Auguest 7th, 2008

PaperCut now on Novell
Print quota, accounting, logging and management is now here for Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) Linux!

PaperCut has long been a cross-platform solution supporting Windows, Mac and Linux/CUPS. Novell iPrint was the one big missing hole in our cross-platform objectives. After a few late nights, a lot of coffee, and some help from Devon and Dean on the iPrint team, we now have PaperCut running on OES Linux.

More details about the new Novell iPrint release can be found here.

This release also marks version 8.4, so support for Novell iPrint isn't the only new feature we've added. In fact, head over to the release history for PaperCut NG or PaperCut ChargeBack and you'll find over forty other new features, enhancements and fixes.

The PaperCut Development Team

November 17th, 2006

PaperCut NG 7.0 released!

After around fifteen months of heavy development on PaperCut NG, we are happy to announce that it is ready for its next major release - version 7.0!

This release includes some big new features (as one would expect!), including:

• The first public release of the Internet Control module

  This in an optional module that allows quota and control of 'the other major network resource' - internet usage. See the the Internet Control Tour page and the User Guide for more information.

  The Internet Control module has been in testing for the last 3 months, and is a re-write of Internet Control for PaperCut Quota, which has been used by many organizations for years.

• The first public release of PaperCut NG for Mac OS X

  PaperCut NG for Mac OS X has been in testing for the last 6 months, and we've had a lot of great feedback along the way.

• Page-level color detection

  PaperCut NG now has the ability to determine the number of grayscale/color pages in a document on most PostScript, PCL5 and HPGL printer drivers.

  For example, a user prints a 21 page document to a color printer. The document is all grayscale except for a color header on the first page. When using standard color detection, the user is charged for 21 pages at the color printer's standard rate. When using page-level color detection, the user would be charged for one page at the color printer's standard rate, and receive the grayscale discount for the other 20 pages.

  More information about page-level color detection and how to enable it is available in the user guide.

• Many more features since 6.0

  Some of the highlights include:

  • Release stations
  • The Linux and Mac server versions
  • LDAP authentication
  • Support for even more printers
  • Many new reports
  • Improvements to the XML web services API and the server-command tool
  • Our really nice documentation and knowledge base
  • Improved support for unauthenticated print queues and generic/local logons
  • Many improvements to the user client tool

  Check the release history for a full list of changes.

  This is a new major release of PaperCut NG. As usual, premium support customers receive the upgrade for free. Additionally, if you have purchased PaperCut NG less than 3 months before version 7 was released, your existing license will continue to work with PaperCut NG 7. Otherwise, there is a small upgrade fee (which is between 20% and 30% of the purchase price, in line with our upgrade policy). You can purchase a license upgrade via our online order system.

The PaperCut Development Team

October 13st, 2006

PaperCut NG 6.3 released!
Today we're proud to announce the release of PaperCut NG 6.3. This release includes a number of great improvements we've been working on for the past few months.

The major changes in this release include:

• Many new reports to help organizations better understand print usage.
• Addition of new print filters to provide more flexibility for controlling printer use.
• Improved searching of historical print logs, allowing searching by print status and denied reasons.
• Improved support for a variety of printer hardware.
• Enhanced LDAP support.
• Improved support for unauthenticated printing environments.
• andmuch more ...

Visit thePaperCut NG release history page for a detailed list of changes in this and previous releases.

We recommend all existing PaperCut NG users upgrade to this release. Instructions for downloading and upgrading can be found in ourUpgrading PaperCut NG article.

The PaperCut Development Team

October 4th, 2006

More Success for PaperCut NG
We've had some big organizations deploy PaperCut NG lately, helping to prove its suitability for environments and networks of all types and sizes.

Some of the highlights include:

• A state-wide license in Victoria, Australia for theDepartment of Education & Training?

  DE&T are deploying PaperCut as part of their EduPaSS system, a custom Linux distribution for use in 2000+ schools across Victoria. They will be making extensive use of the Internet Control moduleembedded in their Linux distribution. We're excited to be working with the department on a world-leading Linux project.

• A clustered deployment acrossHarvard University?

  We have just finished working with the team at Harvard deploying PaperCut in a clustered server environment. It has been an interesting project as PaperCut has been integrated with e-commerce and student management systems using our XML web services and extension system.

• In the commercial sector, PaperCut has also been deployed recently at a number of banks.

  It's always challenging working with the IT departments in banks because of their conservative and security-focused mindset. PaperCut has been designed to meet these requirements and it's nice to see a number of commercial organizations realizing this. One such organization isBendigo Bank, who have deployed PaperCut across their branch offices.

• We're also pleased to have assisted the well known charity World Vision?

  World Vision have made use of our developing world license, deploying PaperCut NG at several locations across Africa.

It's good to have some local organizations taking notice after the successes of PaperCut NG worldwide! We've also heard that one of our leading resellers (who sells PaperCut NG under a different brand) has won a significant education software excellence award in the USA.

The PaperCut Sales & Development Teams

September 1st, 2006

PaperCut NG Internet Control Module
The PaperCut Development Team is proud to announce the first release of PaperCut NG Internet Control module. This release allows administrators to monitor and quota Internet use on a network, by integrating with the organization's existing Web proxy server. It includes support for the most common proxy servers on both Windows and Linux environments.

