| PaperCut is part of the new wave of
applications supporting all platforms equally. We
believe that applications should not dictate your
choice of operating systems and therefore PaperCut
supports any combination of print servers and user
workstations running under Windows, Linux, Mac or
Novell OES that you already have running or might
be changing to in the future.
All platforms are treated equally. Releases are
synchronized and all have the same feature set.
Mac and Linux systems are native versions and
not second class ports of a Windows application!
Developing cross-platform software at this level
is a large engineering investment. It is however
one aspect our development team is proud of and
is a testament to our dedication to engineering
excellence and modern forward-looking design.
Domain Infrastructure
Not only does PaperCut run on all operating systems
on both the server and the workstation, it is also
agnostic when it comes to your network environment.
PaperCut supports the following directory environments
as standard:
- Windows Active Directory
- LDAP
- eDirectory
- Apple Open Directory
- Stanard POSIX (PAM, NIS/YellowPages)
- Samba
- Workgroup-only environments
Cross-platform Administration
Our administration and user interfaces are web
based, detached from the underlying server technology,
ensuring the exact same look & feel irrespective
of the server technology. Any computer that has
a web browser can interact with PaperCut!
Cross-platform Client Tools
Users are presented with the same popup windows
no matter which computer they log on to, requiring
no re-training when transitioning from, say, Windows
to Mac.

The user client tool running on Windows

The user client tool running on Mac
In the face of an evolving IT infrastructure
both PaperCut server and client components can
be seamlessly transitioned from running on one
operating system to running on another, providing
users with continuity in day-to-day printing.
Not just cross-platform... true multi-platform!
PaperCut is able to support multiple server platforms
on the one network all working together. Many of
our larger university sites choose to deploy PaperCut
on one platform but host print queues on a mix of
others. Platforms like talking "their language".
The Windows desktops can print to Windows queues,
the Macs can print to Mac server queues, etc.
A license for PaperCut allows you to run any
of the components on any of the supported operating
systems. Changing platforms is not an issue and
there is no need for any additional purchases.
See the Fair
section of the tour for more on licensing. |