Category Papercut

PaperCut have just released version 15, it has a slightly different look with a new logo. 

The major new feature seems to be the new Site Server function, this allows large organisations who have a main print server say in their London office who have their other offices print servers set up as secondary servers more control. As the new site server replaces the secondary server and gives continuity of print services during unexpected network dropouts.

Please see the video from PaperCut  showing installation and set up of a site server.

The other major feature is that users of PaperCut  NG  on windows can now upgrade to PaperCut MF easily by basically installing the PaperCut MF over the top of  PaperCut NG and utilising the existing database.

Learn more about transitioning from PaperCut NG to MF call Elmdale Maintenance on 01189821444

Overview of setting PaperCut up to email reports – for more info on PaperCut & PaperCutMF then contact Elmdale Maintenance on 01189821444

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How to install and configure PaperCut on a windows server – for more info or to arrange a trial on PaperCut or PaperCutMF then contact Elmdale Maintenance on 01189821444

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New style Papercut embedded software, this is only available on the Olivetti, Develop & Konica Minolta colour MFDs running i-Option. If the machine doesn’t have the i-Option installed then you get the old interface.

This is relevant to Olivetti MF222plus, MF282Plus, MF362Plus, MF452Plus, MF552Plus, MF652Plus & MF752Plus. Please contact Elmdale Maintenance to find out more about Papercut and how it can help your organisation.

Tel: 0118 982 1444 for all sales enquiries

ITS is proud to announce that they have developed a custom payment gateway that interfaces with ParentPay so that parents can now pay money online into their children’s PaperCut account.

The ITS ParentPay gateway is compatible with both PaperCut NG and PaperCut MF and is available directly from ITS and other leading resellers of PaperCut software.

At the End of 2012 PaperCut released a new function that allows the user to print to a queue and then release their jobs from any mobile device that is connected to the local network via wifi. The user logs in via their phones web browser using their AD credentials and then you can choose from a list which printer you want to print your jobs.

In a standard print environment a user’s job prints immediately and may accidentally be collected by another user. Document security is an important requirement in the modern print environment. 

This problem is usually addressed with print release by implementing dedicated release stations, embedded MFD applications, or specialist hardware. PaperCut’s Mobile Print Release provides an alternate cost effective solution that leverages the powerful devices that exist in almost everyone’s pocket – the smart phone.

Features:

* Release held jobs from any print queue with Hold/Release enabled

* Works on all modern mobile phones

* Simple intuitive interface, optimized for touch screens

* Designed to work with most modern mobiles and tablet devices

* Quickly locate printers with keyword searching (location, name or code)

* Can be used in environments with Find Me Printing configured, giving the user ultimate control over where and when their jobs are released

* Support for QR code printer location/lookup

For more information about copier control, print management and PaperCut MF contact Elmdale Maintenance on 0118 982 1444

Original Video @ :  http://youtu.be/zrTlSiRw0ms

Elmdale Maintenance  is pleased to announce that PaperCut version 13.3 is now available for download and includes various enhancements to reports and print release.

Large organisations with multi sites often deploy PaperCut in a decentralised way using primary servers for each different site. This approach is good for the management of PaperCut but makes gaining a complete organisation overview difficult. PaperCut 13.3 introduces Central Reports to solve this by offering a unified view of data taken from multiple application servers.

Delegated print release has also been improved with the introduction of Group-level delegated print release. This enhancement now means that  users can be authorised to release print jobs for everyone in a particular group.

PaperCut 13.3 also introduces Release Station support for card self association. Previously, managing identity cards was a time consuming issue as the card data had to be pre-loaded into directories and other systems. Now users can associate a new card with their account simply by entering their user name and password at the cards first use.

We would advise reading the new release history for version 13.3 for all the bug fixes and enhancements it offers. If you want the latest version then please contact us for the link, you may want to read our article about upgrading first.

How To Upgrade Papercut On A Windows Server

In this short tutorial I will show you how to upgrade Papercut on your windows server to the latest version. Papercut bring out new versions on a regular basis as they add new features and it is quite straight forward to upgrade as it has been designed so you can load the new version over the top of the old one.

The first step is to log in to your Papercut server as an Administrator and perform a backup. The backup facility is found under the options tab.

Once you have backed up Papercut then log out and go to services under administration settings. The next step is to stop the Papercut application server and to stop the Papercut print provider services. It is important to complete this step as you can destroy your database if you don’t.

Once you have stopped the service you can run the installer and follow the prompts to overwrite your Papercut installation.

That’s it once it has finished installing it will restart Papercut and you can login and go to the about tab and check your Papercut Version.

For more information on Papercut then please call Elmdale Maintenance on 01189821444

Papercut Have Introduced a new feature in 13.0 were you can archive and view a users print activity.

This allows approved Administrators to view a users prints jobs interactively in your browser from within Papercut. This feature is totally customisable in the fact that you can turn it off for certain user or printers that might be printing sensitive documents such as HR departments, FD’s etc.

They state that this feature is ideal for a variety of scenarios including information security, audit processes and validating refund requests. Many organisations have data retention and distribution policies, whether they be requirements to archive e-mail or restrictions on USB storage devices and cloud services. Printing has traditionally presented an auditing difficulty, and PaperCut’s Print Archiving adds to the auditing tool belt.

For more information on Papercut and it’s features them please contact our sales department on 0118 982 1444 to arrange a demonstration