PaperCut MF 9.7 (Build 9159)

New features:

• Web Print: Added support for accepting Microsoft XML Paper Specification (XPS) documents.
• A Quick find box is now shown when viewing a user’s details, making it easy to quickly switch to a different user.
• Support for MySQL is now included at no extra cost, as per our External Database Support Policy.
• Added several new reports designed to display or compare settings: Device configuration, Group configuration, Printer configuration and Shared account configuration.
• New report: Denied print jobs. Displays the details for print jobs that have been denied.
• New report: Group printing – shared account summary. Shows the shared accounts that were charged to by each group.
• New manual section about configuring PaperCut for use with Novell Cluster Services (NCS).

Enhancements:

• Improved performance for large sites by tuning server configuration based on system specifications and architecture.
• User manual:
  • Added to the manual a new end-user information sheet about using Web Print.
  • Improved documentation for configuring Find Me Printing for redirecting jobs between servers.
• Shared account security can now be used to control access to PIN/code charging as well as for selecting accounts from a list. This feature provides enhanced security for sites that use short shared account PIN/codes.
• Added many new filters to reports and tables throughout the application, making it possible to display new or different data combinations.
• Added more details to various reports when exported as CSV.
• Print queues with the same IP address but different LPR port names now appear as different devices in the device-level reports.
• Internet control: The Squid ACL helper now has an option to invert the allow/deny logic. This can make it easier to integrate the helper into existing ACL rule sets.
• Icons in the shared account list now indicate disabled accounts.
• The user web interface Jobs Pending Release screen now automatically refreshes periodically.
• Improved support for running the print provider as a non-system (and non-admin) account.

Fixes:

• Fixed issue where Mac Standard user directory and user authentication may not work on Mac OS 10.6.
• Tuned memory configuration to avoid low memory errors that may occur at some large sites.
• Fixed issue that could cause multiple authentication pop-ups for very large print jobs when the authentication timeout was set to “For this job only”.
• Web Print jobs may now be submitted to unauthenticated print queues without requiring additional authentication. This allows the same print queues to be used for both Web Print and regular printing.
• Fixed a problem importing users from Active Directory org units that contain slashes.
• Allow importing users from Active Directory with usernames that begin with hash (#).
• Changed MySQL database creation process to create tables using the preferred InnoDB table type.
• Fixed a problem that could occur after defining a very long list of preferred accounts via the advanced account selection pop-up.

Printer compatibility improvements:

• Added basic page count detection for the Epson C2000 model printer.
• Added support for Kyocera FS-720 KX and related GDI printers.
• Improved duplex detection support for Canon UFR printers such as IRC 2550i.
• Improved support for the HP LaserJet 1020.
• Improved detection for RISO HC3R series printers when using GDI drivers.

Copier / Device Integration:

• CopiCode-IP: update to firmware version 1.2.8 from 1.2.6, which includes support for a print release only mode, and some enhancements for card readers.
• Konica Minolta OpenAPI:
  • Added scan & fax control and tracking.
  • New German translation.
  • Fixed a problem that can cause PaperCut to become unresponsive.
• Sharp OSA: Added scan & fax control and tracking.
• Xerox Network Accounting: Added scan & fax control and tracking.