Addressed issue where adding extra network groups via the Add/Remove groups page may remove previously added groups.
Fixed an install issue seen on Apple Mac secondary print servers.
Minor documentation improvements.
7 August 2008 - PaperCut NG 8.4 (Build 6244)
New Features:
Native support for iPrint queues on Novell OES Linux. For more information see the associated
news item.
New "Internal Users" feature. This feature allows managing a set of users in addition to those in the
configured user directory. It can be used for managing guest users (who may not have a domain account), or in
organizations without a directory server.
New client authentication feature allowing authentication to be remembered forever.
Allow very large account lists to be efficiently distributed to remote sites with slow network connections.
New shared account invoice report to display the detailed print logs allocated to each account.
Allow display of a custom currency sign/symbol. This is useful in organizations using a currency different to
their standard national currency.
Add support for the UK's Barclaycard ePDQ CPI card payment service in the payment gateway module.
Enhancements:
A variety of enhancements to the "Bulk Account Operations" feature:
Allow changes to be applied to a subset of accounts based on the account name.
Allow modifying the account security settings for multiple accounts at once.
Allow accounts to be deleted in bulk.
Large performance improvements viewing print logs and running print reports for sites using the default/internal
database. The database settings are now better optimized for database queries that run over large datasets.
Reduce the amount of client account data downloaded by the client by 25 to 30 times. This could dramatically
speed up the loading of accounts over slow network connections.
Improved support for Mac OS X when users have multiple "short names".
Improved performance and reduced server resource usage when the users client downloads large account lists.
Improved performance when modifying shared account security settings on many (10's of thousands) accounts at
once.
Improved performance of retrieving members of a group from LDAP. This also reduces the number of concurrent
connections to the LDAP server.
Added a new print charging model to charge by "Paper length". This can be used as an alternative to paper area
charging for large format plotters.
Allowed the 'initial creation rules' to be re-applied to either a single user or a group of users. This can be
done through the user interface and server-command tool.
Improved the display and layout of the Shared Accounts list displayed in the end-user web pages.
Mac/Linux: Automatically populate LDAP settings during installation.
Added a username filter to the account transactions page, making it easier to find transactions for a given
user.
Improved support for complex domain hierarchies by following "referrals" sent by Active Directory.
Improved documentation for creating and installing SSL certificates.
Added new server-command and web services API to list all shared accounts and the shared accounts available to a
given user.
Improved the client launcher "pc-client-local-cache.exe" to more aggressively retry starting the client when
problems occur.
Improved setup/install documentation by adding a separate section for each platform.
Linux: Add an uninstall script to automate the uninstallation process.
Updated translations for Portuguese, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Spanish, Italian and Czech.
Fixes:
Fixed a problem that could stop printing notification messages to be delivered to user clients under some
circumstances.
Fixed a rare problem that could stop a job from appearing in the release station. This problem could only occur
when the release station timeout was set to a very long period.
Improved reliability of the print popup notifications when the user does not exist in PaperCut and needs to
identify themselves using the client tool's identity dialog.
Improved security of the client identity dialog which is displayed when the logged in user does not exist in
PaperCut.
Fixed an error that could occur on the printer charts and statistics page.
Improved support for processing very large spool files (greater than 1.5 GB) on Windows.
Improved reliability of page-level color detection of very large images in PCL print jobs.
Improved reliability and error reporting during scheduled quota allocations.
Page counting improvements:
Improved page counting for duplex documents for a variety of PCL and Postscript printers.
Improved copy count detection for the Seiko Teriostar LP-1010L.
Improved page size detection for custom paper size with PCL 5 printer drivers.
Fixed page count problem with Xerox booklet printing setting used on the APEOS PORT II - C7500.
Linux/Mac: Added paper size detection support for the CUPS raster spool file format.
Add support for the FXPLW language used by the FujiXerox DocuCentre Color 400 CP and other FujiXerox printers.
Improved page count and page size detection for printing for HPGL plotters.
26 May 2008 - PaperCut ChargeBack 8.3 (Build 5959)
New features:
New set of "Environmental Impact" reports summarizing the impact of user printing.
Users with access to "Shared Account" can now view balances under their end-user web login.
Administrators can set a custom message that displays on login screen.
Native support for IPv6 networks (Yes! We have some University customers that have made the move.).
New report options allow reports to be run over ranges defined down to the second.
Added search to the online help documentation.
Performance and Scalability:
This release includes significant performance and scalability improvements, particularly for sites with a large number of users:
Significantly reduced the memory required to import a large number of users. It is now possible to import hundreds of thousands of users on a machine with limited memory.
Optimized adding new users on demand (i.e. when a user first prints). PaperCut would previously use too much memory and CPU resources when adding a new user on systems with thousands of users.
Reworked the database locking code resulting in improved performance under very high load.
Large speed improvements and reduced CPU usage (up to 1000% on large networks) when retrieving large number of users from Active Directory.
Improved speed of admin login and display of the user list screen.
New SQL Server driver configuration that removes Unicode overhead and allows more effective use of indexes.
Large speed improvements when performing initial user import on a SQL Server database. The import process was modified to allow SQL Server to dynamically create index statistics, resulting in improved import speed.
Optimized "Bulk User Actions" when adjusting/setting user balances which improves performance by 30%.
Optimized the "batch-import-user-card-id-numbers" server-command to improve performance when updating large batches of users.
Reduce the thread priority of report generation. This ensures that running large reports do not impact on other parts of the system.
Enhancements:
Improved reliability of print popup notifications and message delivery to the user client on systems with multiple network interfaces and IP addresses (multi-homed systems).
New paper size filter option added to the print logs screen.
Option to copy printer color detection settings between printers.
Added a new "noquit" command-line and config file option that prevents users closing/quitting the client.
Improved audit logging records actions such as when:
TopUp/Prepaid card batches are deleted or expired.
Configuration settings are changed using the "Config Editor".
Added more filters to the user list screen and reports (e.g. min/max balance, restriction, office, department and notes).
Added short-cut keys to the software Release Station which provides improved accessibility to vision impaired users.
Intelligently shorten the printer names in the printer usage charts so that long printer names are not truncated.
Added improved support creating TopUp/Prepaid card with Office 2007.
Increase the bulk user import file size limit to 100MB, to allow for large imports.
Added an option to always use the "Global email suffix", even when the user record already has an email address defined.
Net Control: Improved algorithm for checking if a sites is in the ignored domains list. Some customers populated the ignored domains list with 50,000+ hosts and this caused the Internet Control service to run at 100% CPU. The new algorithm can handle this number of hosts with minimal CPU usage.
Additional information is display in the user client task tray tool tip.
Upgrade to the latest version of the internal Apache Derby database. This release improves performance on multi-processor systems and provides improved reliability.
