PaperCut NG 6.0 release history

2 November 2006 - PaperCut 6.3 (Build 4060)

• Added improved support for Canon and Epson printers when hosted on a Mac server.
• Allow the “unauthenticated” setting to be set using the “Bulk User Actions” screen.
• Fixed problem with release stations that caused non-admin users to be able to close the release station.
• Improved page analysis for plotters using HPGL printer language.
• Fix problem with Canon PCL5 drivers.
• Various optimizations and improved support for Windows Vista.
• Fixed problem where the “perform-online-backup” server-command, would not perform a backup if automated backups were disabled.
• Various documentation improvements.

23 October 2006 - PaperCut 6.3 (Build 4022)

• Added 12 new reports for improved analysis of printer usage, including summaries by group and printer.
• Improved layout of reports listed in the “Reports” screen.
• Changed potentially long reports with grouped data to start a new group on a new page.
• Added support for Canon UFR2 print drivers.
• Added support for automatically refunding CUPS print jobs if job delivery fails.
• Fixed N-Up printing for Acrobat 5 on Mac.
• Fixed copy count problem that occurred with some CUPS printers on Linux.
• Improved layout of report headers when header content is long.
• If an administrator is restricted to a subset of printers, do not allow them to ‘reset counts on all printers’.
• Fixed error that could occur saving the Admin rights if many administrators were defined.
• Stability/usability improvements based on error reports.
• Significant updates to translations for German, Dutch, and Portuguese. Minor updates of French, Spanish, and Chinese (simplified and traditional).

13 October 2006 - PaperCut 6.3 (Build 3992)

• Added a new admin ACL to restrict administrator access to a subset of printers.
• Added a spool size print filter to deny jobs larger than a specified size.
• Added a duplex/simplex print filter to deny jobs based on duplex status.
• Print job list screens:
  • Added filter to search for print jobs based on status (printed/cancelled/refunded).
  • Added filter to search for print jobs denied for particular reasons.
• Clarified terminology used in the print status column.
• Refunded print jobs are no longer included in summary reports.
• Updates to the software release station protocol. NOTE: If you are using software release stations, they must be upgraded.
• Fixed error that occurred running the ‘Shared Account summary report by user’ when running on SQL Server.
• If a group filter is applied to the User List page, the group filter is now applied to the export report.
• Do not import Active Directory users with usernames like “SystemMailbox{*}”. These are created by Microsoft Exchange.
• Stability/usability improvements based on error reports.
• Improvements to Linux start-up script to avoid two instances of PaperCut from being started.
• Improved N-UP detection for Postscript printer drivers.
• Improved page size detection for Kyocera PCL drivers.
• Fixed duplex detection for Dell Postscript printers.
• Fixed page count problems with Ricoh RPCS drivers.
• Various documentation/help improvements.
• Updated .NET server command proxy to work with version 2 of the XML-RPC library.
• Significant updates to translations for Dutch, Spanish, Chinese (simplified and traditional). Minor updates of Portuguese and Greek.

