PaperCut 8.1 (Build 5488)

New features:

• The administrator can now enable both username/password and card authentication simultaneously in the software release station.
• Internet Control: Added an option to allow the Internet security group to be populated with users without Internet access. This allows the administrator to invert the previously default behavior (i.e. to include denied users instead of allowed users). Depending on the existing proxy server rules, it may be more convenient to use a “Deny” rule rather than an “Allow” rule.

Enhancements:

• Better user feedback is now provided when users release/cancel jobs from the software release station. The screen will automatically be updated to show that the job has started printing (or been cancelled).
• Improved the reliability of delivering printing notifications to the PaperCut user client when the machine name associated with the print job does not match the machine name reported by the user client.
• Improved handling of jobs that are manually removed from the print queues (e.g. cancelled/deleted by an administrator). These jobs will then be automatically removed from the PaperCut hold/release queues.
• On Mac and Linux, when PaperCut is installed, add the PaperCut binary directory to the PATH to simplify running the command line tools.
• On Mac, improved print account popup speed for Epson printers.
• Clarified error messages output by the database restore process.
• Improved interaction with LDAP servers to reduce the number of LDAP connections used when performing a user/group sync.
• Included the PaperCut version number on the page that is displayed when an error occurs.
• Improved the reliability of the installer when the server name and/or IP address cannot be determined.
• Updated translations for Swedish, French, Spanish and Chinese.

Fixes:

• Fixed a problem where print jobs could time-out early when both the client popup and release/hold queues are in use. This would occur if the user is using the popup and does not release the job from the release station within 10 minutes.
• Fixed the real-time notification of balance updates to the user client when using client popup authentication when logged with a user with uppercase characters in their username.
• Fixed a problem when synchronizing the group members from AD/LDAP prior to a quota allocation. This could stop future sync operations from running.
• Fixed an error that occurred when running the “Group internet usage – summary (ad-hoc)” report if no “From Date” is specified.
• Suppressed a harmless error message that would appear in the server log file when a notification message could not be delivered to a client.
• Fixed a spelling error in the TopUp/Prepaid card wizard.
• Various documentation improvements.

Printer compatibility improvements:

• Added basic support for the HP PSC 1300 series (and similar printers).
• Improved page count detection for duplex print jobs on PCL6-based printers.
• Fixed the copy count detection for the OKI C8800 Postscript driver.
• Improved paper size detection for the OKI C8800 PCL driver.
• Improved page count detection for the Canon C3200 Mac driver.
• Improved duplex detection for the Kyocera FS-C5025N on Mac.