A fl exible, scalable, server-based document
management and accounting solution
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Pcounter
Overview
Much office cost and waste results from inappro-
priate or extravagant use of printing assets and
consumables. This can be through redundant
printing or not printing on the most cost-effective
printer. Pcounter makes users aware of these
costs. It logs print job details to provide a solid
audit trail, it provides real-time enforcement of
checks that help limit waste and abuse, and
makes it possible to recover print costs by billing or
prepaying. But not least, the information from
Pcounter goes beyond getting the most out of the
available printing assets. By helping you evaluate
printer use, it helps you rationalise and reconfigure
your printing infrastructure for greater efficiency.
Benefit
• Accountability of who printed which job on which
printer, when and at what cost
• Accurate assessment of printer use
• Cost savings by eliminating waste and misuse
• Control costs by monitoring and enforcing print
policies, or allocating print quotas
• Recover costs through billing or prepaid printing
• Print sensitive information securely
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Feature
• Supported on all Microsoft Windows / Active
Directory, Novell Netware and NDPS servers
• Works with Samba on Linux and Unix
• Supports accounting of print jobs from any net-
work workstation including MAC and Unix clients
• Pcounter Web Client enables communication
support for MACs and other non-Windows
clients
Usage Area
• Public sector and general office, to control costs
and maximise return on printing investments
• Education and libraries, or anywhere needing to
charge for and control access to printing
• Architects, consultants, the legal professions,
or anybody needing to bill clients for printouts
Supported Environment
• Supported products :
All Samsung network printers/MFPs
• Applicable regions : Europe
User
Printer server
running
Pcounter
Balance
check
Released
print job
Logging
database
Rules
Rejected
jobs
User account
information
MFP/printer
Pcounter
device
With Pcounter you can set up a client billing
system for print output
Release print jobs
securely using a
keypad terminal
• Supports for cluster and LDAP
• Supports accounting for any PCL and Postscript
printer
• No user set-up required – auto detects user’s
login
• Supports users that do not have network ID
• Runs without adding any significant processing
or resources overhead
Delivery Type
3rd Party Product (Cost Option)
Work Flow Diagram
