PaperCut MF version 24 contains significant changes including internet connection requirements and licensing implications for all customers upgrading to version 24.

Please review Important points to know about PaperCut NG/MF version 24 before upgrading.

Enhancements:

• Added a new table in the About > Registration page showing a list of active Application Servers using the same CRN. A ‘deactivate’ option allows admins to deactivate the Application Server remotely. This will release entitlements from the server and make them available for other active servers to claim. See Releasing all entitlements from an Application Server for more info. [PO-2508]
• Introduced a new config key to control how SFPs consume MFD entitlements. The default behavior allows for SFPs to automatically claim any available MFD entitlements. To stop SFPs from automatically claiming available MFD entitlements, set the config key ‘subscriptions.sfp-entitlement-consumption.enabled’ = N. See SFPs and claiming entitlements for more info. [PO-2407]
• Added a device brand breakdown table in the About > Registration page which will allow for better insight into which device brands are being used and licensed on the server. Note: After upgrading to 24.0.4, the license file will need to be uploaded again in order to display the license counts in the Brand breakdown table. See the screenshot on Managing entitlements for an example. [PO-2448]
• Added Admin Rights to control access to the Enable Printing section, including Print Deploy, Mobility Print and Universal Print. Note, the “View connected clients and assign print queues” right is for a new Print Deploy feature that will be released in PaperCut MF version 24.1. [PD-2006]

Fixes:

• License install improvements - various fixes relating to license installation and improved issue identification.

  • Detailed error messages in the Admin UI that describe various license issue scenarios where the CRN is invalid and internal system errors. [PO-2496, PO-2498]

• Fixed an issue that was causing a page error to occur when pay stations were created. [PO-2548]

• Fixed an issue that was incorrectly causing MF admin UI page access to be restricted when the number of devices used exceeded the allowable entitlement count. [PO-2578]

• Fixed an issue that was erroneously reporting 0.0 MB free space available in the header of the PaperCut NG/MF Application Server log files. [PO-2095]

• Fixed an issue for perpetual license customers, that was causing generic PaperCut support information to be displayed in the Help page, instead of the accredited reseller / partner contact details. A similar fix for subscription customers will be in a future maintenance release. [PO-2602]

• Fixed an issue in the CSV version of the shared account security access report where only sub shared account pin codes were shown. Please note: A new column has been added called ‘shared-account-parent-code’ and the ‘code’ column has been renamed ‘shared-account-sub-code’. [PO-1793]

• HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP 4303 devices: Fixed an issue that prevented the serial number and toner information from being read from HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP 4303 devices. [PIE-782]

   

Print Provider:

• PDL transforms for Epson: Input tray and staple settings enabled for print jobs using the PaperCut Global PostScript printer driver are now properly handled by Epson devices. Thank you to Epson for implementing the PDL transform script. [PIE-770]

Copier / Device Integration:

• Canon MEAP Gen3+, Fujifilm, Fuji Xerox, HP OXP, Sharp OSA HTML n2.0, Toshiba, Xerox:
  • Updated card self association message to “Unknown card. To associate this card with your account, enter your username and password, then press Log in.” to improve the user experience. [CDSS-4335]
  • Updated the behavior of the config key ’ext-device.allow-new-pin-for-id-num=N’ (is disabled ) by removing the text “Leave this blank to set a new PIN” on the device login screen. [CDSS-4441]
• Kyocera v3.3.1*: Added Advanced Fax and multi-recipients support to the Kyocera embedded. [CDSS-4356]
• Lexmark (eSF), OKI (eSF), Toshiba (eSF), Dell (eSF), Xerox (eSF) and Fujifilm BI (eSF) v3.1.13 * :
  • Introduced a new config key ‘disabled-basic-actions’ which allows users to opt-out of accessing basic device functions which are enabled by default for Lexmark, Fujifilm eSF, Sharp eSF, Toshiba eSF, Xerox eSF. [CDSS-4186]
  • Added support for Xerox MFD eSF devices. Previously we have only supported Xerox SFP (print-only) eSF devices. New binary v3.1.13 is not required for this feature. [CDSS-4427]
• Ricoh SmartSDK v3.3.1: Fixed an issue that caused the advanced scan to fax phone book to not work on newer versions of the Ricoh embedded. [CDSS-4374]
• Sharp OSA 3.0+:
  • Fixed the occasional failure of the first attempt to log in to Sharp devices. [CDSS-4042]
  • Added the ability to use Sharp OSA devices behind a proxy or network load balancer. [CDSS-4060]
• Toshiba V3+: Fixed the memory issue with debug logging in some Toshiba devices by allowing the admin to enable the debug logging explicitly using the newly added config key ’ext-device.toshiba.enable-soap-debug-log=Y’ per device. [CDSS-4347]

Security:

• Upgraded GhostTrap (1.4.10.03.1) with an updated version of Ghostscript (10.03.1). For more information, see Ghost Script Vulnerabilities . [PO-2204]

Universal Print:

• Updated the Universal Print connector to version 2024-08-09-2032 .

Other notes:

• Devices marked with * require installing an updated version of the embedded software to access new features and fixes.