Running "db-tools init-db -f" when using the internal database will backup and re-create the database from scratch.
Various documentation improvements including more sections to assist administrators with producing their own handouts to educate users about Topup/Prepaid cards, print refunds and using release stations.
Updated translations for Portuguese, Chinese, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Czech, and Swedish.
Fixes:
Improved the display of the user client balance window when the display is configured for "Large Fonts (120 dpi)" on Windows.
We have seen a number of cases of duplicate users/printers appearing in the databases. We have made a number of changes to avoid this from occurring. If a duplicate users are detected they are handled gracefully and automatically removed.
Do not hide the user client balance window when the user can select "Shared Accounts" but printing costs are deducted from their personal balance.
Fixed problem normalizing usernames that come from external systems like Novell print queues.
Fixed error that could occur drawing the user's balance history graph in some circumstances.
Mac: Fix auto-restart of the user client on OS X 10.5 (Leopard).
When the license expires allow administrators to access the "Options" section so they can perform limited administration tasks (e.g. backups, reduce user counts, etc).
Improved how Topup/Prepaid card numbers are generated to ensure no "bad" words can be produced.
Improved sorting of groups displayed from an external source (like Active Directory). This makes it easier to find groups when there are thousands in the list.
When "Print All" is selected in the release station, do not print any jobs unless the user has credit for all jobs.
Improved compatibility with Opera web browser.
Linux: Improved reliability of installation of CUPS integration components.
Net Control: Improved Microsoft ISA log processing for SSL/HTTPS traffic. Previously SSL/HTTPS downloads would be charged even if the site was in the "ignored hosts" list.
Improve reliability of importing ChargeBack 6.x and earlier account databases.
Page counting improvements:
Improved color detection for HP Business Inkjet 1200.
Added Apple Mac support for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880C (and other drivers using the CUPS raster format).
Fixed standard mode color detection for the HP Designjet T610.
Improved support for the Apple Mac Gutenprint drivers.
Improved page size detection for the Xerox Workcentre M24 Postscript drivers for Mac.
Improved page count detection for Canon LBP5900 LIPSLX driver.
Improved page count detection reported with recent Xerox Phaser 7400DN Postscript drivers when printing from Adobe applications.
3 April 2008 - PaperCut ChargeBack 8.2 (Build 5777)
This release fixes some problems found with version 8.2 (Build 5695) and provides improved support for some printers.
Fixes:
Fix a problem with the user client that would allow the user to close it even through it was required for printing.
Improved reliability of importing account data from PaperCut ChargeBack 6 (or earlier) when the account names include TAB characters.
Page counting improvements:
Improved copy count detection for HP LaserJet 4700dn.
Improved copy count detection for RISO HC5500.
Improved page size detection size detection for KIP 5000.
6 March 2008 - PaperCut ChargeBack 8.2 (Build 5695)
New features:
Add improved support and completed compatibility testing for Windows Server 2008.
Implemented intelligent handling of selected printer monitoring error conditions. PaperCut has a fail-open design by default ensuring that printing will continue uninterrupted on events such as an application server or network failure. However this was not ideal for some situations where a fail-closed (deny on failure) may be preferred. The behavior on error can now be configured to suit the site's need. There are now 3 options to choose from:
On error print all but held jobs - if an error occurs for jobs are held awaiting release from a release queue or client popup they will continue to be held until connection to the application server is re-established. New print jobs will be allowed to print unhindered. (New default behavior).
On error print - under any error condition allow the job to print (Previous default behavior).
On error hold - under any error condition hold the job and continue to hold until the connection with the application server is re-established.
This new default behavior greatly improves printer monitoring reliability on sites that make use of print hold/release queues or account selection popups.
Add a new "server-command" to import/update card/identity numbers and PINs from a file.
Added on option to mandate that the user must select a "Charge Rate" in the advanced account selection popup. To take advantage of this feature, the clients must be upgraded.
Enhancements:
Greatly improved scalability for sites running hold/release queues with hundreds of print jobs being held at once.
In the setup wizard and user/group sync page, allow the group lists to be expanded to show very long group names.
The installer now automatically adds firewall exceptions for important PaperCut in-bound ports. This streamlines out-of-the-box setup on firewall enabled Windows systems.
Provide a "Select all" option on the "Copy settings from printer to printer" screen. This greatly improved usability when copying settings to hundreds of printers.
Display a warning when setting a user to "unauthenticated" to indicate that the client software is required.
Do not monitor Citrix printers re-mapped from the client session.
Mac: Display the printer's friendly name when enabling/disabling printers using the Control Printer Monitoring script.
When a printer is re-enabled, record the change in the application log.
Various documentation improvements including a new section to assist administrators with producing their own handouts to educate users about various aspects of print monitoring/control.
Display a browser "favicon" when accessing the application in a web browser.
When running the standard release station in "Release Any" mode, do not prompt the user for confirmation if the print job is zero cost.
Updated translations for Portuguese, Chinese, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Czech, and Swedish.
Fixes:
When retrieving users and group information from Active Directory can be a resource intensive process. This now runs as a low priority task to ensure it does not adversly affect other applications.
Fixed a race-condition that may have prevented the printer error monitoring feature from working on some systems.
Fixed problem with client authentication popup when the username contained uppercase characters.
Clarified some wording on the "Shared Account Invoice Report".
Ensure that card/identity numbers are unique when updated using the "server-command" or web service APIs.
Fixed a problem that stopped the "add-new-shared-account" server-command from working correctly.
Fixed a problem with multi-domain support for Active Directory if spaces appeared between the configured domains.
When disabling multi-domain support for Active Directory also disable the use of multi-domains for authentication.
Fixed most frequent crash errors as reported via the "report error" screen.
Allow more flexible use of the regular expressions to normalize usernames.
Sort the "printer usage summary by user" report by username when using the PostgreSQL database.
Net Control: When users were enabled/disabled using the "Bulk User Actions" screen, their "Internet Group" membership was not updated.
Security:
Fixed a CSRF security vulnerability in the end-user web pages. This issue is considered a low risk and only affects customers with the end-user transfer feature enabled. Thanks to James from Personal Service Society Incorporated for bringing this to our attention.
Page counting improvements:
Add support for the HP LaserJet P1505n (and other P1500 series printers)
Improve duplex detection for the Xerox Phaser 7300.
Improved duplex, page size, copy count and page-level color detection for some PCL5 printer drivers.
Improved duplex detection for the OKI C7300.
Improved page count detection for the Konica Minolta bizhub PRO 1050.
Fixed page count detection when printing to a HP LaserJet 4700dn from an Apple Mac.
11 January 2008 - PaperCut ChargeBack 8.1 (Build 5490)
Fixed a problem where print jobs could time-out early when both the client popup authentication and release/hold queues are in use. This would occur if the user is using the authentication popup and does not release the job from the release station within 10 minutes.
