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Release History Version 13

PaperCut MF 13 Release History

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12 December 2013 - PaperCut MF 13.5 (Build 25126)

This is a bugfix release for version 13.5 and contains the following changes:

Fixes:

  • Admin Print Release:
    • The new feature to override account selection now works correctly with virtual print queues.
    • The new feature to remember the filter settings now works correctly after logging back in.
  • Google Cloud Print:
    • Fixed an error message that was seen when enabling and immediately disabling Google Cloud Print integration.
    • The Google Cloud Print disable confirmation dialog now correctly displays Unicode characters.
    • The Submit button is now re-enabled when the Google Cloud Print disable confirmation dialog is canceled.
  • Fixed issue with the "processJob" API not charging to the provided shared account (since 13.5).
  • Optimized API performance when linking or unlinking accounts to users and groups.

Copier / Device Integration:

  • Fixed shared account selection issues on Brother, Konica Minolta, Toshiba and Xerox devices (since 13.5).

27 November 2013 - PaperCut MF 13.5 (Build 24862)

New Features:

  • Google Cloud Print (GCP). To support cloud based printing, PaperCut now integrates and enables Google Cloud Print. Version 13.5 provides the tools to allow administrators to quickly publish existing printers, immediately enabling printing from many mobile devices (e.g. Android, Chromebook, and Google apps on iOS). All GCP printing is tracked and controlled, and users can continue to leverage key features such as Find-Me Printing. This core feature is included as standard and allows organizations to make use of GCP without the need to purchase new "GCP Ready" devices. This feature is available under PaperCut's Early Access Program.
  • Pause on Redirect. PaperCut's print scripting is very powerful and has been used to implement many custom workflows. An often requested enhancement is the ability to redirect a job then place it in a holding state. An example would be a workflow where large jobs are automatically redirected to a high volume MFD in a managed print room, or to a Find Me queue managing MFDs. This is made possible with a new scripting option on the redirect command called allowHoldAtTarget.
  • Admin Print Release. There are two major enhancements to the manager-mode web-based release station ("/release") and the web-based release station in the admin web interface (Printers -> Jobs Pending Release):
    • Filter settings are now saved between sessions. This means that admins no longer need to enter filter settings, such as selected printers, each time they login.
    • A new "Override" button allows admins to change the user's account selection (charged account) prior to release.
  • Streamlined Device Deployment. It is now possible to copy device-level configuration from one device to another. Previously only printer settings were able to be copied. Now almost all settings can be duplicated, including user authentication settings and even device specific settings.

Enhancements:

  • Improved integration and setup with OS X 10.9 (Mavericks):
    • Removed the need to install Oracle Java on the primary server.
    • Support for tracking print queues that use CUPS spool file compression.
  • Enhanced Web Print to support RTF documents (requires MS Word installed on the sandbox server).
  • New printer-level override settings to enforce:
    • all jobs charged to users' personal accounts
    • all jobs charged to users' personal accounts but associated with a shared account (for reporting purposes, e.g. for user-level quotas but department-level tracking)
  • Print job watermarking: It is now possible to insert a user's id number(s) into a watermark.
  • For security reasons, browser autocompletion on the login form is disabled by default. Organizations with strong browser configuration and user profiles can choose to enable autocompletion via a new advanced config option auth.web-login.autocomplete.
  • The get-user-property server-command and API has been enhanced to return the user's "auto-charge to shared account" setting.
  • When the PaperCut client software is used for authentication (Pop-up Authentication), it is now possible to offer the option of authenticating with an id/card number (and optional PIN). This is useful in environments where primary authentication is a card or id rather than username and password (e.g. public libraries).
  • Added an option to enable strict SSL certificate checks in the user client software for enhanced security when a server is using a signed certificate.
  • Linux user/group sync: added support for Windows nested groups when using Samba as the user/group source.
  • Print scripts that store custom data are no longer limited to 1,000 characters per item.

Fixes:

  • Improved the Web Print printer name matching algorithm for mobile print queues, where previously the wrong printer could be selected in some cases.
  • When using the "hide document name" option the document name for all kinds of jobs are now hidden, including redirected jobs and Web Print jobs.
  • Fixed an issue which prevented the duplex, grayscale and paper size fields from being displayed in the "Shared account printing invoice - logs" PDF report.
  • When the option to omit user or document names from the print log is selected, the details are also now omitted from the text file print logs as well as the database.
  • Low toner notifications are now issued for each toner color. (Previously low toner notifications were issued collectively.) The printer location can also be optionally omitted from the low toner notification messages.
  • Fixed a rare bug that prevented running scheduled reports on the 28th day of the month.
  • Fixed translations for Slovenian and Arabic that were incorrectly showing Czech in some locations.
  • The option "Don't apply the printer's filter settings to this user's jobs", will now override all filters including grayscale and duplex conversions.
  • When running the PaperCut Application Server on a Windows system and the service has been configured to run as a custom service account, the PaperCut logs now correctly report the service account's username (on recent Windows Server versions the logs would always report "SYSTEM").
  • If an existing print queue is changed to point to a new physical device, the displayed printer model/type will now update correctly.
  • Release Stations: Fixed problem using pay-and-release mode payment integration with the Blackboard and CBORD payment gateway modules (it was possible for the amount of credit given to users to be one cent different to the amount deducted from the gateway).

Printer compatibility improvements:

  • Added the ability to detect duplex and N-up pages on the Riso ComColor IS1000C950C PostScript drivers.
  • Improved copy count detection on some HP, OKI and Ricoh devices with PCL 5 drivers.
  • Improved color detection on HP M451DN color printer PCL6 drivers.
  • Detect 2-up booklet mode for Konica Minolta 1051 PostScript printer drivers.
  • Fixed a potential page-level color detection that may occur when printing from Acrobat Reader version 8 and higher.
  • Improved N-up and grayscale detection for the Epson SC-T3050 printer driver on Mac.
  • Improved N-up detection on the CanoniPF760 and related devices.
  • Improved support for FX 360 printers.
  • Improved hardware page count validation support for the following models of Ricoh devices: MP C2051, MP C305, MP C3003, MP C4502, MP C4503.

Copier / Device Integration:

  • Improved currency display on MFDs for some currencies (e.g. Thai Baht).
  • HP FutureSmart Onboard/Embedded v24120*:
    • Fixed an issue that could cause bad card reads when a card reader is plugged in during device startup, then unplugged and plugged in again.
    • Improved SSO integration with certain 3rd party apps that are sensitive to using a Windows domain for authentication.
  • Konica Minolta Onboard/Embedded (OpenAPI):
    • Improved display of shared accounts with long names.
    • Allow password, id and PIN entry using the adaptive keyboard.
    • Remove limitation on the number of shared accounts that may be displayed on Konica Minolta OpenAPI 3.x devices.
  • Toshiba Onboard/Embedded (e-BRIDGE Open Platform) - SDK2 devices:
    • Improved the retrieval of serial number information from Toshiba devices to reduce the occurrence of duplicate device errors.
  • Sharp Onboard/Embedded (OSA):
    • Add support for the OSA Offline Mode to allow printing to continue when the device cannot contact the PaperCut server. If the Application Server is offline for more than five minutes, a suitably configured Sharp device will enter offline mode enabling printing and copying to be performed. Currently copy jobs performed whilst in offline mode are not tracked after the Application Server is reconnected.
    • Add internationalization for some error messages displayed on the Sharp user interface.
    • Changes to enable tracking of broadcast faxes.
  • Xerox Onboard/Embedded (Xerox Secure Access EIP 2.0+):
    • The color copying restriction filter is now correctly applied to users with unrestricted balance.
    • Improved the resilience and handling of certain unexpected error conditions on the MFP.