22 September 2006 - PaperCut 6.2 (Build 3904)

• Linux/Mac: Added support for fast popup notification in CUPS. User print popups now appear as soon as the job enters the queue instead of just prior to the job printing.
• LDAP: Improved LDAP behavior and performance for large LDAP servers.
• Shared accounts: Added various “server-command” and web service APIs to allow manipulation of shared accounts (e.g., add, remove, sync, change user/group security, etc.).
• Print log screens: Improved display of paper sizes.
• User synchronization: Added an option to automatically synchronize users from the domain nightly.
• Quota allocations: Improved transaction comment for quota allocations.
• Printer support:
  • Added support for Xerox wide-format plotters.
  • Improved page size detection for Canon GARO print drivers.
  • Improved copy count and duplex detection for OKI postscript drivers.
  • Improved N-Up detection for Dell Postscript printers.
• Negative balances: Make negative balances appear in red for easy identification.
• Print log screens: If the document name is a URL, make it into a hyperlink.
• Paper size matching: Improved paper size matching for ISO papersize.
• Oversize paper sizes: Added oversize paper sizes to filters and cost settings (RA and SRA sizes).
• Database connection pool: Improved database connection pool settings to reduce system and database resource usage during periods of low activity.
• Client authentication: Allow the “Until I logout” option to be set as the default timeout for client authentication.
• SQL Server: Fixed a problem listing print history for a printer when the printer name contains [] characters (when running on SQL Server only).
• Reports: Fixed a report error that can occur in rare circumstances.
• Print log screens: Fixed minor display issue on print log screens.
• Print job cost: Improved display of print job cost.
• Release station: Fixed displaying of Chinese characters in the release station.
• Canon UFR print language: Added support for the Canon UFR print language.
• Mac: Improved installer and fixes to the scripts to configure CUPS.
• User interface: Allow errors that appear in the user interface to be submitted to PaperCut for analysis.
• Documentation: Various documentation improvements.
• Database driver: Updated the PostgreSQL database driver.

8 September 2006 - PaperCut 6.2 (Build 3841)

• Linux/Mac: Added support for fast popup notification in CUPS. User print popups now appear as soon as the job enters the queue instead of just prior to the job printing.
• LDAP: Improved LDAP behavior and performance for large LDAP servers.
• Shared accounts: Added various “server-command” and web service APIs to allow manipulation of shared accounts (e.g., add, remove, sync, change user/group security, etc.).
• Print log screens: Improved display of paper sizes.
• User synchronization: Added an option to automatically synchronize users from the domain nightly.
• Quota allocations: Improved transaction comment for quota allocations.
• Printer support:
  • Added support for Xerox wide-format plotters.
  • Improved page size detection for Canon GARO print drivers.
  • Improved copy count and duplex detection for OKI postscript drivers.
  • Improved N-Up detection for Dell Postscript printers.

8 September 2006 - PaperCut 6.2 (Build 3841)

• Negative balances: Make negative balances appear in red for easy identification.
• Print log screens: If the document name is a URL, make it into a hyperlink.
• Paper size matching: Improved paper size matching for ISO papersize.
• Oversize paper sizes: Added oversize paper sizes to filters and cost settings (RA and SRA sizes).
• Database connection pool: Improved database connection pool settings to reduce system and database resource usage during periods of low activity.
• Client authentication: Allow the “Until I logout” option to be set as the default timeout for client authentication.
• SQL Server: Fixed a problem listing print history for a printer when the printer name contains [] characters (when running on SQL Server only).
• Reports: Fixed a report error that can occur in rare circumstances.
• Print log screens: Fixed minor display issue on print log screens.
• Print job cost: Improved display of print job cost.
• Release station: Fixed displaying of Chinese characters in the release station.
• Canon UFR print language: Added support for the Canon UFR print language.
• Mac: Improved installer and fixes to the scripts to configure CUPS.
• User interface: Allow errors that appear in the user interface to be submitted to PaperCut for analysis.
• Documentation: Various documentation improvements.
• Database driver: Updated the PostgreSQL database driver.

29 August 2006 - PaperCut 6.2 (Build 3794)

• Reports: Various new reports summarizing printing activity by user, printer, and shared account.
• Fuji PLW print language: Added support for Fuji PLW print language.
• Translations: Improved translations for German, Spanish, and Simplified Chinese.
• “Unauthenticated users” setting: Fixed issue with applying “unauthenticated users” setting from “[All Users]” group when new users are created.
• Group print summary report: Fixed problem running group print summary report from Group page.

