| PaperCut is designed to fit into
a huge range of printing environments, covering
setups with differing
platforms, single or multiple print servers
(perhaps across many sites), diverse hardware and
network layouts, and many different opinions on
print policy.
To achieve this, PaperCut comes configured for
the most common scenarios out-of-the-box, but
can easily be customized to suit your environment.
Modular Architecture
PaperCut's modular architecture makes it possible to scale from the small and simple all-in-one server to the largest of multi-site networks.
PaperCut can monitor all your printers, whether they are hosted on one or many print servers (even if your print servers run on a combination of Windows, Mac, Linux and Novell).
Visual Customization
Client Tool

Standard client tool look |

Customized client tool look |
User Web Interface

Standard user web interface look |

Customized user web interface look |
Release Station

Standard print release station look |

Customized print release station look |
Admin Web Interface - Add your logo
Integration
External Databases
PaperCut ships with an embedded database to save
the trouble of setting up your own. It is suitable
for most environments, but some sites will prefer
to host PaperCut's data on their own database. PaperCut
supports the most common databases out of the box,
including Microsoft SQL Server/Express, PostgreSQL,
Oracle, and others on request. 3rd Party
Software and Services
- User and group synchronization from directory
servers including Microsoft Active Directory,
Apple Open Directory, Novell eDirectory, other
LDAP variants, plus Unix/NIS/POSIX.
- Payment services such as PayPal, VeriSign,
Authorize.Net and others via the payment gateway
module, plus custom payment services or other
sources.
Scripting
The included server-command scripting tool and XML
web services API allow scripting or programming
integration with PaperCut. For example:
- Schedule enabling and disabling of printers
at given times, such as disabling lab printers
after hours.
- Display user print balance on an intranet
page.
- Schedule a custom print quota addition for
the start of term.
- Disable printing for a student when they are
disabled in a student management system.
- Do much much more with advanced scripting!
Components
Display user print statistics and environmental
impact counters on an intranet page using web
widgets, or in the Windows Vista sidebar using the
Vista gadgets. |