Pcounter provides monitoring, accounting, reporting, cost-control and cost-recovery capability. All types of printed output are covered including directly-connected printers, network printers, and multifunction printers.
Monitor all print and copy activity for all network users – no user setup required
Accounting of page/cost by user, cost-centre, client, or device – supports all network devices, directly-connected printers, and multifunction printers
Eliminate accidental and unwanted output – stop duplicate print jobs, high page counts, and badly formatted output
Restrict or re-direct output based on cost, size, type of document, color or mono content
Runs on any Windows or Novell server and supports any Windows or non Windows PCs including MAC and Linux
Secure print release with pull-print capability
Charge-back to cost-centres, projects, or client codes
Quota management provides value based restrictions – ideal for educational environments
Automated charging systems – cash loaders and ePayments
Recommendations to rationalise and consolidate existing print and copy devices are generally good advice for most organizations. To be truly effective, the potential problems associated with such measures need to be understood and addressed. Pcounter does this in a number of ways.
Key Challenges
Unwanted output and waste – duplicated output, badly formatted pages, inappropriate use of color, too many pages, inappropriate use of some devices
Security and confidentiality of output
Flexibility of output – print when and where the user wants it
Centralised accounting, reporting and control points of output is a utopia that can seem impossible in traditional print and copy environments
Pcounter provides unique functionality for Xerox customers who use Xerox Auditron by integrating print monitoring with the Auditron device data for centralised reporting and control.
Save money with less waste of paper and consumables
Added security of document output
Increased productivity with the ability for users to print to the most appropriate device for each job
Minimise costs with more informed usage of device usage
Increase cost recovery and customer satisfaction by accurately charging documents to clients, departments, and cost centres
Why Choose Xerox?
Fully integrated solution for print and copy
Reporting and analysis of print and copy stats and detail
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