18 August 2006 - PaperCut 6.2 (Build 3758)

• User client: Improved the user client to perform popup authentication.
• Reporting:
  • Added a new Shared Account report to provide a detailed summary of printing for each account.
  • Added total rows to reports.
  • Other visual improvements.
• Custom extensions: Implemented a custom extension mechanism to allow custom extensions to be developed (e.g., to add credit to user accounts using a credit card gateway).
• User client: Added support for using a custom logo in the user client.
• Document name filters: Added regular expression support for document name filters.
• Citrix servers: Ignore locally mapped printers when logging on to a Citrix server.
• Server-command: Added “server-command” to add credit to all users in a group.
• Admin access control: Added additional admin access control options.
• Documentation: Various documentation improvements.
• Release station: Added simple command-line release station for Linux.
• Mac: Improved support for Mac PDF printing methods.
• Postscript support: Improved Postscript support.
• Canon GARO print drivers: Added support for Canon GARO printer drivers.
• CUPS integration: Improved CUPS integration on Mac and Linux.
• Mac: Fixed occasional problem starting the user client on Mac.
• Active Directory: Improved robustness when listing of Active Directory groups and Org units.
• Shared Accounts: Fixed problem batch importing Shared Accounts.
• Installer: Installer improvements for Mac.
• Translations: Added initial Japanese and Spanish translations.

13 July 2006 - PaperCut 6.2 (Build 3627)

• QL Server:** Fixed problem when upgrading SQL Server databases after installing Build 3617. Please contact support if you encountered this problem.
  • Documentation: Various documentation improvements.
  • Mac OS X: Minor improvements to Mac OS X install process.

07 July 2006 - PaperCut 6.2 (Build 3617)

• Implement batch importing/updating of Shared Accounts.
• Allow printing to be disabled for specific users for a given period of time.
• Add web-service APIs and command-line tool to enable/disable user printing.
• Improvements to reports so that long document names are not truncated.
• Improvements to support CUPS 1.2 on Linux.
• Changes to allow a very large number of printers to be ignored.
• Additional documentation on how to customize the user client.
• Fixes for using LDAP user source with Active Directory.
• Fix problem displaying backslashes in printer names in winpopup messages.
• Allow SSL for LDAP connections to be enabled during setup wizard.
• Updated Simplified Chinese translations.

26 May 2006 - PaperCut 6.2 (Build 3537)

• Improved scalability of Windows print provider when receiving print jobs through LPR (Windows Print Services for Unix) or IPP (Internet Printing Protocol).
• Improved scalability when handling many print jobs awaiting user account selection or to be printed from a release station.
• Add an option to disable account selection print popups for a printer, overriding the setting for the user that printed. This allows the silent monitoring of a printer, in an environment where the print popups are used elsewhere.
• Add option to hide the “Details” link in the user client tool.
• Add option to hide the document cost from the print popup in user client tool.
• Allow the user client on the Mac to be run as a user different to the logged on user.
• Fix to Mac installer to correctly set execute permissions on script files.
• Improvements to documentation for Mac installations, and for customizing the user web pages.
• Added support for the Zebra label printer.
• Minor updates to French, Portuguese and Dutch translations.

18 May 2006 - PaperCut 6.2 (Build 3511)

• Added admin access control lists, so that the administrator can delegate access to a subset of admin functionality to other users. This is a much requested feature that will be helpful for customers with many users or PaperCut deployed across multiple sites.
• Various improvements to the Mac OS X version.
• Added support for SSL connections to LDAP servers.
• Improved copy count detection for Kyocera printers.
• Include seconds in the text-based print job log.
• Allow the user to configure the amount of time to wait for a response from the client popup before deleting the print job.
• Fix problem with release station where print jobs were not listed if network username contained both upper and lower case.
• Fixed rare crash in the Windows print provider that could occur if a print job was being processed during a 5 second period once every 8 hours.

5 May 2006 - PaperCut 6.2 (Build 3472)

• Fix problems that can cause crashes in the User client on windows with some display drivers.
• Improved color detection for some Espon inkjet printers.
• Improved print popup notification speed when using CUPS print provider on Linux or Mac.
• Improved support for Mac Safari browser.
• Added documentation describing how to use the free Microsoft SQL Server Express as an external database.
• Fixed problem that could occur when using user name filter regexes (typically used in Novell environments).
• Included complete Portuguese translation contributed by our Brazilian reseller, Interamericana.
• Minor updates to the Italian, Dutch and French translations.

