Pcounter for Netware Installation Guide

1. Pcounter for Netware Installation Guide

2. Contents: Pcounter Requirements................................................. Pcounter for NDPS/IPrint Installation............................. Pcounter Additional Information..................................... Pcounter for Queue Based Printing............................... Suppported features......................... Evaluation/Support Information......................................

3. Pcounter Requirements Software requirements for PCOUNTER.NLM (NDS queues) • NetWare 4.10 or above Software requirements for PCOUNTDP.NLM (NDPS) • NetWare 5.x or later with NDPS installed • Support Pack 6 or later required with NetWare 5.0, or Support Pack 2 or later required with NetWare 5.1. Software requirements for Win32 utilities • Windows 9x, 2000, or later • Novell Client for Windows

4. Pcounter NDPS/IPrint Installation Pcounter is downloaded from our website. Once the files are extracted run the setup.exe on a windows PC. (The Novell Client for Windows is required). Follow the Install wizard (Please see next screen)

5. Pcounter NDPS/IPrint Installation

6. The Pcounter client applications will now be installed on this PC. The main “backend” application is Pcontrol. This application will allow you to configure Pcounter on all your print servers. Open Pcontrol to continue the installation

7. Browse and highlight the NDPS Manager. Then click on the “Pcounter” button in the tool bar. This will open the main configuration settings for Pcounter

8. Global Settings: Set the log location for Pcounter. then Select “Grant attribute rights” (Please see next page for more details).

9. Browse to the highest context and click Select. Click the Grant button. This process will give the NDPS Manager the following rights:

10. Global Settings: Click on “Install server files” This will copy all the required files to \\SYS\SYSTEM on the server which is hosting the NDPS Manager.

11. Global Settings: Click on “Default Printer configuration profile“ This will allow you to set a default configuration for all Printers

12. For basic logging: Set the “Accounting” to ‘Log file only’ NOTE: Other “Accounting” options are available but printing could be effected if quota\balances have not been assigned. Default Printer Settings:

13. For basic logging: “Set all prices” for all page sizes NOTE: If a page size is NOT ticked Pcounter will stop that size from being printed. e.g. If letter is not ticked and the printer driver is defaulted to letter this will stop users from printing. To enable/disable colour detection select this option.

14. Select the “Printer Agents” option Highlight the printer you want Pcounter to monitor Click the “Add accounting” button

15. Click the “Startup” button This will start the accounting on the Printer Agent The “accounting status” should now be ‘Active’ It also shows you which version of Pcounter you are running

16. Additionally a console screen is loaded on the server. From here you can check the version, maintenance and which agents are loaded

17. Pcounter Additional Information Non-secure IPrint Options Pcounter has multiple options to automatically search the Tree to validate users

18. Pcounter for Queue Based Printing Pcounter also supports traditional Queue Based printing This type of printing requires additional configuration For a complete guide for setting up Queue Based Printing please contact us: T: 0113 273 0300 E: support@altman.co.uk

19. Check Eval / Registration of Pcounter Select the “Registration and trial period”

20. SUPPORTED FEATURES (1/4) Counts pages printed on any PostScript or PCL printer, from all major manufacturers such as HP, Xerox, Lexmark, Canon, and more. Also included are Ricoh RPCS, Canon BubbleJet, ImageRunner, HPGL, Epson (ESC/P, ESC/P2, ESC/PAGE) printers.  This covers most lasers, inkjets, and multi-function devices on the market today.   Support for TIFF printing is included, and Pcounter also tracks plot size on HPGL/2 and PostScript plotters. Enforces printing account balances/quotas for users. Stores the balance(s) for quotas in the NDS/eDirectory. Users can check their balances via web browser or using WBalance, a small Windows utility that runs in the system tray. Keeps a log file of all print activity - for printers hosted on multiple servers the log can be kept in one central location for easy access.  The log file includes user name, document name, printer/queue name, date, time, client station, client code, subcode, paper size, features, byte size, page count, cost, and account balance.

21. SUPPORTED FEATURES (2/4) Windows users may have a popup window for billing print jobs to clients/job numbers. The cost for each page is determined by the paper size used in the print job, allowing variable costs for printers that support multiple paper sizes.   Print jobs requesting an invalid paper size can be discarded.  Roll plotters can be accounted for based on image size. Can generate various printing usage reports and print histories of users, printers, and client codes.  Reports and histories can be saved as HTML, CSV, or formatted text, can be directly launched into Excel or web browsers, and can be sent by email. Rules-based printing for load balancing based on maximum and minimum byte sizes and/or page counts - print jobs can be deleted, moved to the end of the queue, or moved to another print queue.

22. SUPPORTED FEATURES (3/4) All print jobs can be automatically held/paused, and global (print job configuration) settings for queues can be automatically enforced.  Each server has a default template that can be used globally for all print queues on that server. A Plot Manager handles batch submission of printer-ready files to printers and plotters, including support for client billing codes and scheduling. Reject incorrect print job types such as Postscript on PCL printers. Network broadcast messages can be customised and sent at any time to keep users informed. Customisable banner pages can be used which contain all information about the print job, including the page count and account balance.

23. SUPPORTED FEATURES (4/4) • Administration can be done from any Windows workstation or server on the network, including printer/queue set-up, configuration, properties, permissions, and print job management. • The Pcounter workstation tools (popup and account balance information) are internationalised in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Finnish, Dutch, Czech, Swedish, Danish, Polish, and Norwegian. • Pcounter can be used to enforce global print job configurations on queues, which can enable or disable banner, form feed, and notify settings without needing to worry about workstation settings. • Pcounter can automatically assign print job ownership from other platforms (such as Mac and Unix) by searching the NDS tree or bindery, or delete the job if an owner cannot be found. • Pcounter supports iPrint and NDPS clustering. • All trademarks contained in this document are the properties of their respective owners.

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