2. Print and Copy Management

3. About PaperCut PaperCut Headquarters - Melbourne, Australia
North American Support Office - Portland, Oregon
Engineering driven software company
First print version released in 1998, multifunction version PaperCut MF in 2007
Vendor neutral (Windows, Mac, Linux, Novell and major copier brands all equally supported)
PaperCut is used in over 30,000 organizations (60% Edu – 40% Corp / Govt)
Sites range from 5 to 350,000 users (including largest Edu site USA)
Available in 20 languages and is in use in more than 100 countries
An Australian (global) success story

4. What is PaperCut MF? Print Management Solution
Audit, Accounting, and Report Tool
Embedded interface for many MFDs
PaperCut MF features the very latest on-board embedded software where each user can securely access all MFD features and release paused print jobs. Every page logged, charged or accounted for is determined by the system administrator.

5. Why use PaperCut MF? Track Print, Copy, Scan and Fax
Report on usage (e.g. charge back to departments or cost centers)
Secure print release and find-me printing
Authorize device access (e.g. only use device after card swipe or login)
Implement Print Policies to save:
Ask users to confirm single-sided printing.
Should you be printing this ?
Did you mean to print this web page in color?
Route large jobs to dedicated high volume printers.
Monitor devices:
/SMS administrators on printer errors
Are your printers being utilized correctly?

6. Why use PaperCut MF?
A Simple method to manage copy, print, scan and fax, usage and access
Easy to install and administer, e.g. “click next” and follow prompts
Import user information via popular user directories (AD, LDAP, etc.)
Automatically detects and tracks all existing print queues (MFDs and Printers)
Minimal Administration (e.g. define creation rules for new users)
Cross-Platform and Vendor Neutral – Windows, Linux, Mac and Novell

7. Cost Effective Solution
PaperCut MF Embedded software
Cost Effective Solution
Easy to Manage
Simple Installation
PaperCut MF - Embedded MFD Solutions:
100% PaperCut
Leverages the MFD’s power
A lower cost than hardware solutions
Easy to install and support
Part of our core PaperCut software
Enables single supplier arrangement
Certified and trusted
Platform independent

8. Device Embedded Software
Login or Swipe Card
Bill Departments
Secure Print Release

9. Track and Report Over 50 standard reports
Snapshot report preview feature
View in PDF, Excel, HTML formats
Auto Schedule & reports
Sample Desktop User Widget

10. Customer specific Scripts
Enable Rules & Job Routing
Customer specific Scripts

11. Customizable Pop-Ups and Alerts

12. Account Selection and Charging
Standard - Client Charging
Advanced Client Billing
Charge to a Shared Account
Department / Faculty
Client / Job Code

13. Web Print (Driverless printing)

14. Printing Payments Overview
Manual Management
Administrator adds funds using PaperCut Software
Top-Up Voucher Cards
Simple way to create and sell pre-paid cards e.g. phone cards
Online Payment Gateway
Self service reload by credit card e.g. PayPal, World-Pay, Authorize.net
Cash Payment Gateway
Self service reload by cash loader e.g. VCA
Campus Card System Gateway
Funds drawn from 3rd party source e.g. Blackboard, CBORD

15. Some Tech Info Interesting Facts for the Technically Oriented
Full clustering support (Microsoft Cluster, MS Failover Cluster, Veritas, Linux HA)
Page-level color detection for PCL5, PCL6, HPGL and Postscript
Supported External databases:
Use Internal database (for up to 5000 users): Apache Derby
Link to External Databases: Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL, Postgresql (for up to 500,000+ users)
SSL encryption used for client-server communication
Developed in a Service Oriented Architecture in a number of languages:
Java Application Server
Native C/C++ for OS Integration layer
Misc. Shell and Perl used in Linux version
External Dependencies
Zero dependencies on Mac and Windows. No need for IIS or .Net Framework on Windows!
Perl required on Linux version

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