12 Apr 2006 - PaperCut 6.2 (Build 3423)

• Greatly improve the speed of user client print popup notifications. They are now sent when the job enters the queue rather than after analysis. The speed improvement will be most noticeable on large documents or on networks where documents are slow to spool.

• NOTE: It is recommended that all user clients be upgraded. Older clients will continue to work but the page count and document cost information will not be displayed. To revert to the old popup notification behavior, set the “PreNotifications” setting to “off” in the print provider config file.

• Allow the print popup selection to be applied to all documents in the queue, without having to respond to each document individually.

• Display the number of jobs pending in the queue in the client popup.

• Optimized Postscript analysis resulting in a 10-times speed improvement.

• Fixed duplex detection for some PCL6-based printers (i.e. Kyocera FS-1800).

• Documentation improvements including a new chapter descibing how to configure PaperCut in various scenarios.

• Allow the login logo to be customized to match the organization’s intranet.

• Added some additional web-service APIs to retrieve printer statistics.

• Improvements to the Active Directory synchronization to provide the option to only import ’enabled’ users.

• Access to the admin pages can be restricted to a subset of network addresses.

• Fix error displaying TopUp card list under some circumstances.

• Linux: Improvements to startup scripts to better support Redhat Enterprise Linux.

7 Apr 2006 - PaperCut 6.2 (Build 3400)

• Fixed a security related issue that may arises when running on Linux and using LDAP for authentication against a Windows Active Directory. Users fitting this situation should upgrade as a priority.
• Add card-based authentication (e.g. swipe cards) to release station.
• Allow card number and notes to be imported using the batch user import file function.
• Improve robustness of install-over-the-top upgrades.
• Fixed problem with the user client local installer.
• Updated Finnish, Italian and German translations.

5 Apr 2006 - PaperCut 6.2 (Build 3387)

Improvements to user client behavior on laptops after resuming from hibernation/sleep.

NOTE: It is recommended to upgrade clients running on either Windows or Mac laptops.

• Improvements to paper size detection for Postscript documents printed from Adobe Illustrator.
• Updated German, Italian, French, Dutch and Greek translations.

31 Mar 2006 - PaperCut 6.2 (Build 3365) - Window

• We’re proud to announce the release of PaperCut 6.2. The major feature added in this release is support for Print Release Stations. This release

includes the following changes:

• Add support for Print Release Stations (See the product tour for more information).
• Add user-level overrides of printer settings. Individual users can now:
• Be charged at a different rate for printing
• Bypass printer level filters
• Bypass the use of release stations
• Improved the layout and clarity of print job attributes in print log screens.
• Improved logging of non-standard paper sizes.
• Simplified the automated installation and configuration of secondary servers.
• Improvements to duplex discount calculations for jobs with multiple copies.
• Improved error reporting on user client startup failure.
• Fixed problem that could cause the a user, printer or shared account to be unintentionally deleted.

17 Mar 2006 - PaperCut 6.1 (Build 3340)

• Cost and balance decimal places: Allow the number of decimal places in costs and balances to be changed.
• Mac OS X 10.3 compatibility: Improvements to allow User Client to run on Mac OS X 10.3 versions earlier than 10.3.9.
• Generic user printing: Improvements to the behavior of the client when using a generic user for printing (e.g., when using the generic “macuser” as described in the Mac setup instructions).
• User Client error handling: Improvements to error handling when there is a problem starting the User Client.
• Multilingual support: Added support for viewing the user interface in languages other than English. Languages can be selected on the logon screen.
• Group selection control: Allow the group selection control to be widened so that very long group names and org units can be displayed.
• Xerox printer drivers: Fixed copy count problem with some Xerox printer drivers.
• License installation: Fixed problem installing licenses and importing TopUp cards in some locales.
• Documentation: Various documentation improvements.

