2 November 2006 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.3 (Build 4060)
This release contains the following
changes:
Added improved support for Canon
and Epson printers when hosted
on a Mac server.
Allow the "unauthenticated"
setting to be set using the "Bulk
User Actions" screen.
Fixed problem with release stations
that caused non-admin users to
be able to close the release station.
Improved page analysis for plotters
using HPGL printer language.
Fix problem with Canon PCL5
drivers.
Various optimizations and improved
support for Windows Vista.
Fixed problem where the "perform-online-backup"
server-command, would not perform
a backup if automated backups
were disabled.
Various documentation improvements.
23 October 2006 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.3 (Build 4022)
This release contains the following
changes:
Added 12 new reports for improved
analysis of printer usage. In
particular a there are a number
of new reports to summarise printing
by group and printer.
Improved layout of reports listed
in the "Reports" screen.
Change potentially long reports
that provide grouped data, to
now start a new group on a new
page.
Added support for Canon UFR2
print drivers.
Add support for automatically
refunding CUPS print jobs if job
is failed to be delivered to printer
(i.e. CUPS back-end fails).
Fixed N-Up printing for Acrobat
5 on Mac.
Fixed copy count problem that
occurred with some CUPS printers
on Linux.
Improved layout of reports headers
when header content is long (e.g.
when translated header text is
long).
If an administrator is restricted
to a subset of printers, do not
allow them to 'reset counts on
all printers'.
Fix error that could occur saving
the Admin rights if many administrators
were defined.
Stability/usability improvements
as a result of errors submitted
to us using the error reporting
feature.
Significant updates to translations
for German, Dutch and Portuguese.
Minor updates of French, Spanish
and Chinese (simplified and traditional).
13 October 2006 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.3 (Build 3992)
This release contains the following
changes:
Added a new admin ACL to restrict
administrator access to a subset
of printers.
Added a spool size print filter,
so that jobs larger than a specified
size can be denied.
Added a duplex/simplex print
filter, so that jobs can be denied
based on duplex status.
On the print job list screens:
Added filter to search for
print jobs based on status
(printed/cancelled/refunded).
Added filter to search for
print jobs denied for particular
reasons. For example, this
makes it easy to search for
documents that were denied
because they contained too
many pages.
Clarified terminology used
in the print status column.
Refunded print jobs are no longer
included in summary reports.
Updates to the software release
station protocol. NOTE: If
you are using software release
stations, they must be upgraded.
Fixed error that occurred running
the 'Shared Account summary report
by user' when running on SQL Server.
If a group filter is applied
to the User List page, the group
filter is now applied to the export
report.
Do not import Active Directory
users with user names like "SystemMailbox{*}".
These are created by Microsoft
Exchange.
Stability/usability improvements
as a result of errors submitted
to us using the error reporting
feature.
Improvements to Linux start-up
script to avoid two instances
of PaperCut from being started.
Improved N-UP detection for
Postscript printer drivers.
Improved page size detection
for Kyocera PCL drivers.
Fixed duplex detection for Dell
Postscript printers.
Fixed page count problems with
Ricoh RPCS drivers.
Various documentation/help improvements.
Updated .NET server command
proxy to work with version 2 of
the XML-RPC library.
Significant updates to translations
for Dutch, Spanish, Chinese (simplified
and traditional). Minor updates
of Portuguese and Greek.
22 September 2006 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.2 (Build 3904)
This release contains the following
changes:
Linux/Mac: Added support for
fast popup notification in CUPS.
User print popups will now appear
as soon as the job enters the
queue instead of just prior to
the job printing.
Improved LDAP behavior and performance
for large LDAP servers.
Added various "server-command"
and web service APIs to allow
manipulation of shared accounts
(e.g. add, remove, sync, change
user/group security, etc).
Improved display of paper sizes
in print log screens.
Add an option to automatically
synchronize users from the domain
nightly.
Improved transaction comment
for quota allocations so it is
simpler to identify the source
of quota allocations.
Added support for Xerox wide-format
plotters.
Improved page size detection
for Canon GARO print drivers.
Improved copy count and duplex
detection for OKI postscript drivers.
Improved N-Up detection for
Dell Postscript printers.
8 September 2006 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.2 (Build 3841)
This release contains the following
changes:
Make negative balances appear
in red so they are easy to identify.
In the print log screens, if
the document name is a URL make
it into a hyperlink.
Improved paper size matching
for ISO papersize.
