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Appendix D:Command-line utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Appendix E:The Pass-through monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Appendix F:Accounting models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
F.3
Declining balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443
F.4
Quota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444
F.5
Invoiced service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445
F.6
External or project billing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445
F.7
Department billing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446
F.8
Combination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447
F.9
Using departments for reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447
Appendix G:Named Pipe API . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
G.1
Named pipe name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .449
G.2
Format of the named pipe message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .449
G.2.1 Partitioning of the Request ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .450
G.2.2 Facility codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451
G.2.1 Partitioning of the Request ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .450
G.2.2 Facility codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451
G.3
Request IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451
G.3.1 Input byte position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451
G.3.2 Input masking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451
G.3.3 Output format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451
G.3.4 Request type descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .452
G.3.1 Input byte position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451
G.3.2 Input masking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451
G.3.3 Output format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451
G.3.4 Request type descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .452
G.4
Server response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .471
G.5
Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .471
Appendix H:Adding a PCL symbol set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Appendix I:Securing Deposit Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
I.6
Running Deposit Station as the shell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .477
I.7
Defining Policies with System Policy Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .478
Appendix J:Regular expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
Appendix K:Uninstall PAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
K.8
Uninstalling client components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .485
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K.8.1 Uninstalling the Client Tool files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .485
K.8.2 Removing Client Billing using InstallClientBilling.exe . . .485
K.8.3 Removing Client Billing using RemoteProvidersInstall.exe .
486
K.8.4 Removing the Macintosh Client files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .486
K.8.2 Removing Client Billing using InstallClientBilling.exe . . .485
K.8.3 Removing Client Billing using RemoteProvidersInstall.exe .
486
K.8.4 Removing the Macintosh Client files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .486
J.9
Uninstalling server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .487
J.9.1
J.9.1
Uninstalling accounting and print server components .487
J.9.2
Removing components from a web server. . . . . . . . . . . . .489
Appendix K:Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
Appendix L:License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
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List of Figures
Figure 1-1: A possible network setup—EE with two Print Monitor add-ons . 15
Figure 2-1: Software node: licenses and installed components . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Figure 2-2: The License assignments tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Figure 2-3: The Software versions tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Figure 2-4: Adding a new port that uses an SM print monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Figure 3-1: Configuring NTS services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Figure 3-2: Configuring the NTS controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Figure 4-1: The System Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Figure 5-1: A functional diagram of the PAS components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Figure 5-2: The System Manager tree view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Figure 5-3: Evaluating account properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Figure 5-4: Automating account creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Figure 5-5: Configuring database table options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Figure 5-6: Configuring PAS email service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Figure 5-7: Assigning special status to NT groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Figure 5-8: Selecting a notification method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Figure 5-9: Notifying users by a pop-up message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Figure 5-10: Configuring the printed notification page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
Figure 5-11: Sample messages from the Accounting Server service. . . . . . . . .155
Figure 5-12: Applying costs to printers on the All printers page. . . . . . . . . . . . .158
Figure 5-13: Assigning basic costs to printers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Figure 6-1: The Printer charging schedule page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Figure 6-2: The System Manager Printers page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Figure 6-3: Creating and applying printer charging schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Figure 6-4: Creating a new simple schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Figure 6-5: A sample impression schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
Figure 6-6: Creating a new impression schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
Figure 6-7: Creating a new area schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
Figure 6-8: Creating a new page charging rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Figure 6-9: Advanced impression schedule pricing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Figure 6-10: Configuring media size relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Figure 6-11: Creating a new peak schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Figure 7-1: The System Manager Printers list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
Figure 2-1: Software node: licenses and installed components . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Figure 2-2: The License assignments tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Figure 2-3: The Software versions tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Figure 2-4: Adding a new port that uses an SM print monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Figure 3-1: Configuring NTS services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Figure 3-2: Configuring the NTS controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Figure 4-1: The System Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Figure 5-1: A functional diagram of the PAS components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Figure 5-2: The System Manager tree view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Figure 5-3: Evaluating account properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Figure 5-4: Automating account creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Figure 5-5: Configuring database table options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Figure 5-6: Configuring PAS email service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Figure 5-7: Assigning special status to NT groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Figure 5-8: Selecting a notification method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Figure 5-9: Notifying users by a pop-up message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Figure 5-10: Configuring the printed notification page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