6 Mar 2006 - PaperCut 6.1 (Build 3306)

• Mac OS X documentation: Much improved documentation for Mac OS X workstations, including configuring printers and installing the User Client.
• Zeno IMF printer language: Added support for Zeno IMF printer language (used in some low-end HP printers).
• Windows spooler service: Detect when the Windows spooler services crashes, and automatically restart the PaperCut print provider so that the monitoring can continue.
• User Client hibernation: Improvements to User Client to handle IP address changes when the client is running (e.g., after resuming from hibernation on a laptop or after connecting to a wireless LAN).
• Canon print drivers: Improved grayscale/color detection for some Canon print drivers.
• Plain text print documents: Improved detection of plain text print documents.
• Web Services API: Added a “deleteExistingUser” method to the Web Services API.
• Print provider crash: Fixed crash in print provider that could occur in some situations.
• License installation: Fixed problem installing license if the trial period had expired.
• Documentation: Miscellaneous documentation improvements.

22 Feb 2006 - PaperCut 6.1 (Build 3275) - Windows

• Mac OS X user client: Included native Mac OS X .app package for the user client tool.
• Real-time balance updates: The client now updates the balance in real-time.
• Ignored document names: Allow configuration of document names that the Windows print provider will ignore.
• Printer settings: Automatically configure printer settings to improve reliability spool file analysis.
• PCL6 page size detection: Fixed issue with PCL6 page size detection seen on some printers.
• Multiple client instances: Fixed problem running multiple instances of the client on separate machines if the user’s home directory is on a LAN drive.
• “Charge to other user” option: Fixed issue with the “Charge to other user” option in the print popup.
• Canon print drivers: Fixed problem detecting copy count in some Canon print drivers.
• Security: Fixed two security problems found as a result of code audit.
• Paper size cost settings: Clarify some of the wording on the paper size cost settings screen.
• Installer and documentation: Minor improvements to installer and documentation.

15 Feb 2006 - PaperCut 6.1 (Build 3253)

• User client startup: Fixed problem starting user client on some machines.
• Active Directory user import: When importing users from Active Directory, detect loops in nested group structures.
• Linux print provider: Fixed problem updating user details (like full name, email, etc) from Active Directory when hundreds of users’ details had changed.
• Linux print provider: Fixed problem in print provider when searching for the provider configuration file.

10 Feb 2006 - PaperCut 6.1 (Build 3238)

• Shared Account print logs: Fixed problem when refunding print jobs from the Shared Account print logs screen.
• User Client print popup: Improved visual layout of User Client print popup, when only the “print to other user” option is enabled.
• Desktop icon: Give the user the option to create a Desktop icon during installation.
• 8 Feb 2006 - PaperCut 6.1 (Build 3229)
  • LDAP support: LDAP support for both user/group synchronization and authentication which allows for improved integration with non-Windows platforms like Novell and Unix.
  • Shared Account charging: Allow print jobs to be associated with Shared Accounts but charge the job to user’s personal account. This allows for user-based quotas, whilst still allocating to Shared Accounts for reporting.
  • User Client print popup: Improved print popup speed in User Client.
  • User Client scalability: Greatly improved scalability when running the User Client on thousands of workstations simultaneously.
  • User Client instances: Do not let users run more than one instance of the User Client simultaneously.
  • User Client connection retries: When starting User Client with “/silent” option, the client will continue retry to connect if the server is unavailable or the user does not yet exist.
  • “Another user” printing: When a user prints as “another user” using the popup, log the printing under the other user’s account.
  • User Client bandwidth: Reduce the bandwidth used by the User Client by approximately 80%.
  • User creation: When a user logs into the user web pages or prints as “another user” using the popup, automatically create the user in the database if they do not exist.
  • Mac OS X: Fixed a problem when running the User Client on Mac OS X, when proxy servers are configured.
  • Default units: Default to non-metric units when running in the US.
  • Minor fixes: Minor fixes for page detection for PCL based printers.
  • Print provider crash: Fixed crash in print provider that could occur in some situations.
  • License installation: Fixed problem installing license if the trial period had expired.
  • User Client installation: Fix to local installation of User Client to correctly setup the client to run automatically upon login.
  • Installer size: Reduce the Windows installer size by about 5MB by using improved compression method.