Added oversize paper sizes to
filters and cost settings (RA
and SRA sizes).
Improved database connection
pool settings to reduce system
and database resource usage during
periods of low activity.
Allow the "Until I logout" option
to be set as the default timeout
for client authentication.
Fix problem listing print history
for a printer when the printer
name contains [] characters (when
running on SQL Server only).
Fix report error that can occur
in rare circumstances.
Fix minor display issue on print
log screens.
Improved display of print job
cost, which produced unexpected
results in some circumstances.
Fix displaying of Chinese characters
in the release station.
Added support for the Canon
UFR print language.
Mac: Improved installer and
fixes to the scripts to configure
CUPS.
Allow errors that appear in
the user interface to be submitted
to PaperCut for analysis.
Documentation improvements.
Update the PostgreSQL database
driver.
29 August 2006 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.2 (Build 3794)
This release contains the following
changes:
Various new reports summarizing
printing activity by user, printer
and shared account.
Added support for Fuji PLW print
language.
Improved translations for German,
Spanish and Simplified Chinese.
Fix to apply "unauthenticated
users" setting from "[All Users]"
group when new users are created.
Fix problem running group print
summary report from Group page.
18 August 2006 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.2 (Build 3758)
This release contains the following
changes:
Improved the user client to
perform popup authentication.
This can be used in environments
where print queues do no require
authentication or where users
login to workstations using generic
accounts. For more information
see the popup authentication section
in the manual.
Reporting improvements:
Added a new Shared Account
report to provide a detailed
summary of printing for each
account.
Added total rows to reports.
Other visual improvements.
Implemented a custom extension
mechanism to allow custom extensions
to be developed. e.g. to add credit
to users account using a credit
card gateway.
Added support for using a custom
logo in the user client.
Added regular expression support
for document name filters.
Ignore locally mapped printers
when logging on to a Citrix server.
Added "server-command" to add
credit to all users in a group.
Additional admin access control
options.
Various documentation improvements.
Added simple command-line release
station for Linux.
Improved support for Mac PDF
printing methods.
Improved Postscript support.
Added support for Canon GARO
printer drivers.
Improved CUPS integration on
Mac and Linux.
Fixed occasional problem starting
the user client on Mac.
Improved robustness when listing
of Active Directory groups and
Org units.
Fixed problem batch importing
Shared Accounts.
Installer improvements for Mac.
Added initial Japanese and Spanish
translations.
13 July 2006 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.2 (Build 3627)
This release contains the following
changes:
Fix problem when upgrading SQL
Server databases after installing
Build 3617. Please contact support
if you encountered this problem.
Various documentation improvements.
Minor improvements to Mac OS
X install process.
07 July 2006 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.2 (Build 3617)
This release contains the following
changes:
Implement batch importing/updating
of Shared Accounts.
Allow printing to be disabled
for specific users for a given
period of time.
Add web-service APIs and command-line
tool to enable/disable user printing.
Improvements to reports so that
long document names are not truncated.
Improvements to support CUPS
1.2 on Linux.
Changes to allow a very large
number of printers to be ignored.
Additional documentation on
how to customize the user client.
Fixes for using LDAP user source
with Active Directory.
Fix problem displaying backslashes
in printer names in winpopup messages.
Allow SSL for LDAP connections
to be enabled during setup wizard.
Updated Simplified Chinese translations.
26 May 2006 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.2 (Build 3537)
This release contains the following
changes:
Improved scalability of Windows
print provider when receiving
print jobs through LPR (Windows
Print Services for Unix) or IPP
(Internet Printing Protocol).
Improved scalability when handling
many print jobs awaiting user
account selection or to be printed
from a release station.
Add an option to disable account
selection print popups for a printer,
overriding the setting for the
user that printed. This allows
the silent monitoring of a printer,
in an environment where the print
popups are used elsewhere.
Add option to hide the "Details"
link in the user client tool.
Add option to hide the document
cost from the print popup in user
client tool.
Allow the user client on the
Mac to be run as a user different
to the logged on user.
Fix to Mac installer to correctly
set execute permissions on script
files.
Improvements to documentation
for Mac installations, and for
customizing the user web pages.
Added support for the Zebra
label printer.
Minor updates to French, Portuguese
and Dutch translations.
18 May 2006 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.2 (Build 3511)
This release contains the following
changes:
Added admin access control lists,
so that the administrator can
delegate access to a subset of
admin functionality to other users.
