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Figure 1-1:  A possible network setup—EE with two Print Monitor add-ons

Printer Accounting Server is available in two editions, enabling you 
to select features and capabilities that fulfill the print-tracking 
needs of your organization.

* While NTS devices count as PAS add-ons, they do not require separate licens-

ing.

The Single-Server Edition provides a license for one server. Both 
Accounting Server and the Software Metrics print monitor must be 
installed on the same machine. The Single-Server Edition provides 
basic print tracking, without SDR features or the ability to incorpo-
rate add-on products.

The Enterprise Edition includes enhanced database support (SQL 
Server and Oracle), charging support for extended document prop-
erties, centralized charging schedules, and remote print monitor 
capability. The Enterprise Edition integrates with the desktop 
printer add-on, to provide tracking for up to 50 seats.

each licensed

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add-on services and components support

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local or remote print server support

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Upgrade note: PAS 2.5 no longer provides a Professional Edition, 
although earlier PE options are available as add-ons to the PAS 2.5 
Enterprise Edition. Deposit Station is now an unlicensed component of 
PAS, and no longer requires an activation keycode. NTS Services are 
included with the basic PAS EE license.

If you are running Enterprise Edition, you can also purchase sepa-
rate add-on licenses for the following software modules: 

• Client Billing Service (licensed per seat)
• Macintosh Services
• Secure Document Release (SDR)
• Release Station
• additional print servers

Add-on workstation licenses, in conjunction with active Client Bill-
ing services, enable additional workstations to display a pop-up 
dialog to collect billing information for each print job, prior to its 
release to the printer.

The add-ons are software modules that integrate with the core 
components of Printer Accounting Server. Each add-on is licensed 
separately. There are three categories of add-ons: services, print 
server add-ons, and workstation components.

The following add-on services consist of server and client software. 
Generally, the server components are installed on the same com-
puter as the Accounting Server service. Configure these compo-
nents using System Manager. 

• Client Billing and Macintosh Services
• Secure Document Release (SDR)
• NTS services

The following add-ons reside on a print server. Configure these 
components using System Manager.

• Windows Print Server
• NetWare Print Server
• UNIX Print Server

Install and configure the following add-on on a public network 
workstation:

• Release Station (works in conjunction with SDR)

The Client Billing service is a client/server software add-on provid-
ing print-time billing code selection functionality for Printer 
Accounting Server. Client Billing makes project resource manage-
ment simpler by prompting users to assign billing codes when they 
print their documents. The Client Billing service consists of a 
server component, installed on the accounting server, and client 
software, installed on each of the workstations.

Based on configuration settings in System Manager, Client Billing 
services can also provide desktop printer support, and pop-up bill-
ing support for selected UNIX, Windows NT, and NetWare printers.

In conjunction with Printer Accounting Server, Macintosh Services 
provide comprehensive printing management for mixed Windows-
Macintosh networks. Macintosh Services eliminates the need for 
third party software to ensure authenticated printing from Macin-
tosh workstations to the Windows server. Additionally, Macintosh 
Services enable you to assign printing costs to user accounts or 
billing codes at print time.

Because it uses a correlated time-stamped session table to control 
access to the printers, Macintosh Services must reside on the 
accounting server. The client component must reside on each of 
the Macintosh workstations.