24 Nov 2005 - PaperCut 6.0 (Build 3050) - Linux

• Linux release: We’re proud to announce the first official release of PaperCut 6.0 for Linux after testing at large client sites. This release allows PaperCut server to run on Linux and to monitor both CUPS and Samba printers.
• Linux documentation: Instructions for setting up the Linux version can be found in the user guide [HTML].

24 Nov 2005 - PaperCut 6.0 (Build 3048) - Windows

• User/group synchronization performance: Significantly improved the performance of user/group synchronization on large sites. Testing of an initial sync on a 5000 user network shows a performance improvement of over 600%.
• Area Charging: Fixed calculation of print job cost when using ‘Area Charging’ with units of ‘square feet’, and with non-standard paper sizes.
• Windows print provider stability: Improved stability of the Windows print provider under very high printing load.
• Documentation: Improvements to the documentation.
• Quota settings: Clarify the terminology used when configuring quotas and the quota accumulation options. Please check your quota settings in the ‘Group’ section to confirm they are as expected.
• SQL Server printer statistics: Fixed problem with printer statistics page when running on SQL Server database.
• SQL Server database driver: Include the latest version of the SQL Server database driver.
• SQL Server connection timeout: Set a default socket timeout for SQL Server connections, which alleviates problems in case of network problems.

8 Nov 2005 - PaperCut 6.0 (Build 3004)

• High printing load: Improve print monitoring behavior under very high printing load.
• Ad-hoc date ranges: Fixed problem where ad-hoc date ranges were not correctly filtering the printer statistics or print log reports.
• Printer statistics: Fixed problem on printer statistics page where cancelled and refunded jobs were not counted correctly.
• TopUp/Prepaid card wizard: Add DLL dependencies to the TopUp/Prepaid card wizard that prevented it running on some Windows 2003 servers.

4 Nov 2005 - PaperCut 6.0 (Build 2997)

• Web server optimization: Optimize web server settings to improve performance under high load.
• Quota usability: Improve usability of setting up quotas by not allowing a the max accumulation amount to be less than the quota amount.
• HP PCL6 drivers: Fix minor page counting problem that occurred in some recent HP PCL6 drivers.
• Duplicate user records: Stop duplicate user records being created if a user prints during the initial user sync process.
• SQL Server reports: Fix some reports that failed when using an external SQL Server database.

27 Oct 2005 - PaperCut 6.0 (Build 2977)

• User synchronization robustness: Improve robustness of user synchronization, when an error occurs adding users.
• Account balance import: Added a tool to import user account balances from PaperCut Quota (see manual for details).
• Batch user import/update: Added the file-based batch user import/update feature.
• Documentation: Other documentation improvements

24 Oct 2005 - PaperCut 6.0 (Build 2962)

• HP LaserJet 1100 drivers: Addressed a page count bug reported with recent HP LaserJet 1100 driver versions.
• Konica Minolta GDI printers: Improved support for Konica Minolta GDI based printers.
• Database lock: Removed a global database lock that could potentially cause performance issues when a new user prints for the first time combined with slow domain lookup.
• Microsoft Cluster installation: Updated documentation detailing installation of PaperCut on a Microsoft Cluster.
• Typographical error: Fixed a typographical error that may have caused the Mac and Linux workstation client start scripts to display an error.
• Client username: Added a new command-line option to the client software allowing the option to force the client’s reported username - used for laptops that don’t authenticate with the domain.
• Windows Service naming: Renamed the shortened name associated with the Application Server Windows Service so naming convention is consistent with other PaperCut services.

