Enhancements:

• Stapling: Find-Me environments that use the PaperCut Global Print Driver now support stapling for the following brands:
  • Ricohst
  • Konica Minolta
  • Xerox
  • Kyocera
  • Riso
  • Lexmark
  • Sharp
  • Toshiba
• QR codes: Added a new server command 'generate-printer-qr-code' to generate QR codes for printers, which will direct users to the Mobile Print Release page for each printer.
• Security: Rate limiting protection is now provided for all PaperCut NG/MF internal user and admin accounts.
• Added individual timestamps to the entries associated with Email to Print and Google Cloud Print print events in the print-provider.log.

Fixes:

• Google Cloud Directory: Fixed an issue that, in certain circumstances, caused an error when switching the user/group sync source from Mac Standard to Google Cloud Directory or Windows Standard to Google Cloud Directory.
• Google Cloud Print:
  • Fixed an issue where users' color selection was ignored when printing using the following drivers:
    • RISO ComColor FW5230 PS
    • RISO ComColor FW5230
    • FX ApeosPort-VI C5571 PCL 6
    • Kyocera TASKalfa 5052ci KX
  • For Windows, added a config file enabling SysAdmins to configure printing without having to update the Print Provider. For use only when directed by PaperCut Support.
• Page analysis and conversion:
  • Canon UFR II printer driver: Fixed an issue that caused grayscale conversions to not be applied when printing via Google Cloud Print.
  • Konica Minolta bizhub C554e Series PostScript printer driver: Fixed an issue that caused an incorrect color page count when printing both color and grayscale pages in booklet output mode.
  • Konica Minolta PostScript printer driver: Fixed an issue that occasionally caused an incorrect page count when multiple pages were printed on a single sheet of paper (n-up printing).
  • OKI PCL6 printer driver: Fixed an issue that caused an incorrect page count when multiple pages were printed on a single sheet of paper (n-up printing).
  • RISO PostScript printer driver:
    • Fixed an issue that caused an incorrect page count when multiple pages were printed on a single sheet of paper (n-up printing) on some RISO PostScript drivers.
    • Fixed an issue that caused an incorrect page count when printing in booklet output mode on some RISO PostScript drivers.
• Email to Print:
  • Fixed an issue that caused Email to Print jobs to not respect the print queue's default settings.
  • Fixed a rare issue that caused some print jobs to either print a "rangecheck" error page or not print a page at all.
• macOS/Linux (CUPS): The configure-cups command now displays a notification when printers are automatically being imported for monitoring (EnablePrinterAutoImport is set to "on"). The notification also asks if you want to switch to manually managing printer monitoring.
• Watermarking (PostScript, PCL5 and PCL6): Added multi-byte watermarking support for languages such as Japanese, Chinese, and Korean. The Unicode font 'Andale Mono WT' must be installed on the printer.
• Security:
  • Increased security around the upload of documents to the Application Server.
  • Updated the bundled Java SE Runtime Environment to version 8 update 191, to incorporate the latest security fixes from Oracle.
• EPSON PX-M5080F printer driver: Fixed an issue that caused non-printable duplicate jobs to appear in the release queue in mixed Mac and Windows environments.
• Fixed an issue that on rare occasions caused the Print Provider to restart when analyzing corrupted spool files.
• Fixed an issue that caused a long delay or, in some cases, incorrect behavior when loading the Admin web interface page without an internet connection.
• Fixed an issue in the User Client, where incorrect account names were displayed in the Preferred Accounts list.**
• Improved user authentication performance for LDAP user sources and G Suite Cloud Directory.
• Realex Realauth Redirect Payment Gateway: Fixed an issue that produced invalid errors in the Realex system.

Copier/Device Integration:

• HP (Chai) (version 1.15.0)*:
  • Updated translations in multiple languages are now available.
• HP (FutureSmart Legacy):
  • Fixed an issue where the ext-device.hp.restricted.multiple-txns config key's default setting (N) had no effect, preventing users from performing multiple transactions simultaneously on the device.
• HP (OSA):
  • Fixed an issue where temporarily disabling the device via the PaperCut MF Admin web interface (Device Details > Summary > Configuration > Enable/Disable) had no effect, allowing users to log in and access the device.
• HP (OXP Printer Only):
  • Improved swipe to login time by 50%.
• HP (OXP):
  • Improved swipe to login time by 50%.
  • Fixed an issue where using the device's web interface (Security > Access Control) to allow guest users to access the device's Fax, Copy, and Scan functions did not take effect.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause users with "." in their name to be prevented from doing more than one scan or copy job.
• Konica Minolta (OpenAPI):
  • Added a config key to customize the text of the "Device Functions" icon that appears on the PaperCut MF Home screen (ext-device.konica-minolta.browser.device-function-button.title).
  • Olivetti: Added support for PaperCut MF iOption.
• Kyocera (HyPAS) (version 2.3.2)*:
  • Integrated Scanning:
    • Added new config keys to control scan job settings:
      • ext-device.kyocera-mita.scan.use-file-default-settings
      • ext-device.kyocera-mita.scan.pdf.high-compression
      • ext-device.kyocera-mita.scan.pdf.searchable
    • Fixed an issue where selecting the DOCX output file type also selected PDF.
  • Added configuration keys to control the default device function when Integrated Scanning is enabled:
    • ext-device.kyocera-mita.scan.default-device-function.enabled
    • ext-device.kyocera-mita.scan.default-device-function.screen
  • Changed the behavior of the Reset hard key so that it works in the same way as the Clear hard key.
  • Fixed an issue where the configured locale override occasionally stopped working.
• Ricoh (SDK/J):
  • Ricoh Remote Operation Client 1.2.4: Updated the bundled RXOP library to version 3.7.0.
• Ricoh (SmartSDK)(version 2.2.4)*:
  • Fixed an issue where connecting or disconnecting a USB keyboard could cause the device to crash.
  • Fixed an intermittent issue when using swipe card authentication on a device in sleep mode that required two card swipes to successfully authenticate the user.
  • Ricoh Remote Operation Client 1.2.4: Updated the bundled RXOP library to version 3.7.0.
• Sharp (OSA):
  • Fixed an issue where temporarily disabling the device via the PaperCut MF Admin web interface (Device Details > Summary > Configuration > Enable/Disable) had no effect, allowing users to log in and access the device.
• Sindoh (OpenAPI):
  • Added a config key to customize the text of the "Device Functions" icon that appears on the PaperCut MF Home screen (ext-device.sindoh.browser.device-function-button.title).
• Toshiba (e-Bridge Open Platform V3+):
  • Fixed an issue when users selected an account and clicked the "Continue" button twice on the Options (Comment) screen that incorrectly caused an error message to be displayed.
• Toshiba (eConnect):
  • Fixed an issue where temporarily disabling the device via the PaperCut MF Admin web interface (Device Details > Summary > Configuration > Enable/Disable) had no effect, allowing users to log in and access the device.
• Xerox (EIP):
  • 1.5+: Added support for retrieving SNMP data via SNMP v3.
  • 1.5 DMP devices: Added a config key to change how PaperCut MF logs, tracks, and charges jobs when Shared Accounts are used (ext-device.xerox.dmp-device-charge-account-by-start-time).

Other Notes:

• This release includes a database upgrade.
• * Requires installing an updated version of the embedded software to access new features and fixes.
• ** Requires locally-installed User Clients to be updated.