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PaperCut MF 11.4 (Build 14579)
Posted on 05 August 2011 10:21 AM

New features:

  • Delegated print release. Administrators may grant users the right to release other users' print jobs. A common use for this is to allow personal assistant to release jobs printed by their manager.
  • Added a "Deleted user list" report, showing recently deleted users.
  • New payment integration (payment gateway module) for the Nelnet and NuVision payment services.

Enhancements:

  • Cost adjustments (a feature to add or change costs at the time of printing) can now be specified per-copy, in addition to the existing per-job, per-page and percentage options. This is useful for charges like binding, which is naturally a per-copy charge.
  • Added an audit message when an admin edits a job log.
  • Mac/Linux: Improved print popup speed for when printing very large jobs.
  • In the refund request form the "reason" field can now be marked as mandatory.
  • Improved performance of the refund request system on large sites (with millions of tracked print jobs).
  • Improved detection of virtual print queue misconfiguration. Messages are now displayed guiding administrators to the problem source.
  • Improved logging of database connections errors to help pinpoint the cause of database connection problems.
  • Hardware page count validation has been improved for better reporting of printer error statuses.
  • Improved detection of potential misconfiguration when setting up printer page count hardware checks.
  • Increase resilience against AD domain outages by detecting and avoiding syncing group memberships while a domain is down.
  • Improvements to the Windows active-active printer cluster documentation (changes to minimize the chance of losing print job state on cluster failover).

Security:

  • Fixed potential information disclosure that may have allowed a malicious user to bypass security and view the print logs of other users. This issue was detected as part of a system audit conducted by a 3rd party security company.

Fixes:

  • The printer filter on ad hoc reports now includes devices.
  • Users' last activity date is now updated after completing a copy job.
  • Fixed issue with the printer filter option "Only apply filters to restricted users", which was applying when unrestricted users charged to a restricted shared account.
  • Fixed issue accessing the user web interface from an iPhone.
  • Adjusting user balances now only requires the admin right "perform adjustments & charges" and not "change user settings" as well.
  • When performing a secondary print server installation on a Windows system with UAC enabled, the config file is now opened with correct administrator privileges after the installation so that the file can be saved.
  • Improved reliability of Find-Me Printing under situations where the print provider service is restarted unexpectedly.
  • Fixed connectivity issues with the client tool on Mac OS 10.6.8 systems with unusual IPv6 address formats.
  • Fixed sorting in the "Shared Account List" report on some databases.
  • Fixed some problems with the included example "Web Print" printer maps images.
  • Suppress CUPS-specific warning message when installing on Novell with iPrint.
  • Fixed a rare error that could be triggered by the Windows print provider during system shutdown.
  • Fixed problems syncing against Active Directory OUs with certain Chinese characters in the name.
  • Fixed display of PDF reports in Greek.

Printer compatibility improvements:

  • All-round improvements to page-level color detection for PostScript drivers.
  • Improved detection for Ricoh GDI print jobs.
  • Added support for the Brother MFC-J6710 and related printers.
  • Improved page counting for PCL6 documents printed in booklet mode.
  • Improved color detection for HP devices using various JetReady formats.
  • Fixed a copy count detection problem that may have occurred when printing from Excel on an HP K550.
  • Improved page size detection for "A3WIDE" on Ricoh Aficio 20xx PLC6 printer drivers.

Copier / Device Integration:

  • CopiCode-IP: Update the CopiCode firmware to version 1.3.5. This includes the following changes:
    • Enhancements to the disbursement features.
    • Added support for the CA400 coin unit.
    • Allow configuration of the "Balance" label for the coin unit.
    • Added support for usernames longer up to 32 characters (previously 16 characters was the maximum).
  • Konica Minolta Onboard/Embedded (OpenAPI):
    • Added support for Konica Minolta Bizhub C35 devices.
    • Worked around issue in some firmware versions that did not notify the server when a user logs out.
    • Display paper size and color/grayscale on the print release job details page.
    • Added a compatibility option to ensure that PaperCut remains compatible with 3rd party scanning applications.
  • Sharp Onboard/Embedded (OSA):
    • Allow line breaks in custom messages (i.e. welcome message, login message).
    • Resolved an issue that may have allowed restricted users to overrun their account.
  • Toshiba Onboard/Embedded (e-BRIDGE Open Platform):
    • When users have a negative balance this is now displayed on login (rather than $0.00).
    • Improved the reliability of the login process on devices with older firmware versions.
    • Added support for tracking Toshiba iFax (i.e. fax by email).
    • Fixed problems recording the number of scanned pages on some firmware versions of eBX series devices.
    • Simplify configuration of eBX series devices by including pre-built Role Based Access Control (RBAC) XML files.
  • VCC Controller/terminal:
    • Added shared account searching.
    • Added card self-association.
    • Added username/password login for the VCC classic terminal.
    • The "release" option is now hidden if the option "Automatically release user's jobs upon login" is enabled.
    • Improved support for VCC terminals with Linux server clusters (ability to specify a bound IP address).
  • Xerox Onboard/Embedded (Xerox Secure Access): Visual improments (increased space between labels and values).