11 Oct 2005 - PaperCut 6.0 (Build 2920)

• User client username: Add a command-line option to the user client to allow a different username to be used.
• Documentation/help: Improvements to the documentation/help.
• Secondary print servers: Improved compatibility running secondary print servers on Window NT.
• Postscript page counting: Minor fix to page counting when printing to Postscript printers from DOS applications.
• 5 Oct 2005 - PaperCut 6.0 (Build 2902)
  • Documentation/help: Improvements to the documentation/help.
  • Printer language support: Improvements to page and attribute detection in the QPDL, HBPL and PJL printer languages.
  • Balance history graph: In balance history graph, don’t show history for before the account/user was created.
  • Terminology: Clarify some wording throughout the application.
  • Report date ranges: Fix date ranges handling in reports. Previously some data outside the specified range could be displayed.
  • User client memory footprint: Reduce memory footprint of user client.
  • 30 Sep 2005 - PaperCut 6.0 (Build 2880)
    • Official release: We’re proud to announce the official release of PaperCut 6.0, after 18 months of development and a very successful month of beta testing by many of our clients.
    • User client scripts: Added scripts to start the user client tool on Mac OS X and Linux.
    • Documentation: Improvements to the documentation.
    • Print notifications: Show the updated account balance in print notifications sent to the user.
    • Account balance usage: Fix a problem where sometimes users could not use the last cent in their account.
    • Reports: Open reports and help in a new window.
    • Cancelled/unprinted documents: Don’t show cancelled and unprinted documents in the ‘printer log’ reports.
    • Page/job counts: Don’t count cancelled and unprinted documents in the user and printer page/job counts.
    • 23 Sep 2005 - PaperCut 6.0-beta (Build 2867)
      • Print job cancellation events: Enhance the print provider to send print job cancellation events to the server.
      • One-click refunds: Implement one-click refunds, available from the print job log screens.
      • Automatic refunds: Implement automatic refunds when a print job is cancelled without starting printing.
      • Printer language support: Added a number printer languages to bring the printer support up to the same as PaperCut Quota. New printer languages include:
        • Epson
        • Lexmark
        • RPCS
        • QPDL
        • ZJ Stream
        • Xerox HBPL
        • Plain text
      • Printer processors: Improvements to the Canon and Postscript processors.
      • Active Directory: Make the Active Directory provider the default on Windows (if the machine is a member of an AD domain).
      • Account selection popup: Fixed bug in applying initial ‘account selection popup’ settings, when creating new users.
      • Reports: Do not generate paged output when running CSV/Excel reports. This makes the data much easier to use/analyse.
      • Terminology: Some terminology improvements in the user client.
      • Documentation: Documentation improvements

21 Sep 2005 - PaperCut 6.0-beta (Build 2855)

• Active Directory user import: Users’ full-names and email addresses are now imported and kept up-to-date when using the Active Directory import method.
• Help menu: Fixed the Start Menu link to the help.
• Internet Explorer help: Improvements to some minor visual problems when viewing help/documentation in Internet Explorer.
• User detail page title: Include the user’s full name (if populated) in the user detail page title.
• Numeric values: Right align numeric values in various lists, making them easier to read.
• Internet Explorer keyboard navigation: Fixed some problems that can occur when hitting enter (instead of pressing buttons) when using Internet Explorer.

20 Sep 2005 - PaperCut 6.0-beta (Build 2849)

• Development focus: It has been a while since the last build, because we have not had any significant issues reported. We’ve mainly been working on the PaperCut user guide, which is now bundled in this release.
• User manual: User manual now included. This is available from the “Start” menu and the “Help” link on the top-right of the application.
• Print log screen layout: Improved the layout of the print log screen when viewing on lower resolutions.
• Browser caching: More changes to stop the browser caching pages, particularly after logout.
• TopUp card list: Make the “used by user” column in the TopUp card list a link that takes you to the user details page.
• Wording changes: Minor wording changes throughout the application.
• Color/grayscale detection: Improve color/grayscale detection in some Canon and PCL6 drivers.

9 Sep 2005 - PaperCut 6.0-beta (Build 2822)

• User quick-find: User quick-find now searches both username and full name fields.
• Linux i686 print providers: Included Linux i686 print providers in the installer.
• User/group sync: Clarify progress information output during user/group sync.
• Quota allocation: Fixed transaction comments set during the quota allocation process.
• User client installation: Give the option to install the user client locally, rather than just running from the share.
• Empty print jobs: Stop the windows print provider from reporting empty print jobs that occur with some drivers.
• Print provider logging: Improved logging information in windows print provider.