Figure 5-11: Sample messages from the Accounting Server service. . . . . . . . .155
Figure 5-12: Applying costs to printers on the All printers page. . . . . . . . . . . . .158
Figure 5-13: Assigning basic costs to printers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Figure 6-1: The Printer charging schedule page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Figure 6-2: The System Manager Printers page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Figure 6-3: Creating and applying printer charging schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Figure 6-4: Creating a new simple schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Figure 6-5: A sample impression schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
Figure 6-6: Creating a new impression schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
Figure 6-7: Creating a new area schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
Figure 6-8: Creating a new page charging rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Figure 6-9: Advanced impression schedule pricing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Figure 6-10: Configuring media size relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Figure 6-11: Creating a new peak schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Figure 7-1: The System Manager Printers list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
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Figure 7-2: Viewing a logical printer’s status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
Figure 7-3: Adding a printer registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
Figure 7-4: Assigning costs to a logical printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Figure 7-5: The physical devices list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Figure 7-6: Adding a physical device registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Figure 7-7: Adding a new physical device template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Figure 7-8: The Copiers list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Figure 7-9: Adding a copier registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Figure 8-1: Configuring communication for the print server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Figure 8-2: Configuring LPR access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Figure 8-3: The System Manager Printers list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Figure 8-4: Viewing a printer’s status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Figure 8-5: Adding a printer registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Figure 8-6: Configuring a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Figure 8-7: Selecting a page counting method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Figure 8-8: Overriding default LPR settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Figure 8-9: Controlling parallel port device access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
Figure 9-1: Configuring Client Billing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
Figure 9-2: Configuring Macintosh Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
Figure 9-3: Specifying Macintosh client IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241
Figure 10-1: Specifying Queue Module global settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
Figure 10-2: Adding a print rule set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250
Figure 10-3: Assigning print rules to a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
Figure 10-4: Release Station Settings window—View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254
Figure 10-5: Defining Release Station security preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
Figure 10-6: Configuring printers in the Release Station tree view . . . . . . . . . .260
Figure 11-1: Network configuration, incorporating NTS devices . . . . . . . . . . . .263
Figure 11-2: Configuring NTS Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265
Figure 11-3: Configuring the NTS Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270
Figure 11-4: The device status node. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272
Figure 11-5: Adding a copier registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274
Figure 11-6: Adding a printer release group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
Figure 11-7: Pull group organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278
Figure 7-3: Adding a printer registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
Figure 7-4: Assigning costs to a logical printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Figure 7-5: The physical devices list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Figure 7-6: Adding a physical device registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Figure 7-7: Adding a new physical device template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Figure 7-8: The Copiers list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Figure 7-9: Adding a copier registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Figure 8-1: Configuring communication for the print server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Figure 8-2: Configuring LPR access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Figure 8-3: The System Manager Printers list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Figure 8-4: Viewing a printer’s status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Figure 8-5: Adding a printer registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Figure 8-6: Configuring a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Figure 8-7: Selecting a page counting method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Figure 8-8: Overriding default LPR settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Figure 8-9: Controlling parallel port device access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
Figure 9-1: Configuring Client Billing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
Figure 9-2: Configuring Macintosh Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
Figure 9-3: Specifying Macintosh client IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241
Figure 10-1: Specifying Queue Module global settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
Figure 10-2: Adding a print rule set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250
Figure 10-3: Assigning print rules to a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
Figure 10-4: Release Station Settings window—View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254
Figure 10-5: Defining Release Station security preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
Figure 10-6: Configuring printers in the Release Station tree view . . . . . . . . . .260
Figure 11-1: Network configuration, incorporating NTS devices . . . . . . . . . . . .263
Figure 11-2: Configuring NTS Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265
Figure 11-3: Configuring the NTS Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270
Figure 11-4: The device status node. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272
Figure 11-5: Adding a copier registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274
Figure 11-6: Adding a printer release group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
Figure 11-7: Pull group organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278
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