PaperCut MF provides integration with HP MFDs, enabling the tracking, charging or billing of "off the glass" copying. PaperCut's embedded MFD solution uses HP devices' built-in touch screen to provide a rich set of application features in both walk-up copier usage and the printer control area. These include:

• End user authentication including integration with single sign-on environments such as Active Directory, Open Directory, eDirectory, LDAP and others
• Optional proximity card swipe authentication (via standard USB based readers)
• Group-based access control to the device and color copying )
• Monitoring and control of photocopying (quotas, charging, allocation and logging)
• Allocation of copying to accounts/departments/cost-centers/projects
• Releasing jobs from a hold/release queue (secure printing)

Highlights of the HP embedded solution include:

authentication
PaperCut is a single integrated solution where copier usage is managed together with network printing all in one system. Users have a single account and administrators have the same level of administration for all services.

Leverage your existing single sign-on infrastructure by allowing users to log in with the same username and password used elsewhere on the network. No need to remember and maintain multiple logins!

• Integrate with:
  • Microsoft Active Directory
  • Apple Open Directory
  • Novell eDirectory
  • Other LDAP, NIS or POSIX environments
• Optionally authenticate using swipe cards, proximity cards or ID numbers and optional PINs for extra security.
• Display instructions and your organization's own custom logo on the login screen.

device access
Protect your valuable HP MFDs from usage by unauthorized staff or visitors or limit expensive color copying to selected members of your organization.

Group memberships in your user directory can serve as a basis for fine-grained access control.

track and control scanning and faxing

• Track scanning to e-mail or to a file
• Track sending faxes
• Simple per-page cost model or 2-tiered cost model for volume discounts
• All usage reported in the PaperCut logs
• Optionally limit amount of scanning/faxing users can perform
• Filter job logs to display just copy, scan/fax jobs

track and control copying

• Charge different types of copying at different rates
• All usage reported in the PaperCut logs
• Optionally limit amount of copying users can perform

shared accounts
The HP embedded solution offers the same level of tracking copying as PaperCut does for printing. Each job may be allocated to a shared account that may represent a department, project or client.

• Shared account access is optional meaning that some users can have a simple interface while others get access to the complete list.
• Access to shared accounts is easily administrated and can leverage Active Directory/LDAP groups.
• Real-time account and user level reporting.

If enabled, shared accounts can be accessed using a number of on-screen convenient methods:

• Selection from list
• Quick entry via code/PIN
• Search by keyword

Charging to a shared account while printing from a workstation

Charging to a shared account while copying

consolidated reporting and management
PaperCut offers more than 50 standard reports. Reports detail copying, printing or consolidated view. Highlights include:

• By device (printers & copiers)
• By user
• By shared account (client, department, faculty)
• By location
• By date and time / period
• By environmental impact

print release and find-me printing
PaperCut offers hold/release queue as a core feature supporting all device types. The HP embedded solution provides print release directly from the touch screen. Release methods include:

• Automatic release on log in
• Release from list
• Secure release

This feature ensures the user is there to collect their job and other users can't "accidentally" collect the document.

Find Me printing, also known as "Follow Me" or "Pull Printing", provides users in environments with several identical multi-function devices to print to a single virtual global queue. They can then walk up and log on to a device nearby available device and have their print job pulled from the global queue and printed on the spot.

supported devices
The solution is currently targeted for the following devices:

• LaserJet M3035 MFP series
• LaserJet M4345 MFP series
• LaserJet M4349 MFP series
• LaserJet M5035 MFP series
• LaserJet M5039 MFP series
• LaserJet M9040 MFP series
• LaserJet M9050 MFP series
• LaserJet M9059 MFP series
• Color LaserJet CM3530 MFP series
• Color LaserJet CM4730 MFP series
• Color LaserJet CM6030 MFP series
• Color LaserJet CM6040 MFP series
• Color LaserJet CM6049 MFP series

our values
consistency & vendor neutrality
The HP embedded solution is developed in-house by the PaperCut Software development team. This ensures consistency in all areas of the application.

All embedded solutions communicate with the PaperCut server whether it be running on Windows, Windows Cluster, Linux, Novell or Mac Server.

rate of development
PaperCut is developed under a release-often policy where new features are made available to users as soon as they are complete. Unlike hardware based solutions, new versions can be delivered to users regularly as software updates.

security
A large percentage of PaperCut's user base is in education environments where security is important. All embedded solutions are developed with security in mind. Where security objectives can't be satisfied, any deficiencies are fully disclosed.