Alerts
To
ensure that administrators are kept abreast of any
issues with printing on their network PaperCut can
automatically send them alerts via email. Alerts
may be sent when:
- A printer is in error (e.g. a paper jam that
the user was unable to clear)
- A printer's toner level is low
- Other errors occur in the printing process
Advanced Charging Rules
- Define costs on a per-printer basis
- Full differential charging models taking into
account standard sizes, size category, area,
color/grayscale or duplex mode
- Combine with filters for precise control over
charges and use
- Apply discounts to encourage use of grayscale
and duplex printing
- Page-level color detection - users are only
charged the color rate on pages that actually
contain color.
Filter / Restrict Print Events
Filters
are a great way to control printing. Administrators
can define filters to:
- Automatically detect and delete duplicate
jobs.
- Prevent large jobs from being printed on slow
printers (encourage the use of high volume printers).
- Stop jobs of certain names/types. A great
way to stop someone accidentally printing the
"accounts.xls" file that results in
20,000 pages!
- Catch invalid paper sizes before jobs arrive
at the printer. No more "manual feed"
or "Load A5" blinking messages!
- Restrict access by domain group, maximum cost,
color mode, size and more.
Filters are backed up by customizable messages.
These can be used to inform users of why restrictions
are in place. For example, "This job has
been denied. Please don't print jobs over 100
pages on the ink jet printer. Use laser printer
X instead."
Load Balancing
PaperCut provides its own printer load balancing
functionality. See the Clustering
and Load Balancing tour section for details.
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