Xerox XCounter Page Accounting Support & Software User Guide

XCOUNTER FOR NT USER REFERENCE MANUAL 

Mar 2001 

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XCounter for Windows NT incorporates the following services, application programs 
and utilities: 

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An NT service running on the printer host that monitors print jobs. 

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This NT service can run on any NT Workstation or NT Server. It manages the entire 
database and log file data, collected from XCounter controlled printers. 

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XCounter uses the following port monitors: 
XCounter parallel port monitor 
XCounter AppSocket port monitor 
XCounter LPR port monitor 
XCounter Other Port monitor 

These port monitors are custom DLLs that are loaded onto the printer host. They are 
attached to the NT print spooler and the XCounter Printer Control Service to keep 
track of printing. 

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(Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000) 

Printer/queue management and XCounter configuration program. 

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(Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000) 

A comprehensive account balance management program that also creates statistical 
reports of printer activity. 

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(Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000) 

A print job submission utility with time scheduling and XPopup support. 

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A command-line account balance management utility. 

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A command-line utility for the importation of client code information. 

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Utility for users to check their own account balances. 

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(Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000) 

A utility which pops up a window after each print job, allowing users to enter additional 
information for the logging of the job, such as client matter numbers, job codes, or 
shared login accounting.