10 January 2008 - PaperCut ChargeBack 8.1 (Build 5488)
New features:
In the software release station, allow the administrator to enable both username/password and card authentication simultaneously.
Internet Control: Added an option to allow the Internet security group to be populated with users without Internet access. This allows the administrator to invert the previously default behavior (i.e. to include denied users instead of allowed users). Depending on the existing proxy server rules, it is may be more convenient to use a "Deny" rule rather than an "Allow" rule.
Enhancements:
Provide better user feedback when users release/cancel jobs from the software release station. The screen will automatically be updated to show that the job has started printing (or been cancelled).
Improved the reliability of delivering printing notifications to the PaperCut user client, when the machine name associated with the print job does not match the machine name reported by the user client.
Improved handling of jobs that are manually removed from the print queues (e.g. cancelled/deleted by an administrator). These jobs will then be automatically removed from the PaperCut hold/release queues.
On Mac and Linux, when PaperCut is installed, add the PaperCut binary directory to the PATH to simplify running the command line tools.
On Mac, improved print account popup speed for Epson printers.
Clarified error messages output by the database restore process.
Improved interaction with LDAP servers to reduce the number of LDAP connections used when performing a user/group sync.
Included the PaperCut version number on the page that is displayed when an error occurs.
Improve the reliability of the installer when the server name and/or IP address cannot be determined.
Updated translations for Swedish, French, Spanish and Chinese.
Fixes:
Fixed a problem where print jobs could time-out early when both the client popup and release/hold queues are in use. This would occur if the user is using the popup and does not release the job from the release station within 10 minutes.
Fixed the real-time notification of balance updates to the user client when using client popup authentication when logged with a user with uppercase characters in their username.
Fixed a problem when synchronizing the group members from AD/LDAP prior to a quota allocation. This could stop future sync operations from running.
Fixed an error that occurred when running the "Group internet usage - summary (ad-hoc)" report if no "From Date" is specified.
Suppressed a harmless error message that would appear in the server log file when a notification message could not be delivered to a client.
Fixed a spelling error in the TopUp/Prepaid card wizard.
Various documentation improvements.
Page counting improvements:
Added basic support for the HP PSC 1300 series (and similar printers).
Improved page count detection for duplex print jobs on PCL6-based printers.
Fixed the copy count detection for the OKI C8800 Postscript driver.
Improved paper size detection for the OKI C8800 PCL driver.
Improved page count detection for the Canon C3200 Mac driver.
Improved duplex detection for the Kyocera FS-C5025N on Mac.
13 December 2007 - PaperCut ChargeBack 8.0 (Build 5433)
Fixed a problem seen on some Windows XP desktops where the client software would report an annoying "End Now?" dialog on logout or system shutdown. The problem was caused by a 3rd party component.
12 December 2007 - PaperCut ChargeBack 8.0 (Build 5428)
Special Notes:
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:
Added group-based printer restrictions allowing administrators to restrict the use of a printer to a group or set of groups. This is particularly useful on Mac servers, as OS X server does not have in-built group-based access controls.
Added a new account selection mode to automatically charge a user's print jobs to a single shared account. This is useful when a user works in a single department or project, as it automates account selection and removes the need to display the popup and run the client software.
Admin rights may now be assigned at the group level in addition to individual users. This offers more convenient management on sites with a large number of administrators.
Full support for Apple Mac OSX 10.5 (Leopard) on both the server and the client.
PaperCut now supports Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) offering an alternate clustering option in addition to Microsoft Clustering services.
Added new admin access controls (ACLs) to limit management tasks such as Pre-Paid card management and refunding of print jobs.
A new set of transaction based reports providing detailed listing and summary of transaction types and amounts.
Enhanced user account synchronization allowing users' card/identity numbers to be automatically imported/updated from fields in Active Directory or LDAP.
The Internet Control module now supports Squid proxy server running directly on Max OSX.
Mac and Linux base systems can now be configured to run as a "secondary Internet Control server".
Improve the format of various CSV reports to make them easier to use.
Much improved documentation covering Apple Mac setup including deployment on Leopard and using the Workgroup Manager to publish printers.
... and many more features and improvements since the release of version 7.
Enhancements:
Changed terminology from "print release station" to "hold/release queue" to better reflect that this feature can also be used via a web browser rather than just dedicated release stations.
Added total/summary rows to the bottom of all of reports.
Add a new option to allow the popup authentication to remember the authentication for "this job only".
Add more filters to the transaction log pages providing more flexibility searching of the transaction logs.
Improved the performance of the internal database, by automatically optimizing database tables.
Added a new configuration option to ignore standard system users such as all users ending in "$". These accounts usually represent machine accounts. The setting also accepts user-defined regular expressions, providing the power to ignore site specific accounts such as system mailboxes.
Improved default notification messages delivered to users when their printing is denied.
Updated system runtime libraries to improve performance and stability.
Add a web-service API and server-command operation to query the status of a previously started task (e.g. a user sync or backup running in the background).
Add a web-service API and server-command to retrieve the print job and page counts.
Added example shell scripts that make use of the "server-command" functionality.
Improved support for non-compliant LDAP servers (e.g. OpenLDAP 2.2.13).
Improved support for Arabic languages in PDF reports.
Updated translations for Dutch, Czech, German, Spanish, Chinese, and Portuguese.
Improved support for various external devices.
Add an end-user page to allow users to change their own card/identity number PIN.
Allow the card PIN to be retrieved/set through the web-service and server-command API.
Allow the card PIN to be updated/imported using the bulk user import/update.
Fixes:
Fixed a potential crash bug in the Windows print provider service that may occur with selected printer drivers when the error reporting feature is enabled.
Fixed a potential crash bug that may have occured if a misbehaving driver returns invalid data.
Fixed account selection popup problems that may occur if Terminal Server and popup authentication was used together on the same network.
Fix a problem where hold/release queue settings were lost when switching between printer tabs.
Improved reliability when processing badly formatted user or account import files.
Fix a problem where the account selection popup could display repeatedly on the same desktop.
Improved error messages when problems are encountered when restoring a database (e.g. running "db-tools import-db").
Addressed server load issues that may occur when many print jobs (100+) are bulk cancelled from a blocked queue.
Fixed a problem where Internet control settings changed by one admin user were immediately visible by other admins.
Fixed problem that stopped page-level color detection and printer error reporting from working on printers that contain non-ASCII characters (e.g. Chinese characters) in their name.
Fixed icon display issue when the Mac client was installed using the client-local-install program.
Fixed issue seen on very large systems where default SQL Server timeouts where halting the upgrade process.
Fixed problems in the Spanish translation that was causing some unexpected errors.
Various documentation improvements.