This is a much requested feature
that will be helpful for customers
with many users or PaperCut deployed
across multiple sites.
Various improvements to the
Mac OS X version.
Added support for SSL connections
to LDAP servers.
Improved copy count detection
for Kyocera printers.
Include seconds in the text-based
print job log.
Allow the user to configure
the amount of time to wait for
a response from the client popup
before deleting the print job.
Fix problem with release station
where print jobs were not listed
if network username contained
both upper and lower case.
Fixed rare crash in the Windows
print provider that could occur
if a print job was being processed
during a 5 second period once
every 8 hours.
5 May 2006 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.2 (Build 3472)
This release contains the following
changes:
Fix problems that can cause
crashes in the User client on
windows with some display drivers.
Improved color detection for
some Espon inkjet printers.
Improved print popup notification
speed when using CUPS print provider
on Linux or Mac.
Improved support for Mac Safari
browser.
Added documentation describing
how to use the free Microsoft
SQL Server Express as an external
database.
Fixed problem that could occur
when using user name filter regexes
(typically used in Novell environments).
Included complete Portuguese
translation contributed by our
Brazilian reseller, Interamericana.
Minor updates to the Italian,
Dutch and French translations.
Greatly improve the speed of
user client print popup notifications.
They are now sent when the job
enters the queue rather than after
analysis. The speed improvement
will be most noticeable on large
documents or on networks where
documents are slow to spool.
NOTE: It is recommended that
all user clients be upgraded.
Older clients will continue to
work but the page count and document
cost information will not be displayed.
To revert to the old popup notification
behavior, set the "PreNotifications"
setting to "off" in the print
provider config file.
Allow the print popup selection
to be applied to all documents
in the queue, without having to
respond to each document individually.
Display the number of jobs pending
in the queue in the client popup.
Optimized Postscript analysis
resulting in a 10-times speed
improvement.
Fixed duplex detection for some
PCL6-based printers (i.e. Kyocera
FS-1800).
Documentation improvements including
a new chapter descibing how to
configure PaperCut in various
scenarios.
Allow the login logo to be customized
to match the organization's intranet.
Added some additional web-service
APIs to retrieve printer statistics.
Improvements to the Active Directory
synchronization to provide the
option to only import 'enabled'
users.
Access to the admin pages can
be restricted to a subset of network
addresses.
Fix error displaying TopUp card
list under some circumstances.
Linux: Improvements to startup
scripts to better support Redhat
Enterprise Linux.
7 Apr 2006 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.2 (Build 3400)
This release contains the following
changes:
Fixed a security related issue
that may arises when running on
Linux and using LDAP for authentication
against a Windows Active Directory.
Users fitting this situation
should upgrade as a priority.
Add card-based authentication
(e.g. swipe cards) to release
station.
Allow card number and notes
to be imported using the batch
user import file function.
Improve robustness of install-over-the-top
upgrades.
Fixed problem with the user
client local installer.
Updated Finnish, Italian and
German translations.
5 Apr 2006 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.2 (Build 3387)
This release contains the following
changes:
Improvements to user client
behavior on laptops after resuming
from hibernation/sleep. NOTE: It is recommended to
upgrade clients running on either
Windows or Mac laptops.
Improvements to paper size detection
for Postscript documents printed
from Adobe Illustrator.
Updated German, Italian, French,
Dutch and Greek translations.
31 Mar 2006 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.2 (Build 3365) - Windows
We're proud to announce the release
of PaperCut ChargeBack 6.2. The
major feature added in this release
is support for Print Release Stations.
This release includes the following
changes:
Add support for Print Release
Stations.
Add user-level overrides of
printer settings. Individual users
can now:
Be charged at a different
rate for printing
Bypass printer level filters
Bypass the use of release
stations
Improved the layout and clarity
of print job attributes in print
log screens.
Improved logging of non-standard
paper sizes.
Simplified the automated installation
and configuration of secondary
servers.
Improvements to duplex discount
calculations for jobs with multiple
copies.
Improved error reporting on
user client startup failure.
Fixed problem that could cause
the a user, printer or shared
account to be unintentionally
deleted.
17 Mar 2006 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.1 (Build 3340)
This release contains the following
changes:
Allow the number of decimal
places in costs and balances to
be changed.
Improvements to allow User Client
to run on Mac OS X 10.3 versions
earlier than 10.3.9.
Improvements to the behavior
of the client when using a generic
user for printing. For example,
when using the generic "macuser"
as described in the Mac setup
instructions.