Other Notes:

  • This release contains a database upgrade and administrators should factor this into their upgrade plan.
  • Devices marked with* require installing an updated version of the embedded software to access new features and fixes.
  • PaperCut now enforces unique email addresses. When performing a User/Group Sync (and when upgrading to 13.5 or newer) and the user directory contains multiple users with the same email address, the email will be assigned to the first user alphabetically and a warning message will be logged for the others.

1 October 2013 - PaperCut MF 13.4 (Build 24032)

New Features:

  • Web Single Sign-on (SSO). SSO lets users access PaperCut's web interface via an intranet portal without re-entering credentials. PaperCut offers a choice of two popular SSO technologies: Integrated Windows Authentication and WebAuth. For more information see the Single sign-on chapter in the user manual and the 13.4 release news.
  • It's now even easier to track duplex printing to help your organization reduce paper usage. Summary reports have been enhanced to show both single and double-sided page counts by user, printer or group.
  • For organisations that require an exceptional degree of user privacy, a new option is provided to "Anonymize jobs". When this option is enabled, the print log does not record the username.

Enhancements:

  • The card self-association feature has been enhanced with a device level override to specify whether the card number is written to the user's primary or secondary card number field. This is useful when there is a mix of different non-configurable card readers which read different numbers from an ID card.
  • Account selection on Web Print and embedded devices is now more convenient as the user's most recently used shared accounts now appear at the top of the list. The number of accounts to list is configurable in Options -> General -> Account Options.
  • A group name filter has been added to the User print/copy/scan/fax and Shared Account print/copy/scan/fax breakdown reports.
  • Web Print enhancements:
    • Web Print now lets you upload and print multiple files in one step.
    • The Web Print wizard now occupies the full width of the browser window, so that printer names no longer wrap unnecessarily.
    • The Web Print server is more resilient to time-out's when running MS Office.
  • Improved support for printing from iOS 7 devices. Print jobs created with the "mobile" user are now marked "unauthenticated" automatically.
  • PaperCut now provides an auto-completion search on fields where a shared account name must be specified. This speeds input and reduces the likelihood of entering an invalid shared account name.
  • An administrator can now specify a non-numeric card ID when creating an internal user.
  • PaperCut can now enforce a minimum length on card/ID number fields to guard against invalid or insecure ID numbers. This is configured using the advanced config editor.
  • Enhancements to XML Web Services API and server-command to make it possible to set a user's default shared account.
  • To support a kiosk touch screens, the Release Station software can be configured to used an on-screen keyboard. It is now possible to specify a custom on-screen keyboard program in place of the Windows default (osk.exe).
  • The ability to extract the username from print job PJL which is required for some enterprise environments has been extended to support CUPS on Linux and Mac. See the manual chapter on external usernames for more information.
  • Improvements to user client to ensure the correct accounts are displayed when popup authentication is enabled. The client now refreshes the account list each time a user authenticates or logs out.
  • Added support for the netZtouch copier terminal.
  • The Payex payment gateway now supports Payex's AutoPay system, using pre-prepared agreements.
  • Added a new payment gateway for the Official Payments service, supporting manual credit addition. This payment gateway is available under the Early Access program.

Fixes:

  • Improved the reliability of client authentication in some IPv6 networks. PaperCut now ignores matches on an IPv6 link-local address.
  • Fixes for the PC Client Windows 8 "Toast" notification.
  • The Dashboard news is now visible to users accessing the PaperCut web interface via HTTPS.
  • Fixed a problem using a JavaScript card number converter script on a Mac Application Server.
  • Prevented a JavaScript error sometimes seen on a user's "Recent Print Jobs" page.
  • Fixed a rare crash in the print provider seen at one customer site.
  • Fix the wildcard matching of printers specified in the IgnorePrinters list in the print provider configuration. Previously any printer starting with the specified name would match as if a '*' was implicitly appended to the name.
  • PaperCut Client is now able to update the current user in the client properties file.
  • Allow users access to the "Change Details" page even when the user is not allowed to change their card number.
  • Fixed errors when using Oracle as an external database and saving data that uses multi-byte characters. Sites experiencing problems may need to re-initialize their database. If needed, please contact support for assistance.
  • The application server has been made resilient against invalid schedules specified with the schedule.daily-maintenance advanced config key.
  • Improved handling of license files where the licensed organization name included trailing spaces.
  • Mac legacy client (Mac OS 10.6 and older): Fixed problem running client-local-install on Mac OS 10.4 and 10.5 systems.
  • Fixed a problem when simultaneously renaming a parent and child account.
  • Fixed rare Windows server print redirection issue when using Hide Document names in Spanish locales.
  • Fixed a problem with the user client tool command-line arguments not accepting single character values in some situations.
  • User web pages now always display printing rates with the correct number of decimal places.
  • The Realex payment gateway now correctly formats British Pound and Euro currency symbols on the payment confirmation page.
  • When using a top-up-on-demand payment gateway and choosing to display the external/gateway balance, the Jobs Pending Release page in the user web interface will now display the total user balance (rather than just the PaperCut balance).
  • TopUp Card Installer no longer displays the "Microsoft Word not installed" message when running the installer in silent mode.

Printer compatibility improvements:

  • Improved support for determining the serial number on certain Lexmark devices.
  • Improved grayscale detection on Mac for selected Sharp printers.
  • Improved duplex page count detection on selected Kyocera PCL6 print drivers. In duplex mode, the driver may append a final blank page which should not be counted as a printed page.
  • Automatically ignore new versions of the Foxit PDF Reader virtual printer.
  • Improved page-level color detection when printing in Postscript from LibreOffice and Gnome Evince.
  • Improved support for Epson LP series printers.
  • Added page size detection for Graphtec plotters.
  • Added copies detection for Canon iR2525/2530 printers.
  • Added support for Hardware Page Count validation for Ricoh Aficio MP C400.
  • Improved copy count detection on selected HP printers using PCL5 drivers.

Copier / Device Integration:

  • Konica Minolta Onboard/Embedded (OpenAPI):
    • It is now possible to use a wider range of card technologies by leveraging a network based card reader. Customers now have more choice to select a reader most appropriate for their environment. This option is available on OpenAPI 3.1 devices.
    • It is now possible to add custom text to the login confirmation message, e.g. to provide site specific instructions.
    • The Print Release application label may now be customized.
    • User balance information is now visible on the Print Release screen.
    • Added an improved card self association workflow.
    • Fixed erroneous "multiple login" messages when logging in whilst a previous job is still running.
    • Improved support for PC/TWAIN scanning application that require authentication on the user's workstation.
    • Advanced: session time-out is now configurable.
  • Toshiba Onboard/Embedded (e-BRIDGE Open Platform) - SDK2 devices: No longer display the auto-login option as it is not available on this platform.
  • Sharp Onboard/Embedded (OSA):
    • Fixed a problem that could stop users from being automatically logged out after a period of inactivity.
    • Fixed an issue that may have prevented a broadcast fax from starting.
  • Kyocera Onboard/Embedded (HyPAS) v23203*: Added support for new models 3051i 5501i, 3501ci, 4551 and 5551.
  • Xerox Onboard/Embedded (Xerox Secure Access EIP 2.0+):
    • It is now possible to avoid account selection if a default shared account is set on the user.
    • Added French language translations and improved non-English language support.
    • Xerox 238 device: fixed a "protocol object id doesn't exist" message.
  • Samsung Extensible Open Architecture (XOA) v23712*:
    • Added "Swipe to logout". A second swipe of an ID card will log the user out.
    • A message is now displayed if a job is cancelled due to insufficient funds.
    • The "Print All" button is disabled when no jobs are present.
    • Improved display of disabled shared accounts. (Removed a double parenthesis)
    • Fixed an erroneous error message that was seen when all authentication options were enabled (username/password, ID and card swipe).
    • Fixed an erroneous error message in stand alone Print Release app if not logged in.
  • Lexmark Onboard/Embedded (LeS) v23393*:
    • It is now possible to start multiple concurrent copy and USB print jobs. This allows power users increase throughput.
    • Device status messages are now visible during the printing phase.
    • It is now possible to track print jobs from internal device applications such as printing from Google Drive.
    • Added application/function level security. For example, it is now possible to configure the device to access a non-tracked application (e.g. scanning) without the need to log into the device.
  • HP Chai Onboard/Embedded v23894*: Improvements to third party application support. The logged in username is now made available to other applications after authentication.
  • HP FutureSmart Onboard/Embedded: Fixed a regression in release 13.3 that affected differential charging for color and monochrome pages in copy jobs.
  • Toshiba Onboard/Embedded (e-BRIDGE Open Platform) - SDK2 devices: It is now possible to remove the "Print All" button from the Print Release page via a device configuration.

Other Notes:

  • This release contains a database upgrade and administrators should factor this into their upgrade plan.
  • Devices marked with* require installing an updated version of the embedded software to access new features and fixes.

22 August 2013 - PaperCut MF 13.3 (Build 23540)

This is a bugfix release for version 13.3, issued as a replacement for build 23456 which has been withdrawn. Customers who have used build 23456 in production should refer to this knowledge base article.

This build contains the following changes:

Enhancements:

  • The Executive summary report can now report on a specified set of printers using a printer list filter which has been added to the ad hoc report.
  • An optional parameter has been added to the server command "list-user-shared-accounts" to specify that the list of accounts should be returned regardless of the user's current shared account mode.

Fixes:

  • Fixed an issue that could cause the Application Server to be overloaded when running a large number of secondary servers.
  • The Executive Summary report will now display the correct full name for the 6th user.

Copier / Device Integration:

  • HP FutureSmart Onboard/Embedded v23297*:
    • After logging in with a username and password, performing a scan-to-home-folder will no longer require re-authentication if the same credentials are valid.
    • Performance and stability improvements that may improve slow panel screens and network printing delays seen at some sites.
  • Konica Minolta Onboard/Embedded (OpenAPI): Add decoding support for 35bit "Corporate 1000" proximity cards.
  • Sharp Onboard/Embedded (OSA): Fixed a problem that could prevent users from being automatically logged out after a period of inactivity.
  • Xerox Onboard/Embedded (Xerox Secure Access EIP 1):
    • At the account confirmation display, user may now press "No" to return to account selection and make another choice.
  • Xerox Onboard/Embedded (Xerox Secure Access EIP 1 and EIP 2.0+):
    • Notify user at the copier display panel if there is a magnetic swipe error.
    • Provide a configuration option to allow different magnetic swipe tracks to be used for card swipe.
    • Add French translation.
    • Prevent network print jobs being logged as copy jobs in cases where the printer driver is configured to use "Xerox Network Accounting".
  • Xerox Onboard/Embedded (Xerox Secure Access EIP 2.0+):
    • Color copying may now be restricted to specified groups.
    • Setup has been further simplified with more settings automatically configured.
    • Improve the message shown when a user does not have sufficient credit for a job.
    • Prevent zero-stop overruns due to incorrect page size calculations.
    • In cases where a user is configured to automatically charge to a shared account, this account will be used even when the user bypasses the account selection process.
    • The Print Release job cost column is now shown regardless of whether the user can charge to a personal account. Additionally, a config option is provided to optionally disable display of job cost.
    • The buttons on the Print Release details pane will no longer overflow available space when used with some language translations.
    • A message is now shown if a print job cannot be released - for example if there is insufficient credit.
    • The Account Selection page will no longer hang when the user is configured to only select by code.
    • User interface buttons in the Print Release and Account Selection dialogs will now correctly show non-Latin/ASCII characters.
    • Improve diagnostic error messages shown on devices that do not support EIP2 or Secure Access.

Other Notes:

  • This release does not contain a database upgrade.
  • Devices marked with* require installing an updated version of the embedded software to access new features and fixes.

19 August 2013 - PaperCut MF 13.3 (Build 23456) [Withdrawn]


24 July 2013 - PaperCut MF 13.3 (Build 23214)

This is a bugfix release for version 13.3 and contains the following changes:

Fixes:

  • Xerox (Xerox Secure Access):
    • Fixed a problem with 32-bit servers where some Xerox MFPs could not establish an HTTPS connection to the PaperCut server. This caused the authentication process to fail.
    • Improved error message when Secure Access is not enabled on the device. Previously an SNMP error was displayed.

Other Notes:

  • This release does not contain a database upgrade.

22 July 2013 - PaperCut MF 13.3 (Build 23186)

This is a bugfix release for version 13.3 and contains the following changes:

Fixes:

  • Fixed a problem using bulk user actions which was introduced in version 13.3.
  • Allow decimal values to be entered in the cost adjustment rate in Group "New User Settings".
  • Release Station: Fixed an issue displaying the on-screen keyboard when running on Windows XP.
  • Xerox Secure Access EIP 2.0+: Fixed a problem seen on some devices to ensure the Print Release screen reloads on each user login.

18 July 2013 - PaperCut MF 13.3 (Build 23137)

New Features:

  • Added a new embedded/onboard copy and scan tracking solution for Xerox devices via the Extensible Interface Platform (EIP) 2.0 or higher. This new version leverages the latest EIP 2 technology to provide:
    • New and improved fullscreen interface.
    • Improved quota enforcement (jobs are stopped when users run out of credit).
    • Fullscreen account selection with account keyword search.
    • Ability to select and release individual jobs directly from the panel (Find Me Printing).
    • Client billing options such as job comments and invoicing are now available at the panel.
  • Central Reports. Large organizations with offices in multiple cities often choose to deploy PaperCut in a decentralized way (one application/primary server per site). This helps to streamline management but makes it difficult to gain a complete organization perspective. Central Reports solves this problem by giving a unified view of data from multiple application servers. For more information see the Central Reports chapter in the user manual.
  • Group-level delegated print release. Delegated print release is a features that allows users to securely release print jobs on behalf of other users. This feature has been enhanced to support groups of users, for example it is now possible to authorize teachers to release print jobs for all students in their class.
  • Release stations now support card self-association. Management of identity cards can be time consuming for administrators if they need to pre-load card data into user directories and other systems. Card self-association allows users to associate a new card with their account by entering their username and password when they first use it.