Page counting improvements:
Improved page counting and copy count detection for QPDL printers (e.g. Samsung ML-2010, Samsung CLP-510).
Improved duplex detection for selected PCL6 based printers (in particular the IBM Infoprinter 1357).
Improved duplex detection on recent driver updates for the Kyocera FS9520DN.
Improved page count and copy count detection with Canon CAPT based drivers (e.g. Canon iR1200/1300).
Added grayscale detection for the OKI 5600 printer.
Smarter page-level color detection methods used with selected Postscript drivers.
Improved page-level color detection when printing and rendering images directly from Photoshop.
9 October 2007 - PaperCut ChargeBack 7.4 (Build 5236)
Enhancements:
Added support for mid-range HP GDI printers (e.g. HP M1005).
Improvements to progress reporting during the user/group sync process.
Improved the display of user/account balances to avoid confusing rounding behavior.
Various documentation updates.
Fixes:
Fix the display of sub-accounts in the Account List screen when not sorting by account name.
Improvements to Mac login-hooks to fix problems seen at some sites.
Fix error that can occur when releasing jobs from the web release station after the job has already been released.
Improved paper size detection in Xerox wide format printers.
Fix cosmetic problem in the client were links would stay the active color after being clicked.
26 September 2007 - PaperCut ChargeBack 7.4 (Build 5189)
New features:
Added support for per user (and per shared account) overdrafts/credit limits.
Added a "local installer" to simplify installation and deployment of the user client on Mac systems. e.g. Laptop installs.
Added a "Release Any" mode to the end-user web pages. This can be used in environments where users are not authenticated, and is an alternative to using the standard release station in "Release Any" mode.
Improve ad-hoc reports to allow the user to filter the results and customize the report title.
In the user client, allow the background and link colors to be customized.
New server commands (and web-service APIs) to enumerate all users, rename a user account and to set the balance of all members of a group.
Improved support for printing to "unauthenticated" print queues - the "unauthenticated" accounts are no longer created in the user database. This feature, combined with the new "local installer" will assist Mac sites that allowed unauthenticated printing from laptops.
Enhancements:
Display low-balance warnings when the user client starts.
Only send low-balance warnings to "restricted" users.
Improvement to user/group sync on Mac systems. Now the standard system/daemon accounts are ignored by default.
Allow the reports and statistics to display data over the past week and fortnight (in addition to the 30, 60 and 90 day options).
Change the advanced client to focus on the search field by default.
Improved print logs screen filters to allow only denied jobs to be displayed.
Warn users at the time of release if they do not have enough credit and attempt to release a job from the web-based release station.
Add a configurable system option to change the time-out for jobs waiting for the user to respond to the popup, or waiting to be released from a release station.
Allow users to choose whether job comments should be displayed in log reports.
Add a totals row to the account transaction report.
Added a denied image on the print log screen to make it clear which jobs were denied by PaperCut.
Do not allow users to authenticate using the credentials of a user flagged as "unauthenticated" in PaperCut.
More flexible searching of TopUp/Prepaid cards - e.g. search for partial card numbers.
Added support for some less popular Linux distributions.
Improved application logging to assist with trouble-shooting issues.
Various minor usability/layout improvements.
Various documentation improvements.
Updated translations for Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese. Added a translation of the user client into Swedish.
Improved support for a variety of printer hardware including new wide-format models and new Mac drivers.
Fixes:
Do not lose the shared account pin when the account is changed from a parent to a sub-account or vice-versa.
Fixed issue that may have caused printers to appear twice on Mac systems under different system names.
Fixed some problems in web-service APIs when using the Oracle external database.
Fix TopUp/Pre-paid card wizard problems in countries where the decimal separator is a comma (e.g. France and Germany).
Improved sorting of the accounts in the "Edit Print Log" page when using an external database.
Allow email notifications to include non-latin characters (e.g. Chinese).
Improved page counting, paper size detection and duplex detection for a variety of printers.
Net Charging: Fix rare problem that stopped Internet Provider service from starting.
Net Charging: Improved parsing of Microsoft ISA W3C logs to stop denied usage from being recorded in PaperCut.
Net Charging: Improved reliability of displaying the Internet usage charts and statistics.
16 August 2007 - PaperCut ChargeBack 7.3 (Build 5011)
New major features:
Admin alerts. Administrators can now choose to be notified via email (or SMS if you have an email-SMS gateway) on the following events:
Printer errors - be notified when a printer goes into error. For example when there is a paper jam or the printer is out of toner. This feature allows administrators to be aware of issues faster, rather than waiting for an irate user to complain.
Error level events - if PaperCut encounters an error the details will be logged to the 'App. Log' tab, the log file, and now optionally sent out via email. This feature allows administrators to be aware of errors sooner, such as problems communicating with the directory server.
License notifications - this can be used to notify interested parties when there is a licensing issue, such as exceeding the licensed user count.
New minor features:
Add print job comments and some other information into reports that show print logs.
Make the 'Print Logs' page load faster on large sites by decreasing the default date range of the data shown from one month to two weeks.
On Mac and Linux systems with no directory server, include the 'primary group' when considering group membership.
Add some new calls to the web services API and server-command for performing user balance transactions.
If the 'Use SSL if available' option is enabled, end-user HTTPS access is enforced.
Fixes and enhancements:
Improve handling of Excel/CSV reports so that they open correctly in Excel when using Internet Explorer.
Fixed an issue that may have prevented large backups from being imported.
Fix bug when using the administration interface in Internet Explorer that prevented selecting a list of printers that an administrator should have access to.
Prevent DNS lookups from taking a long time on Windows networks. On Windows networks where DNS lookups are slow, this could slow down the time taken for printing to be processed.
When a report contains no data (for example when there was no printing in the selected date range), a message is added to the report to indicate this.
When running very large reports and the maximum row count is reached (by default 10,000 rows), a message is now displayed on the report indicating that the data has been truncated (and to see the user guide for how to increase the maximum row count).
Fix an issue where clicking the 'Details' link on the user client would not work if there were spaces in the username.
Fix an issue with the Mac client auto-restart login hook when there are spaces in usernames.
Improve reliability of notification delivery in the user client tool.
Fixed an issue that could prevent the admin ACL option 'Change printer settings' from working.
Fix an issue preventing logging into the user web interface when using Active Directory, multi-domain support and a UPN formatted username.
Fix an issue with file permissions during installation on Mandriva Linux.
Added support for CUPS 1.3 on Mac and Linux.
Fix some minor rendering problems with Internet Explorer.
Fix some minor problems reported users through the "Submit Error Report" feature.
Page counting improvements:
Better copy count detection with some Mac drivers.
Fixed a page count problem with Canon IR2016 PCL5 drivers.
Fixed a copy count problem with HP Designjet plotters using HPGL drivers.
Fixed a page size issue with Fuji-Xerox Docuwide 2050 plotters using GDI drivers.
