PaperCut Application Comparison
What it does 
Print control ONLY/Payment Gateways.
Print and Internet Quota charging, tracking and monitoring application designed to promote the responsible use of IT resources. It's a premium cross-platform solution specifically designed to meet the needs of schools, universities and other organizations. Implementations range from silent monitoring, quota control to user-pays systems. PaperCut NG leads the way with innovative features
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What it does Copy-FAX-SCAN Control/ Secure Print Release/ MFD Tracking/ Cost Recovery/ Hardware to Recharge Accounts/ Payment
Gateways.
Extend the print, capture, billing and charge capabilities of PaperCut NG to a self-serve environment where users may add value to accounts using integrated hardware, enabling organizations of any size to manage all copying, faxing, scanning and printing produced across their entire multifunctional copier and printer fleets using a single
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PaperCut Features
High availability of print and copy resources, seamless failover during an outage, transparent reconnection once resolved.
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Additional information, logs and tools for users...
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Administer the system straight from your web browser anywhere on the network.
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Allow users to release jobs from mobile devices.
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Users may access their PaperCut Account Information via the Details.
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The right information at hand.
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Intuitive interfaces make PaperCut easy to administer and easy to use.
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Assign reasonable limits on user printing.
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User payments for additional usage including top-up cards, payment gateways and more.
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Automatically send them alerts via email.
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Documents follow users to their printer of choice.
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Increase efficiency and distribute wear and tear.
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Limit internet usage by time or data. May be used as well as or instead of print control.
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Charge printing to accounts that can be shared by multiple users.
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PaperCut runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, Novell and mixed environments.
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Administer the system straight from your web browser anywhere on the network.
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Enough options to suit and integrate into almost any environment.
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PaperCut supports the most common databases out of the box, including Microsoft SQL Server/Express, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and others on request.
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Allows users to transfer funds from an external source into their personal PaperCut account.
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Manage wireless and unauthenticated printing from user-owned devices.
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Define your own features with advanced printer scripts.
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When purchasing a piece of software it's important to see that it's alive.
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IDfast Release works with any network printer (HID only). At the printers, users batch their ID…
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Tracking, charging or billing of "off the glass" copies.
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The PaperCut Payment Gateway Module is an additional component providing services
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PaperCut can manage guests (community users) separately from domain users...
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Validating page counts using hardware checks (SNMP signals)…
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PaperCut's iPad Printing enables printing to all your PaperCut managed printers across
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Ensure that users are present when their document prints.
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Show users their balance, send notifications, confirm printing or charge to shared accounts.
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Supported Platforms
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PaperCut NG |
PaperCut MF |
| Supports printers control (network or local printer) |
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| Supports all major operating systems |
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| Unlimited printers at no extra charge |
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| Supports printing control to networked MFDs |
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| Track and control off-glass usage (copy, fax, scan). |
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| Can use ID cards on MFDs for authentication |
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| Supports fast release with ID card (i.e. HID, Swipe) |
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| Supports secure print release and find-me/pull printing |
PRS only
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| Support for 3rd party payment hardware (e.g. kiosk and pay-stations) |
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| License cost by number of users |
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| License cost by device running embedded software |
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| Self-download an trial (40-days) |
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| Support for online payment gateways |
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| Mobile print release from wireless phones or tablets |
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| Software technical support required |
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| New software versions included (w/support packages) |
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