Improvements to error handling
when there is a problem starting
the User Client.
Added support for viewing the
user interface in languages other
than English. The languages can
be selected on the logon screen.
Allow the group selection control
to be widened so that very long
group names and org units can
be displayed.
Fixed copy count problem with
some Xerox printer drivers.
Fixed problem installing licenses
and importing TopUp cards in some
locales.
6 Mar 2006 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.1 (Build 3306)
This release contains the following
changes:
Much improved documentation
for Mac OS X workstations, including
configuring printers and installing
the User Client.
Added support to for Zeno IMF
printer language (used in some
low-end HP printers).
Detect when the Windows spooler
services crashes, and automatically
restart the PaperCut print provider
so that the monitoring can continue.
Improvements to User Client
to handle IP address changes when
the client is running. For example,
after resuming from hibernation
on a laptop or after connecting
to a wireless LAN.
Improved grayscale/color detection
for some Canon print drivers.
Improved detection of plain
text print documents.
Added a "deleteExistingUser"
method to the Web Services API.
Fixed crash in print provider
that could occur in some situations.
Fixed problem installing license
if the trial period had expired.
Miscellaneous documentation
improvements.
22 Feb 2006 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.1 (Build 3275) - Windows
This release contains the following
changes:
Include native Mac OS X .app
package for the user client tool.
The client now updates the balance
in real-time.
Allow configuration of document
names that the Windows print provider
will ignore. This is useful for
some print drivers that regularly
send special "Status"
documents to the printer.
Automatically configure printer
settings to improve reliability
spool file analysis.
Fixed issue with PCL6 page size
detection seen on some printers
Fixed problem running multiple
instances of the client on separate
machines if the user's home directory
is on a LAN drive.
Fixed issue with the "Charge
to other user" option in
the print popup.
Fixed problem detecting copy
count in some Canon print drivers.
Fixed two security problems
found as a result of code audit.
Clarify some of the wording
on the paper size cost settings
screen.
Minor improvements to installer
and documentation.
15 Feb 2006 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.1 (Build 3253)
This release contains the following
changes:
Fix problem starting user client
on some machines.
When importing users from Active
Directory, detect loops in nested
group structures.
Fix problem updating user details
(like full name, email, etc) from
Active Directory when hundreds
of users' details had changed.
Linux: Fixed problem in print
provider when searching for the
provider configuration file.
10 Feb 2006 - PaperCut
ChargeBack 6.1 (Build 3238)
This release contains the following
changes:
Fix problem when refunding print
jobs from the Shared Account print
logs screen.
Improved visual layout of User
Client print popup, when only
the "print to other user" option
is enabled.
Give the user the option to
create a Desktop icon during installation.
8 Feb 2006 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.1 (Build 3229)
We're proud to announce the release
of PaperCut ChargeBack 6.1, including
the following changes:
LDAP support for both user/group
synchronization and authentication
which allows for improved integration
with non-Windows platforms like
Novell and Unix.
Allow print jobs to be associated
with Shared Accounts but charge
the job to user's personal account.
This allows for user-based quotas,
whilst still allocating to Shared
Accounts for reporting.
Improved print popup speed in
User Client.
Greatly improved scalability
when running the User Client on
thousands of workstations simultaneously.
Do not let users run more than
one instance of the User Client
simultaneously.
When starting User Client with
"/silent" option, the client will
continue retry to connect if the
server is unavailable or the user
does not yet exist.
When a user prints as "another
user" using the popup, log the
printing under the other user's
account.
Reduce the bandwith used by
the User Client by approximately
80%.
When a user logs into the user
web pages or prints as "another
user" using the popup, automatically
create the user in database if
they do not exist, .
Fixed a problem when running
the User Client on Mac OS X, when
proxy servers are configured.
Default to non-metric units
when running in the US.
Minor fixes for page detection
for PCL based printers
Fixed error in print provider
that sometimes occurrs when a
user connects to print servers
through terminal services.
Fix to local installation of
User Client to correctly setup
the client to run automatically
upon login.
Reduce the Windows installer
size by about 5MB by using improved
compression method.
27 Jan 2006 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.0 (Build 3184)
This release contains the following
changes:
Much improved support for Unicode
languages (allowing importing
of users with Unicode user details
and correct display of Unicode
document names.)
Performance tuning for sites
running a large number of user
clients simultaneously. Also provide
more flexibility to tune performance
parameters.