Improve support for Unix text based printing.
Translations:
New complete translation for Czech.
New end-user translations for Hungarian and Slovak.
Updated translations for Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, German, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish.
3 July 2007 - PaperCut ChargeBack 7.2 (Build 4874)
This release contains the following changes:
Add improved support for authenticating using Windows Active Directory UPN user names (e.g. joe.smith@yourdomain.com).
Improve reports to display a friendly message when the report contains no data.
Fixed problem importing users/groups from some LDAP servers.
Fixed problem using cards for authentication in the release station when the card-number trailer character is not defined.
Fixed some errors reported by users through the "Submit Error Report" feature.
22 June 2007 - PaperCut ChargeBack 7.2 (Build 4846)
This release contains the following changes:
Add a new feature to display the environmental impact of each user's printing. This is intended to encourage users to reduce their printing. It displays the number of trees consumed, amount of CO2 produced and how much energy used.
Add a "Rates" page to the end-user interface so users can see the cost settings for printer and Internet usage.
Allow user bulk actions to be applied to users based on various criteria in addition to group. e.g. restriction status, balance, department and office.
Add support for custom quota periods. This was often requested by customers who want to allocate quotas at the start of terms or semesters.
Add an option to not automatically create users in PaperCut when they print for the first time. The administrator can choose to allow or deny printing when users don't exist.
Add the ability to search for users by ID number from the user quick find.
Improvements to PDF reports to stop lines splitting over pages.
Improved print popup speed and reliability on networks with unreliable or inconsistent DNS/name resolution.
Some improvements to the User Client on Windows networks with unusual group policy settings.
Fix copy count for Canon UFR print drivers.
Fix page count problem with Kyocera Mita FS-C8026N drivers.
Improved color detection when printing from Adobe Acrobat 8.
Fix the substitutions (e.g. username, job cost, etc) in the release station notification messages.
Fix LDAP problems when the Base DN setting contains spaces or unusual characters.
Allow files large than 1 MB to be uploaded (e.g. import files), and fix problems encountered when defining many PaperCut adminstrators.
Various reporting fixes and improvements.
Various documentation improvements.
Updated translations Chinese, Portuguese and Spanish.
Added Slovak translation for end user pages and user client.
Added Korean translation for the user client.
21 May 2007 - PaperCut ChargeBack 7.1 (Build 4733)
This release contains the following changes:
Added the ability to schedule reports. This feature allows reports to be automatically generated and emailed to a list of recipients. More information is available in the user manual.
The report naming scheme has been revised to ensure they are consistent and give a good idea as to what they will look like.
Modified the zero-install method of the user client tool and standalone release station. They now locally cache the application data, only updating it when required. As before this ensures that the software is always up to date, but now also keeps bandwidth use to a minimum (like a local installation).
Sites already using the zero-install method should consider reviewing login scripts to make use of the new caching features.
Added the ability to automatically purge old log data. On large sites with high traffic usage, the database can become large. In cases where old log data is not required, it can now be automatically deleted.
Added a new method to launch the user client on Mac systems (via a login hook, but doesn't restart when quit).
Added new server-command and web services calls: use-card (to use a pre-paid / top-up card), adjust-user-account-balance-by-group-up-to (adjust the account balance for all users in a group, but only up to a certain limit).
Added a bulk user operation for adjusting balance but not beyond a set limit.
Added web services example code for Ruby, and updated the examples and documentation for the other examples.
Added some visual effects in the web interface.
Streamlined install process of user client on non-domain networks. The client will now confirm your network identity after a local install. This makes setups easier in environments where users log in with a username different to their network identity.
Fixed issue where running certain ad-hoc reports directly after running another ad-hoc report would result in the settings for the previous report to be displayed.
Prevented some system accounts from MS Exchange Server being imported into PaperCut as user accounts.
Updated translations for Chinese, Portuguese and Spanish.
Changes specific to the print control module:
Added duplex detection for the Canon iR C3220.
Added custom page size detection for the Canon Image PROGRAF IPF-8000 wide-format printer.
Additional customization ability in the release station - the field orders and column widths can now be changed, and several other visual customizations were added.
More improvements to the account selection popup to ensure it always pops up on top of other windows, and that it is focused for input.
Minor performance improvements when processing PostScript documents.
Fixed issue with page level color detection for Adobe InDesign documents on PostScript print queues.
Fixed a bug that caused the progress window for the account sync and import not to display on IE.
Fixed bug that caused charge rates not to be taken into account when the user charges to their personal account.
Fixed a display bug where the charge rates for a shared account weren't displayed when accessing the page in a certain way.
Changes specific to the internet control module:
Fixed an issue that could cause proxy logs to be re-processed when a logs are being read over a network share and the connection is lost.
Fixed an issue processing log files in ISA format that caused downloads and uploads to be reversed.
Prevented a situation where the internet module wouldn't report the last internet usage of the day for a few hours, which could make the usage show up at unusual times in the log.
26 April 2007 - PaperCut ChargeBack 7.0 (Build 4648)
This release contains the following changes:
Fixed problem with database upgrade that would occur if upgrading from a version prior to 7.0 (Build 4446).
26 April 2007 - PaperCut ChargeBack 7.0 (Build 4645)
This release contains the following changes:
Added a printer filter to deny print jobs based on the number of copies.
Fixed an issue where some common errors such as network timeouts or corrupt print jobs would be reported many times. This could cause a delay in the processing of print jobs, and in some situations crash the application server.
Greatly improved memory usage when running PaperCut with PostgreSQL.
This was a workaround for bad PostgreSQL driver defaults that used far too much memory, and was causing online backups to fail on large databases.
Added and improved warning messages when performing dangerous actions, such as shutting down the server while an upgrade is in progress, and changing the user authentication source after the system is set up.
Fixed user import problems when a group or org unit contained backslashes.
Fixed support for using domain filters with upstream proxy servers on ISA server in the internet control module.
Added a command-line option to delete old log data.
Fixed an issue where the 'shared account print summary' report displayed user accounts as well.
Miscellaneous changes to support recent Canon drivers.
General performance improvements when under very high load.
13 April 2007 - PaperCut ChargeBack 7.0 (Build 4603)
This release contains the following changes:
Added multi-domain support for Active Directory. PaperCut can now import users from multiple AD domains without the need for workarounds, such as the use of 'nested groups'.
Improved the reliability and performance of tracking print jobs during intermittent network failure.
Improved performance and lowered memory requirements when running large reports.
Changed the method used to launch the web browser when clicking on a URL in the user client tool. Previously 'cmd.exe' was used, to which access is often blocked on restricted systems.
Improved the importing of shared accounts from a file when the file contained some unusual data.
Fixed bug that prevented reports from being run in some Asian locales.