Enhancements:

  • Installing a PaperCut primary/application server on Mac OS 10.6 will now raise a warning to remind administrators that it reaches end of support life at the end of 2013.
  • User-device affinity for printer load balancing. Printer load balancing can be used to increase job throughput by distributing jobs to multiple printers. For users sending a batch of jobs this can be frustrating as the documents will need to be collected from multiple printers. This release improves the load balancing behavior so that a batch of jobs from one user will be sent to a single device. This behavior is configurable.
  • The standard print release station on Windows now supports displaying an on-screen keyboard. This is ideal for touchscreen kiosks as a replacement for a physical keyboard.
  • The user client software for Mac no longer requires installation of any 3rd party dependencies. To assist with better Mac OS integration, the standard client software now supports Mac OS 10.7 and above, and a separate "legacy" client has been added to support older versions (10.4 through 10.6).
  • Print archiving: authorized administrators may now delete jobs from the archive. This can be used to delete offensive material or sensitive material that was not intended to be archived.
  • Print release in the user web interface can now be enabled for a specified group of users, rather than just enabled or disabled for all users.
  • Reports:
    • New report "Group user transactions - type summary" for sites using multiple personal accounts and user groups.
    • To make the group filter easier to use it is now a drop-down list of group names rather than a text input.
    • Department and office filters in reports can now accept a wildcard '%'. E.g. "Melbourne%" can be used to include data from all offices starting with "Melbourne".
    • Added office and department information to the "User - Job Type Summary" report.
    • Added printer serial number information to "Group printing - printer summary" report.
    • The "Shared account printing - paper area summary" report is now available as a scheduled report.
    • Added a multiple personal accounts filter to the transaction reports.
    • Added a multi-user filter to "Group user transactions - type summary report".
  • The low toner notification message can now include the printer's location to assist staff with finding the right printer.
  • The option in the PaperCut Print Provider on Windows to ignore given print queues can now accept wildcards. E.g. "Copy Room*" can be used to avoid tracking any printer starting with "Copy Room".
  • Virtual print queues (e.g. for Find Me Printing) are now resilient to the fake "zero byte" jobs sent by some printer drivers. These jobs are now automatically ignored, where previously they would show up in the print queue with an error state.
  • The CardSmith payment gateway module now supports on-demand transfers for automatic payment integrations.
  • iOS printing: improved compatibility with Cisco Bonjour gateway routing.
  • It is now possible to use HTML formatting in the registration instructions provided for users to register their own account (internal user self-registration).
  • The customizable instructions provided to users on the login page can now support HTML formatting.
  • The "Multiply print costs by" user-level feature to adjust print costs now accepts decimal places.
  • User web interface: The Transaction History and Change Details pages can now be chosen as the default page to display when users log in.
  • Administrator logouts are now audited in the App. Log.
  • Improved performance loading the virtual printer settings page when many hundreds of printers are selected as compatible queues.
  • Printer error checking on Mac and Linux can now be configured to ignore unimportant errors.
  • The installer now checks to see if PaperCut Print Logger is installed to avoid potential clashes.
  • Advanced: added system integrator APIs that allow an external system to approve or deny print jobs.

Fixes:

  • Improved reliability of print release and Find Me Printing when jobs are canceled directly from operating system print queues. Note that as per installation recommendations, users should not be able to cancel jobs from print queues.
  • It is now possible to add a link for the user web interface to the home screen of an iPhone.
  • When using a print release in "release any" mode, the user-level setting "automatically charge to a single shared account" will now be correctly applied.
  • Fixed problem setting up hold/release on copiers and terminals to display jobs for more than 200 different print queues.
  • Printer "failure mode" settings are now correctly applied when using Copy Printer Settings feature.
  • Fixed some reports displaying paper area using the wrong measurement units when in the USA.
  • Fixed warning about unsaved changes that would appear when changing the user/group sync source.
  • Web Print simple mode: fixed compatibility mode with Dell 5110 PCL printer drivers.
  • Resolved issues when redirecting print jobs to printers with names containing non-Latin/ASCII characters.
  • Improved toner level detection on the Xerox Phaser 7400.
  • Fixed issue when using Find Me Printing with SQL Server as an external database and configuring a single virtual queue to send to more than 2,000 print queues.
  • The "Redeem card" option in the iPhone user web interface is now hidden if the TopUp/Pre-Paid card option has been disabled.
  • Web Cashier: fixed an issue caused when a user is a member of multiple groups that have different Web Cashier admin rights.
  • The "User Configuration" report no longer repeats information when split across pages.
  • Web based release station: tool tips / hover info (e.g. displaying a full document name) now works correctly in Internet Explorer 10.

Printer compatibility improvements:

  • Fixed a compatibility issue on Mac and Linux with Canon LBP 6710 printers.
  • Added support for Japanese versions of the Xerox Document Centre C450/C360/C250 family of printers.
  • Improved page-level color detection on Brother PostScript printer drivers.
  • Added detection for the "SUPER_B" paper size on Canon UFRII printers.
  • Fixed a rare problem tracking PCL6 jobs when using page-level color detection, causing the PaperCut Print Provider service to restart.
  • Added grayscale and duplex conversion filter support for the Kyocera FS-C5300 KX.
  • Added page-level color detection for the Kyocera Universal Printing driver in "print as image" mode.
  • Improved page count detection on the Lexmark Universal PCL5 v2 driver.
  • Fixed rare problem detecting grayscale print jobs on Brother PostScript drivers.
  • Added page counting support for N-up documents printed on the Canon LBP 6710i on Mac.
  • Fixed a rare page counting issue on Epson printers with selected documents.
  • Improved support for duplex conversion filters with some Konica Minolta PostScript printers.
  • Fixed rare issue with HP PCL5 drivers where the use of collated copies could in an incorrect page count.
  • Fixed issue that could result in an incorrect page count with PCL5 drivers and documents printed in Hebrew.
  • Fixed rare problem with watermarking and PostScript jobs that could result in jobs failing to print.
  • Fixed a problem converting to duplex on Lexmark PCL6 printer drivers on Linux.
  • Improved color detection on the Riso 7150.
  • Fixed problem that could result in incorrect page counts for N-up jobs on the Xerox DocuPrint 4050.
  • Fixed duplex detection for Canon LIPS LBP-1910.
  • Added color and duplex detection for FX DocuPrint 5060/C4000d on CentOS.
  • Added support for grayscale conversion filters on HP LaserJet 400 PCL6 drivers.
  • Fixed "OFFENDING COMMAND" error messages that could print when using watermarking on Konica Minolta bizhub 501.
  • Fixed B5 and B4 paper size detection for Kyocera PCL6 drivers.

Copier / Device Integration:

  • Xerox Secure Access EIP 2.0+:
    A new Xerox embedded solution for devices supporting the Extensible Interface Platform (EIP) 2.0 or higher.
    This new solution includes:
    • New and improved fullscreen interface.
    • Improved quota enforcement (jobs are stopped when users run out of credit - "zero-stop").
    • Fullscreen account selection with account keyword search.
    • Ability to select and release individual jobs directly from the panel (Find Me Printing).
    • Client billing options such as job comments and invoicing are now available at the panel.
    These enhancements bring the Xerox platform in line with the best supported platforms in the PaperCut MF portfolio. It is currently available under the Early Access program.
  • HP Chai Onboard/Embedded v22209*: ignore card swipes that occur while a user is logged in. This could previously result in a login being attempted immediately after the current user logged out.
  • Konica Minolta Onboard/Embedded (OpenAPI):
    • Added periodic check that will reinstall the embedded app if it was removed by another tool or a configuration reset.
    • Scan jobs without a destination email list no longer cause "active sessions" to be reported in the PaperCut device status.
  • Kyocera Onboard/Embedded (HyPAS) v22931*:
    • Added swipe to log out. Swiping an ID card whilst logged in will now automatically log the user out.
    • Increased the display length for account names, so they can now use the full space available.
    • Increased the length of the username input field to accept usernames up to 50 characters in length.
    • The username, password and account search inputs now correctly handle non-Latin/ASCII characters.
    • Implemented some changes to help avert a problem some customers are seeing with a 404 error after waking from a long idle period.
    • Suppress an erroneous "card number not found" message that could be displayed when a user is providing a new PIN for their ID number.
    • Improved display of a device access error message which was obscuring buttons on small screen devices.
  • Samsung Extensible Open Architecture (XOA) v22976*:
    • The language used by PaperCut is now automatically detected based on the device language setting.
    • Added an option to skip the account confirmation screen.
    • Improvements to Single-Sign-On (SSO) to support to better support integration with 3rd party applications. This was developed with cooperation from Samsung USA.
    • Improvements when using the hard keys to enter ID numbers when both ID and PIN number fields are displayed.
  • Ricoh Onboard/Embedded (ESA) v21505*: Added support for the Elatec TWN4 card reader.
  • Sharp Onboard/Embedded (OSA):
    • Client billing options such as job comments and invoicing are now available at the panel.
    • UI improved to better support long shared account names.
    • The initial accounts tab (list, search or code) may now be configured using a configuration setting.
    • A config option has been added to change the default keyboard to display on devices configured with Asian languages (e.g. Chinese).
  • Toshiba Onboard/Embedded (e-BRIDGE Open Platform) - SDK2 devices:
    • Fixed some cases where a repeated "No Quota" message could appear when the user is required to select a shared account.
    • Fixed a problem that could cause a job to be charged to the wrong shared account if a job was interrupted (e.g. the device was out of paper) for a long period, and is restarted again when another user has logged in and selected a different shared account.
  • Xerox (Network Accounting / JBA):
    • Fixed a rare problem seen on WorkCentre 7435 devices where usernames containing non-Latin/ASCII characters would not be tracked correctly.
    • Improvements to compatibility with older Fuji Xerox based devices.
  • Xerox (Xerox Secure Access): Fixed an issue that could result in the account confirmation screen not being displayed on a newly created device where no configuration changes had been made.

Other Notes:

  • This release contains a database upgrade and administrators should factor this into their upgrade plan.
  • Devices marked with* require installing an updated version of the embedded software to access new features and fixes.

29 May 2013 - PaperCut MF 13.2 (Build 22278)

This is a bugfix release for version 13.2 and contains the following changes:

New Features:

  • Release stations with payment integration (pay-and-release): Added an option to hide the credit source (external) balance.

Fixes:

  • Fixed an error with version 13.2 (Build 22088) that would prevent print script pop-ups appearing if used before/without the isAnalysisComplete check.

Printer compatibility improvements:

  • Fixed problem processing some very rare PCL6 jobs types when using page-level color detection.
  • Added serial number detection for OKI devices.
  • Added serial number detection for the Toshiba e-STUDIO 383P.

Copier / Device Integration:

  • HP FutureSmart Onboard/Embedded (no embedded app update required):
    • Fixed an issue with version 13.2 that could cause an ArrayIndex... error to appear in the device's status and prevent access to some functionality.
    • Additional changes to reduce the likelihood of the device error 48.A1.01 appearing.
  • Toshiba Onboard/Embedded (e-BRIDGE Open Platform) - SDK2 devices: improved tracking when logging into devices using the built-in guest user.

Other Notes:

  • This release does not contain a database upgrade.

13 May 2013 - PaperCut MF 13.2 (Build 22088)

This is a bugfix release for version 13.2 and contains the following changes:

Fixes:

  • Fixed problem when using the new standard charging type where jobs with custom dimensions would fail to process (i.e. when not matching any of the defined standard sizes).
  • Improved reliability of client pop-ups (authentication and account selection) after jobs had been manually deleted from print queues. Note that it is still recommended that users should not be able to manually delete jobs from queues.
  • Improved resilience of the (optional) PaperCut TCP/IP printer port for Windows so that corrupt Windows registry configuration for one port does not affect other ports.

Printer compatibility improvements:

  • Kyocera PCL6: fixed some cases where A4 paper size would not be detected.

Other Notes:

  • This release does not contain a database upgrade.

2 May 2013 - PaperCut MF 13.2 (Build 21956)

New Features:

  • A new charging type for printing and copying has been added. We've called it "Standard" because we believe it will become the first choice for most sites. The new charging type allows exact costs to be specified for each combination of page size, color/grayscale and single/double sided.
  • Denied print jobs are now displayed for a short time in hold/release queues, so users can know what has happened to their job. This applies to the release station, web based release interfaces and the Mobile Print Release interface.
  • New tools to assist with diagnosing problems, including:
    • A one-click download of diagnostic files.
    • Generate and log a diagnostic snapshot of system state at a point in time.
  • Web Print PDF printing is now built in:
    • Web Print now works "out of the box" for PDF printing on Windows. There is no longer a need to install and configure Adobe Reader or a separate service account.
    • Improved fault tolerance on Windows by continuing to print previously submitted jobs after Web Print is restarted.
    • If a system change results in successive Web Print job failures, an error will be reported to the Application Log allowing system administrators to be notified and take action.
  • Significant updates to the Ricoh embedded application including support for small screen type devices. See below for full details.

Enhancements:

  • Major improvements to application server throughput and robustness under very high print loads and with large numbers of secondary print providers.
  • The 11x17, Ledger and Tabloid paper sizes are now unified under the 11x17 name to avoid confusion when configuring costs. Sites with cost settings for Ledger and Tabloid will be automatically migrated to costs for 11x17.
  • The failure mode for virtual printer queues is automatically set to "hold all jobs". This avoids a common misconfiguration of virtual queues resulting in jobs going into error states.
    Note: When upgrading, existing virtual queues will be set to "hold all jobs".
  • Improved startup time of the application server by loading some services in the background. This makes the admin interface accessible more quickly after an application server restart, or during initial installation or upgrades.
  • Added the ability to visually customize Mobile Release with a custom logo and colors.
  • Print archiving activity is now audited in the App. Log, recording who and when:
    • Enabled or disabled Print Archiving.
    • Viewed each archived job.
  • Numerous report enhancements:
    • The "Deleted user" report now includes the secondary card number.
    • Improved layout of Printer List Excel/CSV report when printer custom fields are not used.
    • Display hostname for the devices in the device details interface as well as "device list" report.
    • The print log reports now display whether or not a job was archived.
    • Added the delegated user information to the "User configuration" report. (PDF, CSV, HTML)
    • Added group name filter to office and department summary reports.
  • Printers can now be searched by IP address or hostname (physical printer ID) as well as name.
  • Email notification enhancements:
    • Can now use secure SMTP (SMTPS) with authentication.
    • Changing advanced SMTP settings no longer requires an app server restart to take effect.
  • An error message is now displayed when creating a device with a duplicate IP address.
  • To assist PaperCut support, the amount of application server logs that are kept can now be configured via Options->Advanced (rather than needing to edit a config file).

Fixes:

  • The printer group name now appears correctly on the Edit Admin Rights page.
  • Very long group names are now viewable on the Bulk User Operations and Bulk Shared Account Operations pages.
  • iOS printing: fixed a display issue with the "remember me" checkbox icon on some devices.
  • Fixed archived job thumbnails occasionally not displaying in the print log.
  • Fixed issue with print queues that have a name with a leading space. Yes, that happened.
  • Updated list of trusted SSL certificates, which resolves issues such as connecting to some payment gateway systems with new kinds of certificates.