Many organizations have already signed up to the Internet Control testing program. We're hoping that the public release will help attract more testers. Please see the Internet Control testing program for further information.

The PaperCut Development Team

May 18th, 2006

New ordering system goes live!
We have just gone live with our new online ordering system. With the success of PaperCut NG we've had trouble keeping up with all the orders. So we needed to streamline the order process.

In addition to helping us, the new order system provides a number of advantages to our customers. Including:

• The option to pay via credit-card through PayPal.
• Invoice ordering (without having to arrange an invoice via email).
• Product price lists are now available in most major currencies (USD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CAD).

We also now accept credit card payments via PayPal which provides our customers with even more purchasing flexibility.

If you encounter any problems with the new system, please send us an email to sales@apposite.com.hk.

The PaperCut Development Team

May 5th, 2006

PaperCut NG on Macintosh
The PaperCut Development Team is proud to announce the first release of PaperCut NG on Mac. This is the first release targeting Mac servers. It's fully functional and contains all the same features as the Windows and Linux versions. 30 organizations have already signed up to the Mac testing program. We’re hoping that the public release will help attract more testers. Please see the Mac testing program page for further information.

The PaperCut Development Team

May 1st, 2006

PaperCut NG moving full forward!
PaperCut NG sales have been rocketing ahead. We've had our best quater ever with most of the growth coming from larger PaperCut NG sites, particularly University and district-wide licenses in the education sector. Highlights include:

• 25,000+ users install at Florida Community Colleges, USA
• 20,000+ users at Mukilteo School District, USA
• Region-wide deployment at all schools in Dumfries and Galloway county, Scotland, UK
• Four significant district-wide licensing arrangements covering schools in England, Canada and West Indies
• A challenging campus-wide deployment running on clustered Linux servers at Sheridan College Institute of Technology in Canada

Over the last two months we've also had a many more university join the ranks and start implementing PaperCut NG. Many of these large organizations such as the University of Louisiana have only just started their implementations, while others such as Politecnico di Torino in Italy and Goucher College are well progressed and have even help the development team with tasks such as language translations and feature development.

The PaperCut Development Team

April 28th, 2006

PaperCut NG now available in Italian and Portuguese
Just a quick post to thank teams responsible for our Italian and Portuguese language translations. PaperCut NG 6.2 and onwards will include these translations. A number of other tranlsations are currently in progress and should be complete soon.

The PaperCut Development Team

March 31st, 2006

PaperCut NG 6.2 released!
Today we're proud to announce the release of PaperCut NG 6.2 for both Windows and Linux servers. This release includes a number of great improvements we've been working on for the past few months.

The major changes in this release include:

• 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
• Add documentation to describe how to configure PaperCut for a variety of common usage scenarios
• Improvements to simplify the automate the installation and configuration of secondary servers
• and much more ...

Visit the PaperCut NG release history page for a detailed list of changes in this and previous releases.

We recommend all existing PaperCut NG users upgrade to this release. Instructions for downloading and upgrading can be found in our Upgrading PaperCut NG article.

The PaperCut Development Team

February 8th, 2006

PaperCut NG 6.1 released!
Today we're proud to announce the release of PaperCut NG 6.1 for both Windows and Linux servers. This release includes a number of great improvements we've been working on for the past few months.

The major changes in this release include:

• 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
• Reduce the bandwith used by the User Client by approximately 80%
• Web services interface to allow process automation and integration with other systems
• Improve UNICODE support for non English languages
• and much more ...

Visit the PaperCut NG release history page for a detailed list of changes in this and previous releases.

We recommend all existing PaperCut NG users upgrade to this release. Instructions for downloading and upgrading can be found in our Upgrading PaperCut NG article.

The PaperCut Development Team

November 24th, 2005

PaperCut on Linux is here!
Today is the official launch of our first Linux version of PaperCut. Over the past 6 years, the PaperCut Software development team have used Linux internally for tasks such as web serving, mail hosting and development. We've always wanted to offer PaperCut on Linux and after 6 years, thousands of hours of development, and hundreds of thousands of lines of code, it's finally here!

PaperCut NG on Linux now gives our users an extra platform option, and importantly a way to save money by avoiding Microsoft server licensing costs. PaperCut NG on Linux offers exactly the same features and benefits as the Windows version.

The PaperCut development team looks forward to working with the Linux user community.

Visit the PaperCut NG page for more information.

The PaperCut Development Team

October 18th, 2005

• A charge rates area in the web tools interface allowing your end-users see the costs assigned to printers and the internet.
• A customizable winpopup notification can now be sent after every print job.
• Improved printer hardware support
• Scripts to facilitate adjustment of user's credit - great for customizations and integration with online payment systems.
• Automated the installation of the web tool interface.
• and much more ...

The PaperCut Development Team

September 30th, 2005

PaperCut NG - The new addition to the PaperCut family
PaperCut NG, our "next generation" edition was released today. After 18 months development and a busy month of testing we've finally approved the application for release. Thanks to all the organizations that have worked with us over the last year to test, provide feedback and assist us with design.

If you're interested in finding out more about PaperCut NG, the product tour is a good place to start. Lots of screen-shots and new Flash animated demonstrations!

The PaperCut Development Team

August 23rd, 2005

If you're interested in getting your hands on PaperCut NG now, please sign up for the beta program!

The PaperCut Development Team