Fixed display issues with CSV reports in some Asian locales.
Fixed some page counting issues with PDFs printed from Adobe Acrobat 8 with some printer drivers.
Filter out invalid characters in usernames. An issue was seen where an LDAP server returned usernames with invalid characters.
Fixed problem on Mac when an IPP based connection was used between the server and the printer.
Added support for Samsung CLP-X printer drivers.
Added the ability to automatically configure the application server based on a template configuration file. This makes it easier to perform multi-site installations, where each site tracks printing separately.
User Client: Ensure that account selection window is focused when popup appears.
Optimized print monitoring to improve start-up time and reduce initial load on application server.
Increased the maximum number of allowed printers on a single print server to over 1900.
Improved support for running user client on Windows Vista.
Fixed small memory leak in print provider service.
Added support for new daylight-savings timezone in US and Australia.
Mac: Included a desktop widget to display the user's balance.
Various documentation improvements.
Translation updates for German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Chinese.
Correctly display Portuguese translations for Portugal.
Improved the functionality, usability and user feedback of the shared account synchronization.
Fixed a bug where sorting by 'code' in the account list displayed an error page.
20 March 2007 - PaperCut ChargeBack 7.0 (Build 4515)
This release contains the following changes:
In the user client, improve the usability of "Preferred accounts" by automatically selecting the previously selected account.
Add a "Bulk account operations" screen that allows various account adjustments to be made in bulk (e.g. adjust balances or change invoicing options).
Various fixes and improvements to shared account import/sync (including a significant performance improvement).
Perform bulk users operations in a background task, which is helpful when the operation takes a long time to run.
Reduce database locking that occurs during various long running tasks (including user sync, bulk user operations, account import/sync).
Automatically configure the "guest" account as an "unauthenticated" user in PaperCut. This simplifies configuration on peer-to-peer networks.
Fixed problem displaying the printer statistics page.
Warn when enabling the "standard" client, because the "advanced" client should be used most of the time.
Improved behavior when changing user sync settings to avoid accidental changes.
Log to the application log when a printer is not monitored because it is hosted remotely.
Various improvements to supported printers and drivers.
Improved behavior when running application server on Linux.
Updated translations for Portuguese, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified).
28 February 2007 - PaperCut ChargeBack 7.0 (Build 4446)
This release contains the following changes:
Improved support for separate parent and sub-account codes. This allows for the common client/matter account configuration.
NOTE: The advanced user client should be reinstalled on workstations to take full advantage of this feature.
In the popup client, display information about whether the print job is color or grayscale.
Add the copy count to the print attributes column in print log and reports.
Fixed behavior of release station when unable to connect to the server using the machine name.
Improvements to behavior of the standard popup client.
Provider better error message when account import format is invalid.
Fix the "batch account import" in the server-command tool.
Fixes to provide improved support for Samsung printers on Windows XP.
Enhancements to the pre-paid/top-up cards as requested by users (case insensitive card entry, shorter alpha-numeric card numbers, localized date formats, etc).
Improved introduction and quick-start guide documentation.
16 February 2007 - PaperCut ChargeBack 7.0 (Build 4404)
This release contains the following changes:
Improved setup wizard to give the option to enable the popup client for a single test user or all users on in the system. This will simplify the initial configuration for new users.
Much improved quick start guide to clearly outline the steps involved in implementing PaperCut ChargeBack.
Fixed a problem with the directory account synchronization.
Translation updates for Spanish and Chinese.
14 February 2007 - PaperCut ChargeBack 7.0 (Build 4389)
This release contains the following changes:
Minor usability improvements in the user popup client.
Layout changes to the print logs and account list screens.
Improvements to the account sync process.
Layout changes to the invoice reports.
Improvements to account setup documentation.
13 February 2007 - PaperCut ChargeBack 7.0 (Build 4369)
The first public release of PaperCut ChargeBack 7. ChargeBack 7 is a major update based on the technology of PaperCut NG.
Important note to ChargeBack 6.x (or earlier) customers: PaperCut 7 represents a major upgrade over previous versions, and the upgrade requires some planning. It is important to follow the detailed upgrade instructions in knowledgebase article.
Highlights of this release include:
Improved client with options to remember searches, comments and other options.
Client software for Mac, Linux and Unix systems in addition to all versions of Windows.
Support for monitoring printers running on Apple Mac servers.
Ability to control access to accounts using Domain groups or user accounts.
Implement secure printing via the new release station support.
Full administration is now possible from anywhere on the network via a standard web browser.
Many new reports including reporting options in PDF.
Support for external database systems such as Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and others.
Support for many new languages and world regions.
More configurable and customizable interface.
XML Web Services APIs and scripting interface for advanced management.
Improved scalability - now supports networks with over 20,000+ users.
Many bug fixes and improved reliability.
PaperCut
Quota and ChargeBack - Version 6.2
- Released 5-June-2006
What's New in Version 6.2?
Maintenance release including
support for recent printer hardware
PaperCut Quota and ChargeBack - Version 6.1 - Released 10-Feb-2006
What's New in Version 6.1?
Improved behaviour when monitoring
more than 64 printers.
Added support for KonicaMinolta
DI series printers.
Improved support for to Ricoh
RPCS printers.
Added support for OKI HiperC
based printers.
Various other improvements for
other printer hardware.
Net Charging: Improved parsing
of proxy log files that contain
corrupted lines.
ChargeBack: Fix double popup
that occurs on some HP printers
and plotters.
ChargeBack: Added a setting
to change the time to wait for
the user to respond before the
job is cancelled.
ChargeBack: Turn the "Invoiceable"
option on by default.
ChargeBack: Clear comment field
by default.
PaperCut
Quota - Version 6.0 - Released 18-Oct-2005
What's New in Version 6.0?
Added a new "Charge Rates" area
to the Web Tools interface allowing
end-users to see the cost settings.
Added option to send a Winpopup
notification upon every print
job.
New option to disable logging
of print job document names (for
privacy).
Added scripts (batch files)
to facilitate adjustment of user's
credit - great for customizations
and integration with online payment
systems.
Option to control the User Inquiry
Tool's window position.
Allow the Internet Proxy logs
to be processed every minute.
Previously the shortest duration
was 5 minutes.
Added more time period options
in web ad-hoc reporting (yesterday,
last 24-hours, etc.).
Various updates for new printer
hardware and drivers.
The Web Tools interface is now
setup automatically on install
(if IIS is detected).
Improved support for install-over-the-top
upgrades.
Added Japanese translation of
the Web Tools interface.
Included the user-guide in the
installer (one download).
Visual enhancements including
new PaperCut logos and graphics.
BugFix: Fixed a race-condition
that could potentially surface
when refunding jobs.
BugFix: Fixed issue where some
Microsoft Access reports were
rejecting valid ad-hoc dates.
