Xerox XCounter Page Accounting Support & Software User Guide
XCOUNTER FOR NT USER REFERENCE MANUAL
Mar 2001
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Services and Port Monitors
Overview
There are 3 major components of the XCounter for NT accounting system:
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XCounter Printer Control service
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XCounter port monitors
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XCounter Data Server service
The XCounter Printer Control service and XCounter port monitors work together to
manage printers and must be used at the same time on Windows NT printer hosts.
The XCounter Data Server service manages all XCounter printer accounting data
and can run on any Windows NT computer.
manage printers and must be used at the same time on Windows NT printer hosts.
The XCounter Data Server service manages all XCounter printer accounting data
and can run on any Windows NT computer.
These components allow XCounter the flexibility to easily scale to the size of the
network. For instance, if all printers are located on one NT printer host computer, all
the data may be kept on the same computer by running both services and installing
the port monitors. Likewise, in a distributed printing environment, the Printer Control
service may be used with port monitors on many NT printer hosts, while running a
centralized Data Server service on another Windows NT computer, or even one of the
NT printer hosts.
network. For instance, if all printers are located on one NT printer host computer, all
the data may be kept on the same computer by running both services and installing
the port monitors. Likewise, in a distributed printing environment, the Printer Control
service may be used with port monitors on many NT printer hosts, while running a
centralized Data Server service on another Windows NT computer, or even one of the
NT printer hosts.
Using XControl for Configuration
XCounter is designed so that all of the NT printing parameters can be configured
from any Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000 computer on the network. XControl can be
used to set XCounter configurations on printers and print servers, in addition to
managing print jobs.
from any Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000 computer on the network. XControl can be
used to set XCounter configurations on printers and print servers, in addition to
managing print jobs.
Note: Windows NT does not allow remote administration of printer ports, so the
installation of XControl on each NT printer host will be required in order to install and
configure ports.
installation of XControl on each NT printer host will be required in order to install and
configure ports.