Release History (v4)

PaperCut NG Release History Version 4

Detect and automatically delete duplicate print jobs. Feature includes adjustable time window.
Reduce printer jams by restricting paper sizes. Many printers halt in a "manual load" state when documents with non-support paper size are passed. Administrators can now defined a list of allowed standard paper sizes.
Filter print jobs by color mode. Provides a way of controlling who can print color documents.
Improved standard reports, including ability to run reports over given date ranges, or filter for a given user or printer.
PaperCut Quota: New Microsoft Access reports including trend graph, bar graph and pie charts detailing printer activity.
The Winpopup or "net send" messages now support multi-line messages.
Improved support for latest printer hardware.
The "user query page" in the Web Admin interface will now automatically detect the username if IIS support automatic authentication (NTLM).
BugFix: Print Job Deny messages now consistently save on exit.

Changes to support new print drivers and printer hardware
New "Custom Reports" MS Access database. This template database provides a good starting point for site-specific report design.
Additional example "trend graph" in sample MS Access reports
Fixed issue when PDF documents were printed to a Windows 2003 server
Addition of right-click context menu on user list. Simply right-click on a user to quickly edit their rights and view reports.
New configuration option to remove the currency sign from the "User Inquiry Tool". (for sites that do not want to portray a concept of "charging" users.)
BugFix: duplex discount is no longer issued on single page documents
BugFix: simplified error messages written to PaperCut's application event log

Complete native Windows XP look and feel
Improved support for XP and upcoming Windows 2003 features
Auto-scheduling of quotas and credit offers additional options to control how and when accounts are topped up. You can stop users from "banking" up their quota.
Improved detailed logging - the system the user printed from is now recorded
Improved printer support for latest PCL and Postscript hardware and drivers
The debug mode has been enhanced so PaperCut Support can resolve problems rapidly
The print job log can now be exported to Microsoft Excel. The data can be used in a spreadsheet for custom analysis and graphing of printing activity
Ability to save Microsoft Access reports to a database file for running/viewing on other systems.
Trial period extended to 40-days
BugFix: Winpopup deny/information messages of more than 256 characters are now supported.
BugFix: Advanced Charging now works correctly on French language systems (this was broken in version 3.7)
BugFix: Copy-count correctly detected with latest Xerox Postscript drivers
Many more changes since 3.0. See below