PaperCut
- Version 5.2 - Released 4-Mar-2005
Native mode Active Directory
integration. PaperCut will now
automatically detected the presence
of Active Directory and if found
will enable additional user account
import and synchronization options.
These include:
Ability to synchronize user
accounts with Active Directory
containers (sub-sets of users)
including, Domains in Forests,
Domain Groups, and Org Units.
Ability to handle nested
and recursively structured
groups.
Handle groups referencing
or including groups or users
from trusted domains.
Automatic refunding of cancelled
print jobs. Users are now automatically
refunded when their print job
are manually cancelled from the
queue. Jobs that have partially
printed will not be refunded but
are marked in the logs as candidates
for refund. Administrators can
quickly locate these jobs and
manually issue refunds as required.
New "one click" refunds enabling
quick manual refunding of print
jobs. Simply locate the print
job in the logs (both the PaperCut
Administration Console and the
Web Tools interface), select refund,
and the user is credited with
the corresponding amount.
Enhanced User Inquiry Tool (UIT).
The UIT is now is a system tray
application, includes an auto
refresh option, and offers more
configuration options.
Included a new "credit adjustment"
section in the Web Tool's user
management section. This makes
it easy to quickly add or subtract
credit from a user's account.
Added a new Web Tools "Quick
Report" to conveniently list print
jobs partially printed (i.e. candidates
for partial refunds).
The import of TopUp Card / PrePaid
Card number definition files on
secondary servers is now prevented.
This operation should only be
performed on the primary server
in a multi-server environment.
Fixed a Web Tools HTML layout
issue where long user names wrapped.
The User Inquiry Tool now supports
"zero-install" deployment. This
allows administrators to run the
PCClient.exe program directly
off a network share.
Enhanced the sample User Inquiry Tool batch
file. The script will only attempt
to install if an existing installation
is not detected.
Added a right-click option on
the printer list to provide quick
access to advanced charging and
restriction rules.
Included support for new print
hardware including, Minolta, QMS,
and Samsung GDI based printers.
Improved support for Canon Bubble
Jet printers.
Minor usability changes such
as new right-click menu options
and re-sorting of grid columns.
PaperCut ChargeBack: The addition
of new client command line tools
to assist with batch or scripted
printing.
BUGFIX: Addressed an issue where
PaperCut was incorrectly pick-up
the wrong "copy count" from documents
printed from Microsoft Word.
BUGFIX: After closing a printer's
Advanced Charging window, focus
stays on the currently selected
printer rather than reverting
to the first printer.
BUGFIX: Modified terminology
used for user account information
synchronization.
BUGFIX: Improved instruction
messages in the TopUp Card / PrePaid
Card Creation Wizard.
BUGFIX: Selecting the "Custom
Reports" button in a remote copy
of the database now does not unexpectedly
close Microsoft Access.
PaperCut Quota - Version 5.1.508 - Released 19-Nov-2004
Maintenance release to incorporate latest
"page counting machine" update. The
PCM update addressed a number of know
issues including:
Support for recent Epson laser
and inkjet printers supporting
languages ESC/P2, ESC/PAGE and
ESC/PAGE-COLOR
Page count problems with PCL5
and PCL6 Canon drivers
Paper size detection on Canon
PCL6 drivers
Complete support for Ricoh RPCS
native drivers
Existing PaperCut users may upgrade
simply by installing the PCM update
as detailed in our FAQ.
PaperCut Quota - Version 5.1.505 - Released 12-Nov-2004
Ability to op to send "WinPopup"
messages to computer/workstation
rather than username (controlled
via a registry key).
Added Dutch translation of the
web tools interface.
Moved printer database to "Database"
directory to ensure correct permissions
are applied. This reduces the
amount of manual configuration
required if system administrators
decided to allow now "Administrators"
access to the web tools admin
interface.
BugFix: Resolved issue with
recent HP PCLGUI drivers.
PaperCut Quota - Version 5.1.504 - Released 26-Oct-2004
Multi-selection in printer and
groups list.
Order by column in printer and
groups list.
A failed network or domain server
will now not cause a flood of
errors in the Application Event
Log.
BugFix: Resolved duplicate records
issue when importing logs from
secondary servers.
PaperCut
Quota - Version 5.1 - Released 18-Oct-2004
Support for an unlimited number
of printers per server (limited
by hardware resources only)
Advanced web based reporting
in the Web Tools interface
Predefined web reports (Quick
Reports) including top print and
internet users, busiest printers,
etc
Export the report data to Excel
Net Charging support for MS
ISA Server SQL Server logging
Automated log import from secondary
servers
Web tools now support Other
Charges, allowing user to be manually
charged for resources such as
special paper, transparencies,
binding, etc
Comments can be associated with
transactions (web tools). For
example, "extra allocation for
group project..."
Ability to reset print and net
counts when automatic allocation
is scheduled
Simplified secondary server
setup - most tasks are now automated
Printer list in Admin Console
can now be sorted
Update multiple printers and
groups at once, simpifying set
up with many printers and groups
Ability to send windows popup
messages to machine instead of
user
Scripting used to schedule log
imports
Fully translatable web tools
interface
Added Spanish, French and Italian
translations of web tools
Automated check for available
upgrades
BugFix: TopUp/PrePaid Card wizard
now supports Euro and other currencies
BugFix: Net Charging security
group cannot be set to built-in
groups (enforces tighter security)
BugFix: Permissions on admin
web tools are automatically restricted
to admin users
PaperCut Quota - Version 5.0 - Released 23-Sep-2004
What's New in Version 5.0?
Full logging of all transactions. Administrators can track all movements of credit by user, date, time, amount and who performed the transaction.
Support for TopUp Cards / PrePaid Cards. Includes wizard for creating new cards and a web interface for users to enter card numbers.
Major overhaul of web administration module look and feel. (Now called "web tools")
View transaction, internet history and print history logs under the web tools interface.
Users can view their own transaction history via web interface.
Users can transfer some of their credit to other users. Ideal for group projects.
New admin scripts to automate tasks such as syncing user accounts with Active Directory. This allows these tasks to be scheduled overnight or any other defined intervals. (i.e. automated "TuneUp")
Admin Console: Quick Find feature to conveniently locate users in the user list (Ctrl-F)
Admin Console: Reverse ordering in user list.
Installation improvements so less manual setup is required.
BugFix: "Set" button next to Overdraft setting ensures setting is always saved.
Net Quota/Charging:
Option for time based charging - charge or quota users based on the amount of time they spend using the Internet.
Administrators can select most appropriate charging module - bandwidth or time.
Added support for alternate proxy servers including Squid, WinGate and FreeProxy.
Improved integration with Microsoft ISA Server 2000 and 2004.
Log file parsing efficency improvements.
Up to 10x speed increase with
some formats.