8 Sep 2005 - PaperCut 6.0-beta (Build 2816)

• Print provider crash: Fixed crash in print provider when processing the print job header in some PCL print jobs.
• User client startup: Add a command-line option to start the user client minimized.
• Print statistics: In print statistics, graphs and reports, don’t round average pages to the nearest integer.
• Canon print drivers: Fixed page count problem that occurred with some Canon print drivers.
• Javascript errors: Fix some javascript errors in user detail pages.

7 Sep 2005 - PaperCut 6.0-beta (Build 2811)

• User deletion: Add the facility to delete a single user.
• User sync: Make the user sync process more robust to ensure that duplicate users cannot be added.
• Shared account validation: Fixes to account name validation when creating new shared accounts.
• Browser caching: Request the web browser not to cache pages, which should lessen the likelihood of seeing stale pages when using the back button.
• Details pages: Make sure the various details pages (user, printer, group, account, etc) show the latest information when the screen is refreshed.
• Backup filename timestamp: Improve the readability of the timestamp in the backup filename.
• Print provider improvements:
  • More detailed logging
  • In case of a failure, save a detailed dump in addition to the mini-dump
  • In case of a failure, take a snapshot of the printer spool files currently being processed.

6 Sep 2005 - PaperCut 6.0-beta (Build 2806)

• Print job recording: Print jobs are being recorded as occurring one day earlier than they were printed.
• Locally mapped printers: Locally mapped printers that are created when logging onto terminal server are now ignored by default.
• User/group synchronization: Fix some problems synchronising users/groups when usernames contain upper and lowercase characters.
• Initial user credit: Fix problem that applying initial user credit in some environments.
• User client usability: Small usability fixes in the user client.
• Document name truncation: Truncate document names to 40 characters to better layout the print logs screens.

2 Sep 2005 - PaperCut 6.0-beta (Build 2795)

• User client improvements:
  • Allow the application to be minimized to the task tray on windows.
  • Improve usability when selecting accounts from list. e.g. If there is only one account then select it automatically.
  • Do not allow the client to be closed if it’s required for printing.
• Currency formatting: Use the server locale to format credit/currency, so that no matter how the user’s browser is configured the currency is displayed consistently.
• Application logging: Log to the application log when the application starts and stops.
• Zero length passwords: Allow zero length passwords to login (if the user has no password on the network).

28 Aug 2005 - PaperCut 6.0-beta (Build 2782)

• Group reports: Groups reports were not returning data because the date range filters were not set properly.
• Terminology: Clarified some terminology in the user client.
• User interface: Minor user interface fix in account selection options.
• Installation: To update from a previous build, download the latest version from the link above and run the setup program.

26 Aug 2005 - PaperCut 6.0-beta (Build 2778)

• Account selection: Fixed problem where the user client would not show the account list when that was the only account selection option enabled.
• README.txt: Added a README.txt to describe how to install/run the client.
• User interface: Some minor wording changes in the user interface.
• Installation process: Minor improvements in the installation process.

25 Aug 2005 - PaperCut 6.0-beta (Build 2772)

• Performance improvements: Improved the performance of importing users by over 50%.
• Active Directory user import: Fixed problem when importing users from an Active Directory org unit.
• Print provider crash: Fixed crash in print provider when running on some Windows 2003 servers.
• Domain member server authentication: Fixed problem doing user authentication when installed on domain member servers.
• User import feedback: Improved user feedback to show progress when importing users.
• Installation: Improve the support for ‘install over the top’ to upgrade from a previous release.

24 Aug 2005 - PaperCut 6.0-beta (Build 2767)

• Bugfixes: Includes non-critical bugfixes:
  • Problem saving group when ‘Schedule Period’ is set to ‘None’
  • Unable to perform bulk user operation to group member credit to $0.0

23 Aug 2005 - PaperCut 6.0-beta (Build 2764)

• First beta release: First beta of PaperCut is made available for public testing.