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PaperCut - Print Monitoring, Quotas, Reporting and Cost Recovery  
PaperCut - Print Monitoring, Quotas, Reporting and Cost Recovery PaperCut is the leading solution to monitor, quota and report network printing and internet use. PaperCut is renowned for its combination of powerful features and ease-of-use. Fully functional 40-day  evaluation version Obtain the support information. Peruse these Latest News, FAQs, Knowledge Base, Forum Area and Release history PaperCut is now tracking millions of users in more than 60 countries. Here's what a few have to say  
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Reporting in Detail
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Here you can find a list of the one-click reports available in PaperCut NG. Many other report combinations (ad-hoc reports) are available through the use of filters and sorting.

User Based reports

User List   User Printing - Summary
User List
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  User Printing - Summary
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  • Compare users' current balance, print usage and settings
  • CSV/Excel export provides a useful source for use by 3rd party applications
  • Sort by total pages, current balance, name, restriction status
  • Filter users by group or name
 
  • Compare users' print usage
  • See users' average print job statistics - do users mostly print large or small jobs?
  • Also sort by total pages or jobs - see who is printing the most jobs or largest jobs
 
User Printing - Job Type Summary   User Printing - Logs
User Printing - Job Type Summary
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  User Printing - Logs
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  • Shows a breakdown of printing for each user by paper size, grayscale/color and simplex/duplex attributes
  • See what type of jobs each user is printing, and how much of each type
  • "Who is printing all the A3 documents?"
   
 
Department Printing - Summary   Report: Department Printing - Job Type Summary
Department Printing - Summary
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  Department Printing - Job Type Summary
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  • Compare different departments' print usage
  • See which departments print the most
 
  • Shows a breakdown of printing for each department by paper size, simplex/duplex attributes, number of grayscale and color pages
  • See which departments print the most color pages
 
Office Printing - Summary   Report: Office Printing - Job Type Summary
Office Printing - Summary
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  Office Printing - Job Type Summary
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  • Shows printing statistics for each office
  • Compare the average number of print jobs for each office
 
  • Shows a breakdown of printing for each office by paper size, simplex/duplex attributes, number of grayscale and color pages
 
User Printing - Printer Summary    
User Printing - Printer Summary
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  • Shows which printers are being used by each user
  • See the most frequently used printer by a particular user
   

Printer Based reports

Printer List   Printer Usage - Summary
Printer List
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  Printer Usage - Summary
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  • Compare printer usage and settings
  • See the overall usage history of each printer, and use the information to find trends - are certain printers more popular? Which printer is costing all the money?
  • Plan for printer upgrades based on the size and number of jobs
  • Filter reports by server, location or printer name
 
  • Compare printer usage over a set time period (day, week, month or ad-hoc)
  • See which printers are used most or least, and use the information to help re-organize printer distribution or evaluate printer upgrades
 
Printer Usage - Job Type Summary   Printer Usage - Logs
Printer Usage - Job Type Summary
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  Printer Usage - Logs
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  • See usage information for each printer, broken down by page size, grayscale/color and simplex/duplex
  • Show information for all printers or a subset
  • Use the information to see if your printers are being used effectively. Do you have an A3 printer that is only being used for A4? Perhaps an A4 only printer would be better suited
  • See how many users are printing duplex documents. Do they need more encouragement to do so? Apply a discount for duplex documents!
   
 
Printer Usage - User Summary   Printer Usage - User Job Type Summary
Printer Usage - User Summary
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  Printer Usage - User Job Type Summary
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  • Shows which users were responsible for printing on each printer
  • See which user is printing the most on a particular printer
 
  • See usage information for each user who printed on each printer, broken down by page size, simplex/duplex attributes, number of grayscale and color pages
  • See which user is printing the maximum number of color pages on a particular printer
 
Printer Usage - Paper Area Summary    
Printer Usage - Paper Area Summary
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  • Shows the total area and length of paper printed for each printer
  • Useful for plotters or printers that support a variety of paper sizes
   

Print Log Based Reports

Print Logs   Largest Print Jobs
Print Logs
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  Largest Print Jobs
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  • Shows what was printed in detail
  • See what printing is done on certain days in your organization - who printed on a Saturday?
  • Filter data by printer, server, user, or document type. For example, report all grayscale documents
 
  • Shows the overall largest print jobs
  • Question users on whether they really needed to print a 300 page manual or today's sales data
  • See if the same users are consistently printing large print jobs
  • Use the information to decide if appropriate limits should be set

Printer Group Based Reports

Report: Printer Groups - Summary   Report: Printer Groups - Job Type Summary
Printer Groups - Summary
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  Printer Groups - Job Type Summary
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  • Gives the usage history of each printer group
  • Helps in comparing printing volume on inkjets vs. laser printers
 
  • Shows a breakdown of printing for each printer group by paper size, simplex/duplex attributes, number of grayscale and color pages
  • See which department printers are printing large paper sizes
 
Report: Printer Groups - Printer Summary    
Printer Groups - Printer Summary
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  • Shows each printer's usage under each printer group
  • Shows which printers were responsible for the total printing within each printer group
   

Group Based Reports

Group List   Group Printing - Summary
Group List
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  Group Printing - Summary
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  • Compare group settings that are applied to new users
  • Groups are based on your domain or Active Directory group structure
 
  • Shows printing statistics from each group
  • See which groups print the most
  • Compare the average print job size for each group
  • Is one group's usage unusually high? Drill down for more information in the group print summary per user report
 
Group Printing - Job Type Summary   Group Printing - Logs
Group Printing - Job Type Summary
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  Group Printing - Logs
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  • Shows a breakdown of group printing by paper size, grayscale/color and simplex/duplex attributes
  • See which groups are using each paper size - do the large format printers belong in a different area?
 
