logs not being
created in selected situations.
Printer compatibility improvements:
Improved page counting on OKI
CXXXX series printers using PCL5
drivers when printing in duplex.
Improved plot size detection
from output from Autocad in PCL6
format.
Improved support for RISO HC3R-HC5500
with GDI drivers.
Improved page size detection
support for PDF documents printed
via a Mac workstation and server.
Improved support for custom
driver options provided by the
Xerox Phaser 7400DX Postscript
driver.