Improvements to client popup
delivery when running on client
Mac OS X, using Windows Unix print
services, or using the Linux CUPS
printing system.
Improved support for Epson ESC/P2
printers.
Improved support for Ricoh RPCS
printers.
Improvements to client to support
older Mac OS X releases.
Allow specifying multiple subnet
masks to allow print providers
to access the server.
Fixed a problem updating shared
account balances when using SQL
Server.
Fixed a problem where deleted
shared accounts could appear in
popup Account list.
Unshare the client directory
during upgrade so that the files
can be overwritten by the installer.
12 Jan 2006 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.0 (Build 3143)
This release contains the following
changes:
Fixed issue where the client
popup may have displayed on the
wrong system if a user is logged
on multiple desktops at one time.
Addressed a page size detection
issue seen with some Epson ESC/P2
drivers.
Added support for OKI HiperC
GDI print language.
Improved support for Konica
Minolta Di series printers.
Linux: Fixed potential copy
count problem that could occurred
when running with CUPS.
23 Dec 2005 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.0 (Build 3126)
This release contains the following
changes (... merry Christmas!):
Layout improvements when running
on lower resolution screens.
When using the "Charge
print job to other user"
in client popup, send low balance
notifications to the owner of
the account being charged, not
the person performing the print
job.
Fix problem that stopped print
jobs being assigned to other users,
if other account selection options
were not enabled.
21 Dec 2005 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.0 (Build 3120)
This release contains the following
changes:
Fix duplex detection for some
OCE printers
Fix page counting problem on
some Epson printers
Stop incompatible database backups
from being imported.
19 Dec 2005 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.0 (Windows Build 3114, Linux Build
3111)
This release contains the following
changes:
Add Office and Department fields
to the user. These will be automatically
imported from Active Directory
the next time a sync is performed.
NOTE: This upgrade will
automatically upgrade the database
to include the two new fields.
Strip the domain component from
usernames passed from the user
client. This simplifies using
the client on Mac OS X systems
that pass through the username
as username@domain.
Fixed calculation of page area
for Postscript print jobs when
non-standard page sizes are used.
Fixed generation of SSL keys
on non-English systems.
Modified user client to improve
display on non-English systems.
Linux Only: Improvement the
CUPS print provider so that other
jobs are not delayed when PaperCut
is waiting for a response from
the user. e.g. When selecting
a shared account using the user
client.
Linux Only: Improvements to
install over-the-top support.
8 Dec 2005 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.0 (Build 3086)
This release contains the following
changes:
New SSL/HTTPS access option
to provide an enterprise level
security connection for remote
administration.
Add option to make client software
use a secured connection if SSL
is available.
Client software now falls back
to using server's IP address if
hostname lookup fails.
Fixed a bug that could prevent
users from logging in from a trusted
domain.
5 Dec 2005 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.0 (Build 3072) - Linux
This release contains the following
changes:
Linux Only: Fixed problem where
entering an incorrect password
caused an empty error message
to display.
Linux Only: Fixed broken "Details..."
browser link in the client window
when running on a Linux KDE desktop.
Linux Only: Reduced installer
size by 10Mb by enhancing the
file compression method.
1 Dec 2005 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.0 (Build 3063)
This release contains the following
changes:
Ability to override the system
regional settings. This allows
you to select the correct currency
format settings without having
to configure the operating system's
default regional settings.
Full documentation for the XML
Web Services interface and API.
C# .NET and Java sample code
and documentation demonstrating
the use the XML Web Services API.
Samples also include a Proxy Class
to quickly integrate the interface
into existing applications or
scripts.
New server-command program
providing command-line access
to all web services functions.
This is ideal for calling tasks
from batch files or scripts. For
example, it may be used to use
to kick off scheduled backups
or user/group sync operations.
Fixed issue where a set operation
on a shared account was not correctly
recording a transaction record.
Various documentation improvements.
The Mac client now ships with
a .command file so it is automatically
associated as a terminal script.
24 Nov 2005 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.0 (Build 3050) - Linux
We're proud to announce the first
official release of PaperCut ChargeBack
6.0 for Linux after testing at large
client sites. This release allows
PaperCut ChargeBack server to run
on Linux and to monitor both CUPS
and Samba printers.
Instructions for setting up the
Linux version can be found in the
user guide
24 Nov 2005 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.0 (Build 3048) - Windows
This release contains the following
changes:
Significantly improve the performance
of user/group synchronization
on large sites. Testing of an
initial sync on a 5000 user network
shows a performance improvement
of over 600%.