Printer compatibility improvements:

  • Added hardware page count validation support for the Triumph-Adler DCC 2935.
  • Improved job analysis for some OKI and Toshiba models with PCL6 drivers.
  • Improved job analysis for the Epson Laser LP-8900.
  • Fixed page size detection for the Fuji Xerox DocuPrint CG835 PostScript driver.
  • Added page detection for Canon LBP9100C printer.
  • Added Mac driver support and copy count detection for Epson SC-T3000.
  • Fixed B4 page size detection in 2-up mode on Canon LIPS drivers.
  • Fixed grayscale conversion filter for recent HP Univeral PCL6 printer drivers.
  • Fixed duplex conversion filter for Lexmark Universal PCL6 drivers binding on the wrong edge.
  • Fixed duplex conversion filter for Kyocera PCL5 drivers.

Copier / Device Integration:

  • Added support for a wider range of Toshiba devices with the introduction of a new onboard/embedded app for the Toshiba LeS platform (v21351).
  • Revamped Ricoh Onboard/Embedded (ESA SDK 4+) v21505*:
    • Added support for new small screen MFPs (MP C305 and MP 301).
    • Improvements to the overall user experience and look and feel.
    • Added swipe to log out support.
    • Streamlined workflow to reduce the number of clicks/screens to complete the login process.
    • Option to add the user's email address to the address book at login under the name "Scan to Me". This provides a simple way for users to scan documents to themselves.
    • Track Document Server print jobs.
    • Enhanced support for ESA SDK 10+ devices:
      • Option to not display the account confirmation screen after login. User will be taken straight to the copy screen.
      • Users can log out by pressing the "Logout" hard button.
      • Wake the device screen on card swipe.
    • Enhancements to print job release screen:
      • Option to hide the print job cost.
      • Display balance for restricted users.
      • Display printer warnings (e.g. out of paper, out of toner, paper jam).
    • Improvements to "zero-stop" to better handle zero cost B&W and costed color copies. If the user doesn't have credit at login, the color copy option is disabled. If the user logs in with credit, they will be logged out as soon as possible after they overrun their balance.
    • Integrate with Ricoh GlobalScan NX to provide the authenticated user's details (SSO).
    • It is now possible to perform device configuration directly on the device's panel. There is no longer a need to edit configuration files or reinstall the app.
    • Option to allow the device to go into full sleep mode when a card reader is connected.
    • Added a "session-page-limit" configuration that limits the maximum number of pages copied/fax/scanned in a single session.
    • Various reliability improvements when device loses connection to the application server.
    • Pressing the Reset or Clear buttons will clear any previously entered text (e.g. username, password, ID).
    • Improved user feedback when buttons are pressed (buttons briefly change color to indicate they've been pressed).
    • The displayed language is now based on the device LCD language, and changing the language has immediate impact. Override the language is still possible via the server-side setting.
    • Many translation updates (now translated for 21 languages!).
  • Brother (BSI): Added support for group-level color access control.
  • Dell Onboard/Embedded (LeS) v21351*: improved installation and setup procedure.
  • HP Chai Onboard/Embedded v21848*: Enable swipe to logout (and fixed issue that would "queue up" the next login if a user swiped while another user was logged in).
  • HP FutureSmart Onboard/Embedded (no embedded app update required):
    • Fixed issue preventing unrestricted users from queueing up multiple jobs.
    • Fixed rare problem that could cause copy jobs to be charged to incorrect shared account under certain conditions.
    • Fixed some cases that could cause devices to display an error screen with code "48.A1.01".
    • Fixed some cases where the print release screen was displaying in English instead of the configured language.
    • Fixed layout issue on the account selection page on wider screen devices such as the HP CM4540.
  • Konica Minolta Onboard/Embedded (OpenAPI): It is now possible to stop scan and fax jobs in progress when users run out of balance.
  • Lexmark Onboard/Embedded (LeS) v21351*:
    • Fixed some compatibility issues with certain combinations of input devices that would cause keystrokes or input to be duplicated.
    • Added an advanced config option to hide job costs from the print release screen (release.show-cost).
    • Added support for a wider range of card readers, including models from CIS, IDV and ID TECH.
  • OKI Onboard/Embedded (LeS) v21351*: improved installation and setup procedure.
  • Samsung Extensible Open Architecture (XOA) v21940*:
    • New print release button for the home screen.
    • Optionally skip print release during login.
    • Added an option to choose which screen to display after login.
    • SSO enhancements to share additional user details with other MFP applications.
  • Sharp Onboard/Embedded (OSA): Fixed some button layout issues when viewing the interface in French.

Other Notes:

  • This release does not contain a database upgrade.
  • Devices marked with * require installing an updated version of the embedded software to access new features and fixes.

28 March 2013 - PaperCut MF 13.1 (Build 21541)

This is a bugfix release for version 13.1 and contains the following changes:

Fixes:

  • Fixed an issue when using Oracle as an external database which could cause the upgrade to fail if a list of admin users/groups was blank.
  • Fixed page count detection for some OKI PCL6 printers.
  • Fixed the processing of some Riso and low-end HP printers when page level color detection is enabled.
  • Fixed an issue where a copy job's sheet count may not be calculated correctly.
  • Sharp: Some adjustments to the way the Sharp integration makes use of database connections.

19 March 2013 - PaperCut MF 13.1 (Build 21453)

New Features:

  • PaperCut has worked with two of the leading mobile printing solutions to ensure that mobile print users of these systems are able to benefit from the features offered by PaperCut. It is now possible to use PaperCut features such as print quotas, Print Archiving and many more via EFI PrintMe Mobile.
  • "Copy Printer Settings" now allows copying to printer groups in addition to individual printers. This will benefit sites managing many printers.
  • It is now possible to define a secondary user id or card number within PaperCut. Previously this required configuration of an external database. This will make it easier for sites looking to transition between card systems or issue multiple cards per user.
  • Historically, enabling page-level color detection on Windows has involved making a driver-level setting change (disabling the "advanced printing features" option). In this release we have added page-level color detection for the EMF print language and this driver setting change is no longer a requirement. This takes us one step closer to making page-level color detection the standard option for new printers.
  • Large PaperCut sites often run automated license management systems. A new API / server-command "get-total-users" has been added to allow these sites to proactively monitor user counts.
  • Added support for the PayEx payment gateway, a popular payment system in Europe.
  • The PaperCut Pay Station software can now support an attached receipt printer to issue transaction and error notifications. This will benefit sites with self-service kiosk setups.

Enhancements:

  • Print Archiving:
    • Simplified setup by automatically configuring access rights where possible.
    • Simplified setup on Linux (automatically find installed GhostPCL).
  • Improved print server scalability:
    • Reduced CPU utilization when there are a large number of jobs in a hold/release queue.
    • Reduced network traffic between secondary print servers and the application server.
  • Security: The "Use HTTPS/SSL if available" option now applies to admin logins when accessing PaperCut from a remote system. Previously this option only applied to end-user logins. This option has also been moved from "Options -> General -> Client Software" to "Options -> Advanced -> Security".
  • Sites with a large number of groups in Active Directory can now limit the groups displayed in PaperCut's User/Group Sync to a single Organizational Unit (OU). This will benefit sites running PaperCut in a multi-department AD environment.
  • PaperCut Web Print will now automatically configure Adobe Reader, reducing setup steps.
  • The device authentication option "auto log in user" has been renamed to "anonymous" to clarify what this option is used for. A warning message has also been added to alert of potential misconfiguration when using this option in conjunction with print release.
  • Copying printer settings now displays the number of target printers rather than a potentially long list of names.
  • On Mac servers the "papercut" host/service user account will no longer be displayed on the login screen.
  • Improved resilience of client pop-ups in environments with inaccurate reverse DNS lookups.
  • Improved temporary file cleanup under certain error conditions on Linux and Mac.

