What's New in Version 5.0?

General:

• Full logging of all transactions. Administrators can track all movements of credit by user, date, time, amount and who performed the transaction.
• Support for Top-Up Cards / Pre-Paid Cards. Includes wizard for creating new cards and a web interface for users to enter card numbers.
• Major overhaul of web administration module look and feel. (Now called "web tools")
• View transaction, internet history and print history logs under the web tools interface.
• Users can view their own transaction history via web interface.
• Users can transfer some of their credit to other users. Ideal for group projects.
• New admin scripts to automate tasks such as syncing user accounts with Active Directory. This allows these tasks to be scheduled overnight or any other defined intervals. (i.e. automated "TuneUp")
• Admin Console: Quick Find feature to conveniently locate users in the user list (Ctrl-F)
• Admin Console: Reverse ordering in user list.
• Installation improvements so less manual setup is required.
• BugFix: "Set" button next to Overdraft setting ensures setting is always saved.

Net Quota/Charging:

• Option for time based charging - charge or quota users based on the amount of time they spend using the Internet.
• Administrators can select most appropriate charging module - bandwidth or time.
• Added support for alternate proxy servers including Squid, WinGate and FreeProxy.
• Improved integration with Microsoft ISA Server 2000 and 2004.
• Log file parsing efficiency improvements. Up to 10x speed increase with some formats.
• Users can track their internet usage in near real-time using the PaperCut web tools interface.
• Improved setup process guides users through configuring PaperCut and the proxy server.
• Admin Console: option to reset "net use" counter via the group level functions. (e.g. reset the net use counter to zero for users in the "management" group.)

Print Quota/Charging:

• Print jobs log as "transactions" in audit log.
• Users can track their printing use in real-time using PaperCut "web tools" interface.
• Incorrectly installed printers are automatically detected and reported as a problem in the Application Event log.
• Support for latest printer hardware.
• BugFix: Fixed incorrect page detection with recent Xerox drivers.
• BugFix: Grayscale discount now saves correctly with all setting combinations.

ChargeBack Edition (Released 06-Oct-2004):

• Application renamed from "PaperCut Enterprise" to "PaperCut ChargeBack".
• An "assign account to all jobs in queue" setting on the PopUp client. This provides a convenient way to print and allocate batched print jobs.
• New "charge rate" option. Users can use this to assign discounts or premiums to selected print jobs and have this reflected on the invoices.
• Improved web tools interface.
• The print job log now records additional details such as comments, charge rates and adjusted cost.
• BugFix: The refresh button now re-loads the sub-account information.
• BugFix: The "machine name" field now correctly logs in the print job log.