Prevent users from bypassing PaperCut

Prevent users from bypassing PaperCut

A common query we receive is what measures can be taken to prevent users from bypassing PaperCut NG and PaperCut MF. In such situations, users allow themselves to print for free by connecting to printers directly from their workstation or laptop. These are a few different measures you can take to prevent this from happening. Whitelist only the Print Server IP address Most modern print devices will allow an administrator to block or allow a certain range of IP addresses under the web interface, usually in the Security section. You should be able to “white-list” the Print Server IP address, authorizing printing to the

Linux printing via the Windows Print Server

Linux printing via the Windows Print Server

Introduction There are a number of ways to allow Linux clients the ability to print through your printer, however sometimes the best and most workable method is not clear. This article is designed to provide an overview of the options available when printing from Linux, via shared printers on a Windows Server.   What is CUPS? CUPS was originally an acronym for Common Unix Printing System, and over the years has officially become simply CUPS. It is natively a print spooling platform used for the Internet Printing Protocol on Linux and Unix systems. It also includes support for printing via Line

PaperCut MF for Fuji Xerox

Print management for Fuji Xerox Multifunction Printers (MFPs) Take full control and manage your printing, copying, scanning and faxing with PaperCut MF on Fuji Xerox printers and multifunction devices. Secure documents with Find-Me printing, user authentication and Integrated Scanning Provide users with simple BYOD printing from any device and operating system Supported by your Fuji Xerox Reseller and a worldwide network of experts Play it by your rules Need to reduce cost and waste in your business? No matter what your network size, it’s simple with print policies and rules-based printing to define what is printed, how it is printed and where it is printed. Report usage and costs

Google Cloud Print on Ubuntu

Google Cloud Print on Ubuntu

Google Cloud Print on Ubuntu 16.04, in 10 minutes! Thanks to CUPS and Google Cloud Print Connector, you can share your old printers using Google Cloud Print (GCP). Main benefits Print from any device or application (web, mobile, desktop) Print using any connection, any network Forget drivers Share all your printers with a user in a moment Let’s start! Print from anywhere (source) $ apt install google-cloud-print-connector The command above will install GCP-Connector and all required dependencies, included CUPS. CUPS The first thing you need to do is to add and configure your printer(s) in CUPS. The easiest way to

Working with network printers

QI have a network printer (printer with a network card). How do I set this up to work with PaperCut? We recommend network printers for use with PaperCut. This includes printers supporting Ethernet connection methods such as “JetDirect” and “Standard TCP/IP Ports”. Network printers offer more flexibility than direct-connect printers such as USB printers. For example, a network printer can quickly be moved to a new location without any need to reinstall the printer on a new system. Network printers should be first installed on the server (where the PaperCut server software is running) then shared to Workstations using standard Windows printer sharing. Workstations

PaperCut MF for Toshiba

PaperCut MF for Toshiba

PaperCut MF for Toshiba Perfectly integrated into Toshiba Multifunction Devices for cost recovery and control. Fully featured print management for Toshiba MFDs Take full control and manage your printing, copying, scanning and faxing with PaperCut MF on Toshiba printers and copiers. Secure documents with Find-Me printing, user authentication and Integrated Scanning Provide users with simple BYOD printing from any device and operating system Supported by your Toshiba Reseller and a worldwide network of experts Get started Application Tour Toshiba Stories Find my MFD Play it by your SysAdmin rules Need to reduce cost and waste in your business? No matter what your network size, it’s simple with print policies and rules-based printing to

Hold/release usage scenarios

This section describes various usage scenarios discussing why and how to use a hold/release queue. They provide a good starting point for your own implementations. Saving paper and toner Secure printing Pay per print Expensive printers (approved printing) Delegated Print Release Override/change account selection using Admin web interface Release Station Cancel jobs without accounts using Admin web interface Release Station Unauthenticated printing Saving paper and toner A large source of wasted paper in organizations are documents that were never collected from the printer. Some of these uncollected documents are caused by accidental printing, and others were just forgotten. But the

Handling unauthenticated (non-domain) laptops

Schools and colleges commonly allow students to use their personal laptops for printing to campus printers. They also want to allocate/charge printing from these unauthenticated users to the correct person. However, if the systems haven’t authenticated with the network, then user credentials are not provided with the print job (or worse, their personal laptop username is associated with the job). For example, on Windows networks, the jobs might list as guest. Mobility Print offers a solution for this problem by allowing users with unauthenticated laptops to print. For more details, see Mobility Print. Alternatively, PaperCut NG/MF also addresses this problem by providing alternate print authentication options.

Unauthenticated Printing

“Help! Papercut is tracking jobs under the wrong username! How do I get the user to authenticate when they print the job so that it always tracks properly?” Papercut NG/MF tracks print jobs by retrieving the username from the spool file of the print job which reflects the user that was logged in at the time of printing. But what happens when the user that is logged into the workstation does not match the actual user that is submitting the job? Papercut NG/MF addresses this issue in the form of Unauthenticated Printing (otherwise known as pop-up authentication). For more detail

Configure the User Client using the command-line

The User Client is used to display user balances, system notifications, and request information from the users. This is discussed in more detail in User Client. The User Client implements a number of command-line options that change its behavior. Command-line options NOTEThe command-line arguments listed below are usually used in the area/method used to start the client – a login script, shortcut, or the relevant registry key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\. User Client command-line options OPTION DESCRIPTION –silent The silent option tells the client not to report errors if it has problems connecting to the server. If the server is unavailable at time of startup (e.g.