Netop PrintLimit Pro

Features

Control printing

• Deny duplicate print jobs
• Restrict print jobs by document name/type and set limitations on printers to deny expensive print jobs
• Limit access to colour printers
• Set print quotas for users
• User friendly tools help manage print accounts
• Access numerous reports from any Web browser - review print jobs, budgets, user statistics and customise reports

Charge for printing

• Configure the cost of printing based on paper size, colour mode or number of pages
• Set up user groups so that users can charge printing to a specific budget or their own account
• Protect users budgets with individual PIN numbers or network security groups
• Users can have their account status displayed at login or when printing and be warned when budget is low with an optional client available for Windows, Mac and Linux
• Users can access a Web interface where they can track their own use, transfer funds to other users and view their environmental impact
• Easily change balances and configure groups from any Web browser
• Support for Print Cards - provide a set of cards with unique IDs and a budget that users can purchase. They enter their ID on the Web based system and the value gets credited to their account.

IT control

• Log, limit and report on all print jobs on the system or on a per-user basis
• Automatically email reports to IT administrators
• Scalable solution can support up to 40,000 users
• Reduce printing load by preventing printing of inappropriate file types
• Track printing activity by user, printer or document metadata
• Does not rely on printer hardware - supports all major printers
• Multiplatform support - runs on print servers on a mix of Linux/Windows and supports the user client on Windows, Mac and Linux
• Native integration with Active Directory with SSO (Single Sign-On) support

Benefits

• Reduce the amount of printing in your school or business, saving on paper, toner, money and conserving resources
• Comprehensive reports helps identify users who print the most
• Monitor printing usage with automatic emails of printing reports
• Easy to use system with complete Web access meaning it can be used anywhere
• Fits in to your existing system - no need to buy expensive new printers or set up another directory service for users
• Encourages responsible use of printing facilities

System Req.

Primary Server

• Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista
• Linux - Red Hat, SuSE, Debian and most others (Note: SELinux needs to be disabled)
• Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 SP1
• Mac OSX 10.4/10.5
• 384MB RAM minimum
• 500Mhz or higher processor
• 150MB for installation + more for logs
• Printers that support Postscript, PCL (any version), PCL-GUI, HPGL, PCLXL, ESC/P2, ESC/PAGE, Ricoh RPCS and others. Many other printers are supported on Windows and networked printers are recommended. On a non-Windows system, the CUPS or Samba print systems are required.
• Active Directory/ Windows NT or LDAP

Workstation Client

• Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, 2003, XP or Vista
• Linux - Most modern distributions (requires Java 5.0)
• Apple Mac OS x 10.4 (requires Java 5.0)
• Other systems supporting Java 5.0
• 128MB RAM
• 300Mhz or greater processor
• 70MB for local installation or 0 MB's for zero install deployment (recommended)

Secondary Server (optional)

• Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista
• Linux - Red Hat, SuSE, Debian and most others (Note: SELinux needs to be disabled)
• Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 SP1
• Mac OSX 10.4/10.5
• 128MB RAM minimum
• 300Mhz or higher processor
• 5MB for installation
• Printers that support Postscript, PCL (any version), PCL-GUI, HPGL, PCLXL, ESC/P2, ESC/PAGE, Ricoh RPCS and others. Many other printers are supported on Windows and networked printers are recommended. On a non-Windows system, the CUPS or Samba print systems are required.
• Active Directory/ Windows NT or LDAP

Print Release Station (optional)

• Windows 2008, 2003, Vista, XP, 2000, NT 4.0
• Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5
• Most modern Linux distributions
• 128 MB RAM or greater
• 300 MHz or higher
• 70MB for local installation or 0 MB's for zero install deployment (recommended)

Please Note: Windows XP, Windows 2000 Professional and Windows NT Workstation only allow 10 simultaneous connections. Therefore these operating systems can only be used for print servers when less than 10 users are connecting at one time.