Xerox XCounter Page Accounting Support & Software User Guide
Mar 2001
XCOUNTER FOR NT USER REFERENCE MANUAL
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Deleting Paused Jobs
Paused print jobs can be deleted after a specified number of minutes. A value of zero
(0) disables this feature. This setting only applies to printers using XCounter port
monitors.
(0) disables this feature. This setting only applies to printers using XCounter port
monitors.
Numerical Format
The numerical format determines how costs and balances are displayed and
reported. This option works together with the printer media prices configuration to
allow either charging by the page or by currency.
reported. This option works together with the printer media prices configuration to
allow either charging by the page or by currency.
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Pages -One accounting unit = One page. Use this option to allocate printing
quotas in number of pages.
quotas in number of pages.
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Currency -Accounting is kept in terms of local currency. Use this to option to
allocate printing quotas in terms of currency.
allocate printing quotas in terms of currency.
The type and format of the local currency is determined from the local Windows
settings.
settings.
User Information
XCounter can be configured to obtain network user information dynamically from
either the Primary Domain Controller or any other server that contains the user
information. This information is used to associate network users with the XCounter
account/balance database. This database stores the users ID and account balances.
The options to obtain this information are as follows:
either the Primary Domain Controller or any other server that contains the user
information. This information is used to associate network users with the XCounter
account/balance database. This database stores the users ID and account balances.
The options to obtain this information are as follows:
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Domains -Select Primary Domain Controller.
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Workgroups -Select the NT Server where user accounts are located.
Data Server
The XCounter Data Server service manages all of XCounter’s printer accounting
data. This server stores the transaction log file, account balance and popup client
code databases. The XCounter Data Server can run on any NT/2000 workstation or
server, even if it is not an XCounter printer host.
data. This server stores the transaction log file, account balance and popup client
code databases. The XCounter Data Server can run on any NT/2000 workstation or
server, even if it is not an XCounter printer host.
When selected the Data Server option will display a list of domains from which a data
server may be selected.
server may be selected.
Each XCounter printer host has a Data Server configuration option that can be
pointed to a particular data server - this allows all of the printing data to be kept in one
central location for easy access.
pointed to a particular data server - this allows all of the printing data to be kept in one
central location for easy access.