Fixes:

  • Print Archiving:
    • Fixed problem with jobs not archiving when using a Windows print server and a Linux or Mac primary server.
    • Simplified setup on Linux (automatically find installed GhostPCL).
    • Minor layout improvements when viewing archived jobs in thumbnail mode.
  • Improved performance (connection pooling) when using LDAP for user/group sync.
  • Fixed consistency of number rounding between PDF and CSV reports when using custom currency settings.
  • Improved the "Reward regular use of grayscale/duplex" script to no longer reset the running streak for single page jobs.
  • Fixed potential pagination problem with the Admin Rights list.
  • Fixed a problem with the "User List" report displaying the wrong user creation date.
  • Fixed Windows 8 notifications (toast) when using roaming profiles.
  • Fixed a rare crash in the print provider when processing small Kyocera PCL6 jobs.
  • LDAP integration is more resilient to slow LDAP servers (timeout behavior).
  • Fixed a problem with the "Account configuration" CSV report displaying more than 1000 records.
  • Fixed a problem running the Net Control setup wizard.

Printer compatibility improvements:

  • Improved duplex detection and page counting for Linux PostScript drivers for the HP LaserJet P4015 and similar devices.
  • Improved Print Archiving previews for the Xerox Global PCL5 driver.
  • Fixed page size detection on Fiery PostScript drivers on Mac.
  • Improved page counting for duplex jobs on the HP Color LaserJet 4700.
  • Fixed duplex detection on some Konica Minolta Fiery PostScript printer drivers.
  • Fixed grayscale detection on recent Xerox Global Print Driver PostScript drivers.
  • Added copy count detection for the Xerox Nuvera PCL5 driver.
  • Added page-level color detection for Canon imagePROGRAF iPF825 drivers on Mac and Linux.
  • Fixed Print Archiving previews for XPS printers on CentOS.
  • Fixed watermarking for HP 4700 PCL6.
  • Fixed page size detection on Canon LBP 5700 when 2-up is selected.

Copier / Device Integration:

  • A new PaperCut onboard application is now available for OKI Open Platform MFPs.
  • HP Onboard/Embedded (Chai SOE DSE) v20937*: New advanced config option "ext-device.hp.personalized-sender" which allows disabling adding the user's email address into the "From" field when scanning to email.
  • HP FutureSmart Onboard/Embedded v21200*:
    • Added support for group-level color access control.
    • Fixed issue with card authentication resulting in bad reads on some combinations of devices and card readers.
  • Konica Minolta Onboard/Embedded (OpenAPI):
    • The advanced option "show-user-list" (allows selecting a username from a list during login) is now available for OpenAPI 3.1 devices.
    • Added an option to enable account search functionality.
    • Removed spurious "AuthKey" error messages from the device status during setup.
    • Various performance improvements
  • Kyocera Onboard/Embedded (HyPAS) v21203*:
    • New config option "device-admin-users", which allows specified users to be granted device admin access. Device admin access is needed for certain tasks such as editing the address book.
    • Fixed an issue where the login screen would stop working after an extended idle period. When this occurred a large black area would be seen below the login panel.
    • Fixed problem where logins failed if the user's full name was longer than 32 characters.
    • Fixed rare case where selected configurations could result in an untracked copy job.
  • Ricoh Onboard/Embedded (ESA): Changes to better support SSO for Autostore on Ricoh MFPs. Requires updated Autostore software. Does not require a PaperCut embedded application update.
  • Samsung Extensible Open Architecture (XOA) v21431*:
    • Access to unauthenticated functions is now allowed when disconnected from server.
    • Hard keys can now be used to enter id numbers, card PINs and account codes.
    • Added support for usernames and passwords containing special characters such as #, $ and &.
    • A feedback message is now displayed on invalid attempts to log in as a device admin.
    • Fixed some cases where the locale override option was not applied after a device reboot.
    • Fixed several instances where a "UI error" message could occur.
  • Sharp Onboard/Embedded (OSA):
    • Fixed a regression issue which may have prevented tracking printing from a device's hard disk.
    • Various performance improvements.
  • Toshiba Onboard/Embedded (e-BRIDGE Open Platform) - SDK2 devices:
    • Added support for card and PIN authentication.
    • Added LDAP encryption support (LDAPS) for secure authentication traffic.
  • VCC Controller/terminal: Default the keyboard into alpha-numeric mode when performing username/password logins.

Other Notes:

  • This release contains a minor database schema upgrade and administrators should factor this into their upgrade plan.
  • Devices marked with * require installing an updated version of the embedded software to access new features and fixes.

5 February 2013 - PaperCut MF 13.0 (Build 20822)

This is a bugfix release for version 13.0 and contains the following changes:

Fixes:

  • Print Archiving:
    • Fixed a problem where some Windows 2008 Servers (non R2 systems) may not detect the Ghost Trap viewer software used to assist Print Archiving.
    • Improved image generation for the Xerox Global PCL5 driver.
    • Fixed some messages that did not display correctly in some non-latin languages.
  • Added a warning to check if you're installing a version you are not currently licensed for.
  • Fixed a problem where print scripts using the common print script include file would sometimes incorrectly report an error.
  • Fixed a rare number rounding issue in CSV reports.
  • When running an unattended silent mode install (/silent), do not display the VM information message dialog.

Printer compatibility improvements:

  • Improved page-level color detection for Kyocera PostScript printers on Linux.
  • Improved support for Xerox printers on Mac print servers.

28 January 2013 - PaperCut MF 13.0 (Build 20726)

This is a bugfix release for version 13.0 and contains the following changes:

Fixes:

  • PaperCut performs database status and health checks periodically. A bug in this status check code with selected database configurations could lead to a slow connection leak. This release addresses this issue. Sites running build 20697 on an external database are advised to upgrade.
  • Fixed an issue where IE9 running in "Intranet Compatibility Mode" was incorrectly detected as IE7. Administrators will now no longer receive an incorrect legacy browser warning message on login.
  • Fixed an issue when Windows XP Desktop is used as a primary print server OS. Selected print archiving features may not have worked as expected on this OS. This issue is now resolved.

24 January 2013 - PaperCut MF 13.0 (Build 20697)

This is a major release. Please check the Upgrade Policy for upgrade eligibility.

New Features:

  • Print Archiving. This allows approved administrators to review printed jobs interactively in the browser. This has been a hotly requested feature for a number of years and addresses a wide variety of scenarios. For more information see the PaperCut 13.0 release blog post.
  • Expanded off-the-glass copier control to a wider range of manufacturers. Embedded solutions are now available for selected Brother, Dell and OKI devices.
  • Advanced Printer Scripts:
    • Recipes and snippets can now be previewed, allowing you to quickly cut and paste example code into your own scripts.
    • Common functions that are shared between individual printer scripts can now be stored in, and referenced from, a master include script.

