Xerox XCounter Page Accounting Support & Software User Guide
XCOUNTER FOR NT USER REFERENCE MANUAL
Mar 2001
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Product Description
Overview
XCounter is an enterprise printer Accounting/Queue management software package
that controls and monitors printing resources over most wide and local area networks.
This software offers two distinct features. First, XCounter provides comprehensive
accounting. The accounting functionality is down to the user level, allowing
organizations to track and manage printer usage. The flexible reporting, allows
reports to be customized to meet specific business needs. For even further report
customization, XCounter utilizes industry standard comma delimited files for quick
and easy importing into a number of report writers. XCounter includes the following
three types of page accounting:
that controls and monitors printing resources over most wide and local area networks.
This software offers two distinct features. First, XCounter provides comprehensive
accounting. The accounting functionality is down to the user level, allowing
organizations to track and manage printer usage. The flexible reporting, allows
reports to be customized to meet specific business needs. For even further report
customization, XCounter utilizes industry standard comma delimited files for quick
and easy importing into a number of report writers. XCounter includes the following
three types of page accounting:
Standard Page Accounting-
Tracks print job statistics transparent to user.
Charge-Back Page Accounting-
Tracks print job statistics as well as charge-
back information input by the user.
Debit/Credit Page Accounting-
Tracks print job statistics as well as controls
printing usage based on the user account
balance. The cost of each printed page is
deducted from the user account balance.
The second key feature offered by XCounter is queue management. System
administrators can easily re-prioritize job queues, delete print jobs, copy print jobs or
redirect print jobs to other queues via a simple drag and drop function. Print queues
may be configured with a set of job rules. These rules allow the print jobs to be
deleted, re-prioritized or automatically redirected based on the byte size or page size
of the print job. Notification of print job deletion or redirection is then sent to the client
via network broadcast or email.
administrators can easily re-prioritize job queues, delete print jobs, copy print jobs or
redirect print jobs to other queues via a simple drag and drop function. Print queues
may be configured with a set of job rules. These rules allow the print jobs to be
deleted, re-prioritized or automatically redirected based on the byte size or page size
of the print job. Notification of print job deletion or redirection is then sent to the client
via network broadcast or email.
XCounter runs as services and port monitors on Windows NT. It is a unique product in
that it offers seamless printer page accounting, print job statistics and queue
management in a heterogeneous network environment with network printers from any
printer manufacturer.
that it offers seamless printer page accounting, print job statistics and queue
management in a heterogeneous network environment with network printers from any
printer manufacturer.
XCounter for NT runs on NT 3.51, NT 4.0 or Win2000 platforms. Because it is a
server based software application, it will seamlessly fit into a network requiring no
additional dedicated hardware.
server based software application, it will seamlessly fit into a network requiring no
additional dedicated hardware.