  • Shows full printing details for each group
  • Useful when another group based report has information that you need to 'drill down' into
 
Group Printing - User Summary   Group Printing - Printer Summary
Group Printing - User Summary
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  Group Printing - Printer Summary
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  • Shows which users were responsible for the total printing within each group
  • Find trends in printing usage for each group
 
  • Shows each printer's usage split for each group
  • See which printers are used most by each group
  • Is the accounts department using a printer more than the sales department? Perhaps the printer belongs in the accounts department!
  • Use the information to re-distribute printers
 
Group Printing - User Job Type Summary   Group Printing - User Logs
Group Printing - User Job Type Summary
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  Group Printing - User Logs
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Group Printing - Printer Job Type Summary   Group Printing - Printer Logs
Group Printing - Printer Job Type Summary
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  Group Printing - Printer Logs
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Shared Account Based Reports

Shared Account List   Shared Account Printing - Summary
Shared Account List
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  Shared Account Printing - Summary
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  • Compare the current balance of each shared account. Shared accounts may represent projects, clients, work areas or departments
 
  • Shows print summary information for each shared account
  • See which accounts are allocated the most printing
  • Spot stand-out account usage and drill down using another shared account report
 
Shared Account Printing - Job Type Summary   Shared Account Printing - Logs
Shared Account Printing - Job Type Summary
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  Shared Account Printing - Logs
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  • Shows a breakdown of shared account printing by paper size, grayscale/color and simplex/duplex attributes
  • See if certain shared accounts are using specific paper sizes
  • If your accounts represent clients, use this information for an invoice!
  • Provides more information than a shared account print summary - useful to find out how the total cost is made up - "from 18 color A3 documents!"
 
  • Shows full printing details for each shared account in a given date range
  • Useful when information seen in other account reports requires further investigation
 
Shared Account Printing - User Summary   Shared Account Printing - Printer Summary
Shared Account Printing - User Summary
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  Shared Account Printing - Printer Summary
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  • Shows a summary of printing use charged to shared accounts by each user
  • See which users charge to an account the most
  • Find out if certain users are using an account more than they should be
 
  • Shows which printers were used for each shared account, and how much
 
Shared Account Printing - User Job Type Summary   Shared Account Printing - User Logs
Shared Account Printing - User Job Type Summary
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  Shared Account Printing - User Logs
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Shared Account Printing - Printer Job Type Summary
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  Shared Account Printing - Printer Logs
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Report: Shared Account Printing - Paper Area Summary   Report: Shared Account Security Access
Shared Account Printing - Paper Area Summary
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  Shared Account Security Access
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  • Shows the total area and length of paper printed for each shared account
  • Useful for plotters or printers that support a variety of paper sizes
 
  • Shows the shared accounts that are accessible by each user

Invoice Reports

Shared Account Printing Invoice - Summary   Shared Account Printing - Summary
Shared Account Printing Invoice - Summary
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  Shared Account Printing Invoice - Logs
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  • Shows printing activity for a shared account and all its subaccounts
  • Useful for attaching to customer invoices as a record
 
  • Shows full printing details for a shared account and all its subaccounts
  • Useful for providing full printing details to customers as a record
 
Shared Account Printing - Job Type Summary    
Shared Account Printing Invoice - Job Type Summary
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  • Shows a breakdown of shared account printing by paper size, simplex/duplex attributes, number of grayscale and color pages for a shared account and all its subaccounts
  • Which shared account is printing all the A3 documents ?
   

Environmental Impact Reports

User Environmental Impact - Summary   Printer Environmental Impact - Summary
User Environmental Impact - Summary
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  Printer Environmental Impact - Summary
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  • Highlights the environmental impact of the printing of all users in your organization (ranked)
  • Useful for drawing users' attention to their printing habits
 
  • Shows environmental impact of printing activity for all printers
  • See the total environmental impact of your organization and which printers are most polluting
 
Group Environmental Impact - Summary   Office Environmental Impact - Summary
Group Environmental Impact - Summary
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  Office Environmental Impact - Summary
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  • Shows environmental impact of printing activity for all groups
 
  • Shows environmental impact of printing activity for all offices
 
Department Environmental Impact - Summary    
Department Environmental Impact - Summary
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  • Shows environmental impact of printing activity for all departments
   

Ratio Reports

Shared Account Printing - Ratios   Group Printing - Ratios
Shared Account Printing - Ratios
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  Group Printing - Ratios
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  • Shows the percentage of total pages printed for each shared account
  • Shows the percentage of color and grayscale pages printed for each shared account
  • See which accounts are allocated the most printing
 
  • Shows the percentage of total pages printed by group
  • Shows a breakdown of color and grayscale pages for each group.
  • Compare group printing
  • See which group prints the highest percentage of color pages
 
Printer Usage - Ratios    
Printer Usage - Ratios
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  • Shows the percentage of total pages printed by each printer
  • Shows the percentage of color and grayscale pages printed by each printer
  • See which printer is most or least used
  • See the overall ratio of color and grayscale pages printed
   

Configuration Reports

Report: User Configuration   Report: Group Configuration
User Configuration
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  Group Configuration
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  • Shows the settings of all users
  • See account selection and advanced settings of each user
 
  • Shows the settings of each group
  • See which groups get a weekly quota and how much.
  • See new user settings of all groups
 
Report: Printer Configuration   Report: Shared Account Configuration
Printer Configuration
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  Shared Account Configuration
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  • Provides information about each configuration option for all printers
 
  • Shows the settings of all shared accounts
  • See which users and groups can access a particular shared account
 
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