Users can track their internet
usage in near real-time using
the PaperCut web tools interface.
Improved setup process guides
users through configuring PaperCut
and the proxy server.
Admin Console: option to reset
"net use" counter via the group
level functions. (e.g. reset the
net use counter to zero for users
in the "management" group.)
Print Quota/Charging:
Print jobs log as "transactions"
in audit log.
Users can track their printing
use in real-time using PaperCut
"web tools" interface.
Incorrectly installed printers
are automatically detected and
reported as a problem in the Application
Event log.
Support for latest printer hardware.
BugFix: Fixed incorrect page
detection with recent Xerox drivers.
BugFix: Grayscale discount now
saves correctly with all setting
combinations.
ChargeBack Edition (Released
06-Oct-2004):
Application renamed from "PaperCut
Enterprise" to "PaperCut ChargeBack".
An "assign account to all jobs
in queue" setting on the PopUp
client. This provides a convenient
way to print and allocate batched
print jobs.
New "charge rate" option. Users
can use this to assign discounts
or premiums to selected print
jobs and have this reflected on
the invoices.
Improved web tools interface.
The print job log now records
additional details such as comments,
charge rates and adjusted cost.
BugFix: The refresh button now
re-loads the sub-account information.
BugFix: The "machine name" field
now correctly logs in the print
job log.
PaperCut - Version 4.2 - Released 30-April-2004
Detect and automatically delete
duplicate print jobs. Feature
includes adjustable time window.
Reduce printer jams by restricting
paper sizes. Many printers halt
in a "manual load" state when
documents with non-support paper
size are passed. Administrators
can now defined a list of allowed
standard paper sizes.
Filter print jobs by color mode.
Provides a way of controlling
who can print color documents.
Improved standard reports, including
ability to run reports over given
date ranges, or filter for a given
user or printer.
PaperCut Quota: New Microsoft
Access reports including trend
graph, bar graph and pie charts
detailing printer activity.
The Winpopup or "net send" messages
now support multi-line messages.
Improved support for latest
printer hardware.
The "user query page" in the
Web Admin interface will now automatically
detect the username if IIS support
automatic authentication (NTLM).
BugFix: Print Job Deny messages
now consistently save on exit.
PaperCut - Version 4.1 - Released 2-Oct-2003
Changes to support new print
drivers and printer hardware
New "Custom Reports" MS Access
database. This template database
provides a good starting point
for site-specific report design.
Additional example "trend graph"
in sample MS Access reports
Fixed issue when PDF documents
were printed to a Windows 2003
server
Addition of right-click context
menu on user list. Simply right-click
on a user to quickly edit their
rights and view reports.
New configuration option to
remove the currency sign from
the "User Inquiry Tool". (for
sites that do not want to portray
a concept of "charging" users.)
BugFix: duplex discount is no
longer issued on single page documents
BugFix: simplified error messages
written to PaperCut's application
event log
PaperCut - Version 4.0 - Released 25-Feb-2003
What's New in Version 4.0?
Complete native Windows XP look
and feel
Improved support for XP and
upcoming Windows 2003 features
Auto-scheduling of quotas and
credit offers additional options
to control how and when accounts
are topped up. You can stop users
from "banking" up their quota.
Improved detailed logging -
the system the user printed from
is now recorded
Improved printer support for
latest PCL and Postscript hardware
and drivers
The debug mode has been enhanced
so PaperCut Support can resolve
problems rapidly
The print job log can now be
exported to Microsoft Excel. The
data can be used in a spreadsheet
for custom analysis and graphing
of printing activity
Ability to save Microsoft Access
reports to a database file for
running/viewing on other systems.
Trial period extended to 40-days
BugFix: Winpopup deny/information
messages of more than 256 characters
are now supported.
BugFix: Advanced Charging now
works correctly on French language
systems (this was broken in version
3.7)
BugFix: Copy-count correctly
detected with latest Xerox Postscript
drivers
Many more changes since 3.0.
See below
PaperCut - Version 3.7 - Released 20-Oct-2002
Define costs per-page costs
for standard page sizes (Advanced
charging rules).
Substitution macros available
for use in the "Winpopup" deny
print job message. This allows
you to send a message like:
Printing Denied -
The document %DOCUMENT% with
%PAGES% pages costing %COST%
can't be printed. You have %CREDIT%
remaining in your account.
The PaperCut Service will now
automatically start when installed
on a secondary server. Previous
versions required a server restart
or manual intervention after installation.
Native Windows XP "Look and
Feel" available in the client
tool. Full Windows XP look and
feel will be available in the
Administration Console when Window
.Net Server is released.
PaperCut - Version 3.6 - Released 26-July-2002
Rule based restrictions and
filtering on printers. Restrict
documents by maximum page size,
maximum cost, document name, or
file extension.
Option to restrict the importing
of user accounts to a selected
network group.
Improved Active Directory support.
Fixed bug with the net charging
security group when installed
on a non-PDC or BDC server.
Option to save logging database
and reports so they may be viewed
on other systems.
The database tune-up operation
now runs the Security Wizard to
ensure permissions are correct
and secure.
HPGL support for plotters.
Enterprise: new Access reports
- printer based reports. Existing
reports redesigned to be more
concise and show greater visual
clarity.
Enterprise: full logging and
reporting of all print jobs to
printers that do not require account
submission.
Enterprise: improved handling
of large numbers of accounts.
Enterprise: system printing
integration.
Enterprise: faster account importing.
PaperCut - Version 3.5 - Released 28-April-2002
Print charging by page area.
User list sorting by username,
pages printed, and MB downloaded.
Enhanced server transaction
rate under extremely high loads.
Improved support for unicode.
Net Charging: Fixed issue where
malformed proxy log files halt
net charging.
Enterprise: Account Import Wizard
to allow the bulk importing of
accounts. The standard distribution
comes with importers from a plain
text file, and a directory structure.
More importing interfaces (such
as integration with accounting
packages) can be built to order.
Enterprise: Account scheduling
facility - allows the administrator
to schedule regular imports to
automatically add new jobs / clients
/ projects to the accounts list.
Enterprise: Improved popup client
with user customisable preferred
account list, account selection
history and roaming preferences.
Increased reliability with local
caching of files, in case of server
reboots.
Enterprise: Optional comments
field in popup client for submitting
a description for print jobs
Enterprise: Allows print jobs
to be marked as invoiceable and
non-invoiceable to distinguish
cost recoverable and non-cost
recoverable print jobs
Enterprise: Client popup settings
can be changed to allow for performance
tuning and optimisation on large
and small networks.
Enterprise: Access to all new
print job information (colour/grayscale,
page size, page area, duplex)
in custom reports.
PaperCut
- Version 3.4 - Released 28-March-2002
Multiple select operations are
now supported in the user list.
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