Fix calculation of print job
cost when using 'Area Charging'
with units of 'square feet', and
with non-standard paper sizes.
Improved stability of the Windows
print provider under very high
printing load.
Improvements to the documentation.
Clarify the terminology used
when configuring quotas and the
quota accumulation options. Please
check your quota settings in the
'Group' section to confirm they
are as expected.
Fix problem with printer statistics
page when running on SQL Server
database.
Include the latest version of
the SQL Server database driver.
Set a default socket timeout
for SQL Server connections, which
alleviates problems in case of
network problems.
8 Nov 2005 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.0 (Build 3004)
This release contains some minor
changes, including:
Improve print monitoring behavior
under very high printing load.
Fix problem where ad-hoc date
ranges were not correctly filtering
the printer statistics or print
log reports.
Fix problem on printer statistics
page where cancelled and refunded
jobs were not counted correctly.
Add DLL dependencies to the
Topup/Prepaid card wizard that
prevented it running on some Windows
2003 servers.
4 Nov 2005 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.0 (Build 2997)
This release contains some minor
changes, including:
Optimize web server settings
to improve performance under high
load.
Improve usability of setting
up quotas by not allowing a the
max accumulation amount to be
less than the quota amount.
Fix minor page counting problem
that occurred in some recent HP
PCL6 drivers.
Stop duplicate user records
being created if a user prints
during the initial user sync process.
Fix some reports that failed
when using an external SQL Server
database.
27 Oct 2005 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.0 (Build 2977)
This release contains some minor
changes, including:
Improve robustness of user synchronization,
when an error occurs adding users.
Added a tool to import user
account balances from PaperCut
Quota (see manual for details).
Added the file-based batch user
import/update feature.
Other documentation improvements
24 Oct 2005 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.0 (Build 2962)
This release contains some minor
changes, including:
Addressed a page count bug reported
with recent HP LaserJet 1100 driver
versions.
Improved support for Konica
Minolta GDI based printers.
Removed a global database lock
that could potentially cause performance
issues when a new user prints
for the first time combined with
slow domain lookup.
Updated documentation detailing
installation of PaperCut ChargeBack
on a Microsoft Cluster.
Fixed a typographical error
that may have caused the Mac and
Linux workstation client start
scripts to display an error.
Added a new command-line option
to the client software allowing
the option to force the client's
reported username - used for laptops
that don't authenticate with the
domain.
Renamed the shortened name associated
with the Application Server Windows
Service so naming convention is
consistent with other PaperCut
services.
11 Oct 2005 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.0 (Build 2920)
This release contains some minor
changes, including:
Add a command-line option to
the user client to allow a different
username to be used.
Improvements to the documentation/help.
Improved compatibility running
secondary print servers on Window
NT.
Minor fix to page counting when
printing to Postscript printers
from DOS applications.
5 Oct 2005 - PaperCut ChargeBack
6.0 (Build 2902)
This release contains some minor
changes, including:
Improvements to the documentation/help.
Improvements to page and attribute
detection in the QPDL, HBPL and
PJL printer languages.
In balance history graph, don't
show history for before the account/user
was created
Clarify some wording throughout
the application.
Fix date ranges handling in
reports. Previously some data
outside the specified range could
be displayed.
We're proud to announce the official
release of PaperCut ChargeBack 6.0,
after 18 months of development and
a very successful month of beta
testing by many of our clients.
The official release includes
a number of changes since the latest
beta, including:
Added scripts to start the user
client tool on Mac OS X and Linux.
Improvements to the documentation.
Show the updated account balance
in print notifications sent to
the user.
Fix a problem where sometimes
users could not use the last cent
in their account.
Open reports and help in a new
window.
Don't show cancelled and unprinted
documents in the 'printer log'
reports.
Don't count cancelled and unprinted
documents in the user and printer
page/job counts.
It has been a while since the
last build, because we have not
had any significant issues reported.
We've mainly been working on the
PaperCut ChargeBack user guide,
which is now bundled in this release.
Today's build includes the following
changes:
User manual now included. This
is available from the "Start"
menu and the "Help" link on the
top-right of the application.
Improve the layout of the print
log screen when viewing on lower
resolutions
More changes to stop the browser
caching pages, particularly after
logout
Make the "used by user" column
in the TopUp card list a link
that takes you to the user details
page
Minor wording changes throughout
the application
Improve color/grayscale detection
in some Canon and PCL6 drivers