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As with other system components, the port monitors use the 
accounting server to obtain use of particular licenses. However, 
you also require a license for Printer Release Server (PRS), which 
does not include the accounting server. 

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Note: PRS 2.1 uses a different licensing scheme than PAS 2.5. PRS can 
use PAS 2.5 port monitors, however, if you install a PAS 2.5 accounting 
server, and assign proper licenses to the print servers

Given that you can distribute the individually-licensed PAS compo-
nents across several machines, it is possible that the licensing 
scheme could fail. 

For example, the accounting server could be unavailable when a 
remote component starts up and requests a license. The compo-
nent could conclude that it is not licensed, and function accord-
ingly; if the accounting server restarts later, the component would 
remain in the unlicensed state until restarted manually.

To reduce this risk, the individual components cache their assigned 
license codes locally and use the cached information if the 
accounting server is unavailable. Such cached licenses expire after 
a certain number of days.

System Manager and Accounts Manager are available in French, 
German, Italian, and Spanish. You can adjust your Windows 
regional settings in the Settings > Control Panel. See “Running the 
Administrative Tools in other languages” on page 60 for more 
details.

Be aware that adjusting regional settings not only changes the lan-
guage in which these applications run, but it also affects currency 
values and date/time display formats. These changes have an 
impact on any reports you generate, and on the displays in some 
application dialogs.

This chapter describes how to install and configure core Printer 
Accounting Server (PAS) components so that print jobs from 
network workstations can be tracked in the accounts database.

Subsequent chapters in this manual describe other configura-
tion options in detail. This chapter does not explain how to use 
the administrative and workstation tools.  

The installation of Printer Accounting Server (PAS) is divided 
into three general tasks:

1. preparation

2. services and components installation

3. configuration 

Once you have installed and configured Printer Accounting 
Server, you can complete the setup by adding printing 
accounts.

Using System Manager—an administrative tool for 
configuring services and system components

Configuring the Accounting Server service

Configuring other services—the Client Billing ser-
vice, Macintosh Services, NTS Services and the SDR 
add-on

9, 10, 11, 

Using Accounts Manager—an administrative tool 
for setting up and managing the accounts database

Using the workstation tools—the Client Tool, Web 
Tools, Macintosh Client, Print Provider, and Deposit 
Station

Chapter 1 gives a detailed overview of the core Printer Accounting 
Server components and other services that you can install with 
PAS. Summary component descriptions appear in table 2.1.

Table  2.1:   Core PAS components.

Because Printer Accounting Server has a distributed architecture, it 
is possible to install software components on a number of network 
systems. You are restricted only by your software license and the 
system requirements for the selected software component.

For information regarding license keycodes and serial numbers, 
see “Licenses and activation keycodes” on page 21.

Accounting Server

✓

Provides basic accounting/tracking service

SM print monitors

✓

Monitors printing and reports usage to Account-
ing Server

System Manager 

✓

For configuring and managing the PAS system 
behavior

Accounts Manager 

✓

For managing PAS printing accounts

Cashier

No

For updating balance information in user 
accounts

Client Tool

No

Enables end users to view their account balance, 
transfer funds and select an active billing code 

Web Tools

No

Enables end users to view their account balance, 
transfer funds and select an active billing code 
using a web browser