Enhancements:

  • Admin rights: It is now possible to restrict access to the Dashboard page.
  • Scheduled reports: In addition to the existing scheduling options (daily, weekly, fortnightly, monthly), reports can now be run annually and quarterly.
  • Added an option to enforce use of SSL when accessing PaperCut services from mobile devices (e.g. Mobile Print Release and iOS Printing).
  • When performing a test user/group sync, information about the number of users to be added/deleted will be displayed.
  • Some Mac OS / CUPS drivers send "fake" documents to query printer status. These documents do not result in print output. Additional checking for these documents has been added in this release, particularly for Xerox devices.
  • Improved error message when trying to initialise the database (command init-db -f) when the user does not have permission to drop/create tables.
  • New print script recipe to discourage users from printing multi-page emails.
  • Print refund management:
    • The print log CSV and transaction logs reports will now display the refund approver's comment.
    • The number of pending refund requests is now displayed on the dashboard.
  • Payment gateways:
    • Heartland: Added support for account ids in "track 2" card format.
    • PayPal: Added an advanced configuration option to override the IPN URL. This makes it possible to support environments where multiple systems integrate with a single PayPal account.
  • Release station with card authentication: It is now possible to configure the reset timeout for the login screen.
  • It is now possible to configure the values that define "low" and "very low" toner levels.
  • Increased default SNMP timeout for hardware page count validation to improve stability on slower networks.
  • New versions of the "Adobe Acrobat Distiller" virtual PDF printer are now ignored by default.
  • Added card number to the User Printing - Summary CSV report.
  • Web Print: Added support for additional versions of Adobe Reader.
  • Various translation updates, including major updates for Hungarian.

Fixes:

  • Selecting a different printer charging type no longer automatically applies the change (the user must now click the Apply button).
  • Fixed issue that could result in limited administrators being able to change printer settings without having the appropriate admin rights.
  • The Cancel button on the Edit Job Log page now works as expected.
  • Fixed issue editing print logs when there are no shared accounts defined.
  • iOS Printing: Fixed charging to shared accounts by PIN/code.
  • Fixed problems running group-based reports using the controls below the job log on shared account pages.
  • Improved performance when listing printers in the Mobile Print Release application.
  • Advanced printer scripting: Fixed display of Japanese characters in the import recipe dialog.
  • Active Directory: User "disabled" status now applies to card authentication.
  • Novell iPrint:
    • Fixed a rare problem redirecting print jobs when using duplex/grayscale conversion filters.
    • Fixed problem that could result in jobs pausing when hardware page count validation was enabled.
  • Fixed a problem displaying a device's Find-Me Printing configuration if its release queue had been deleted.
  • Web Cashier: Fixed a bug that denied charging access if charging to a shared account configured using the "auto-charge to a single shared account" option.
  • Fixed problem accessing the Admin Rights page when using Oracle as the external database.
  • Fixed a rare issue with hardware page count validation conflicting with other SNMP software.

Printer compatibility improvements:

  • Improved support for the latest versions of HP Universal drivers.
  • Improved page count detection for Kyocera PCL6 drivers for duplex jobs.
  • Fixed page size and page count when printing n-up on Fuji-Xerox ApeosPort-IV C5570 PostScript driver.
  • Improved color detection for EPSON WF-7515 Series.
  • Fixed grayscale conversion on HP Color LaserJet CP4020 Series PCL6 drivers.
  • Improved page count detection for Xerox Global PCL6 drivers for duplex jobs.
  • Fixed watermarking on OKI PostScript drivers.
  • Improved page size detection for Oce PostScript drivers.
  • Fixed page detection for Sharp pamphlet mode for Letter and Invoice page sizes.
  • Added page size detection for "DL Envelope" page size for Ricoh SP C420DN and Ricoh SP C430DN PCL6 drivers.
  • Added grayscale and duplex conversion support for printers with Fiery PostScript interpreters.
  • Added hardware page count validation support for the Fuji Xerox C3200 and Kyocera FS-4020DN.

Copier / Device Integration:

  • Brother (BSI):
    • Initial release available for selected devices from approved PaperCut resellers.
  • CopiCode-IP copier control terminal: Updated to firmware version 1.3.6.
  • cPad copier control terminal: Added support for cPad cash/value loaders (requires cPad firmware update).
  • Dell v19913*:
    • Initial release available for selected devices from approved PaperCut resellers.
  • HP Onboard/Embedded (Chai SOE DSE) v19661*:
    • Updates to improve support for devices running latest firmware.
    • Fixed a problem on the HP CM6040 that could cause a device error when releasing a print job.
  • HP FutureSmart Onboard/Embedded v20602*:
    • Fixed problems that could occur when swiping a card at screens other than the login screen.
    • Improved message displayed when a login attempt was denied.
    • Added support for card readers on a wider range of devices.
    • Improved support for new devices with different screen dimensions.
    • Display the user's full name (rather than username) in the welcome text if it has been set.
    • Fixed occasional "cannot connect to the quota server" errors seen when performing copies.
    • Fixed text being displayed in English instead of local language in some regions.
    • Added an advanced device-level language/locale override option.
  • Konica Minolta Onboard/Embedded (OpenAPI):
    • Fixed session timing issues that could cause cost overruns on restricted accounts.
    • Fixed issue displaying notification when faxes failed to send (e.g. line busy).
    • Fixed problems that could occus if the application server was experiencing database connectivity issues at startup.
    • Fixed issue with the print release application label in some regions.
  • Kyocera Onboard/Embedded (HyPAS) v19884*:
    • Fixed problem that could result in a 404 error message.
    • New copier models now display the user's full name where possible.
  • Lexmark Onboard/Embedded (LeSF) v19913*:
    • Improved compatibility with new firmware on the X954.
    • Added support for the following devices: CS510de, CX410de, CX510de/dhe, MS610dn/de, MS810n/dn/de, MS812dn/de, MX410de, MX510de, MX511de/dhe, MX610de/dhe, MX611de/dhe, MX710de/dhe, MX711de/dhe, MX810dme/dfe/de/dxme/dxfe, MX811dme/dfe/de/dxme/dxfe.
  • OKI (Open Platform) v19913*:
    • Initial release available for selected devices from approved PaperCut resellers.
  • Samsung Extensible Open Architecture (XOA) 19865*:
    • Improved support for the new range of Android-based MFPs.
  • Sharp Onboard/Embedded (OSA):
    • Fixed a problem when printing large USB print jobs and logging out before the job starts printing. The jobs would be cancelled.
  • Toshiba Onboard/Embedded (e-BRIDGE Open Platform) - SDK2 devices
    • Fixed problem deleting devices when the device was unreachable.
    • Added option to log in using user ID numbers.
  • VCC Controller/terminal:
    • Added support for 3rd generation VCC devices running the latest firmware, which improves balance overrun charging behavior.
  • Xerox Network Accounting (JBA):
    • Improved support for non-Latin languages.
  • Xerox Onboard/Embedded (Xerox Secure Access):
    • Fixed problem that could cause the "Account confirmation" screen to be re-enabled if it was previously disabled.
    • When prompting the user for text input (e.g. username/password/etc) include the field name in the prompt title. This improves usability on devices like the D95 which do not display the "Field Label" PaperCut sends to the MFP.

Other Notes:

  • Server installations on Mac OS 10.5 are no longer supported. Please see the end-of-life policy for details.
  • This release contains a database upgrade and administrators should factor this into their upgrade plan.
  • Devices marked with* require installing an updated version of the embedded software to access new features and fixes.

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