The document discusses new features and improvements in Print Manager Plus version 9.0. Major updates include a redesigned interface, improved integration with Active Directory, new rules and restrictions for quotas and printing policies, and enhanced reporting and administration functions. The upgrade will provide more control and visibility over printing while helping to reduce costs.

1. Print
Manager
Plus
9.0
will
be
our
most
extensive
upgrade
so
far.
Massive
amounts
of
the
product
have
been
updated
and
upgraded
to
bring
you
the
latest
technology.
From
a
new
and
intuitive
interface
to
installation
ease
and
integration
with
Active
Directory
and
Rules
Based
Restrictions,
Administrative
functions
and
Reporting.
Below
you
will
find
some
of
the
new
features
and
improvements.
1
Print
Manager
Plus
version
9.0
will
be
licensed
by
device
as
a
Standard
and
Premium
Edition
and
which
include
Client
Billing,
WebAdvantage
Suite,
Reports
Center
functionality
all
in
one
product.
New
EUIT
and
Client
Billing
Module
will
be
released
as
well.
Summary
of
New
Features:
>
Upgraded
Application
Interface.
>
New
Rule
Sets
on
Quotas
&
Restrictions.
>
Set
Budgets
on
User
Groups
and
OUs.
>
Improved
Active
Directory
Integration.
>
Complete
Admin
Rights
on
Admin
Console
and
Reporting.
>
Live
Interface.
>
Many
new
Viewing
and
Sorting
interface
capabilities.
>
New
Installation
&
Licensing.
>
New
eUpdate
Features.
2
>
New
Services
Management
Tab.
>
New
Deep
Color
Tracking.
>
New
Web
based
Reporting.
>
Audit
Multifunctional
Printer
Walkup
Copies,
Scanning,
Faxing
and
Emailing.
(Currently
supports
certain
Sharp
MFPs)
>
New
Health
&
Alert
Checks
and
notification
via
Email.
>
New
End
User
Interaction
&
Client
Module.
>
New
Quota
Management
system.
>
New
End
User
Messaging
&
Interaction
via
Pop-­‐Up
and
Email.
>
Web
Printing
via
Browser
Upload,
iPad
App,
Chromebook,
Surface
or
Android
device.
>
New
End
User
Inquiry
Tool.
>
New
Client
Billing
Module.
>
Licensed
by
Device
with
Standard
and
Premium
Editions.
At-­‐A-­‐Glance
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>
Reduce
Printing
Costs.
>
Immediate
Product
ROI.
>
Data
Loss
Prevention.
>
Set
Printing
Restrictions
and
Quota
Rules.
>
Set
Printing
Security.
>
Print
Job
Verification
and
Authentication.
>
Over
130
Reports,
Charts
and
Statements
included.
>
Monitors
printing
from
any
Operating
System.
>
Monitors
any
Printer
Makes
and
Models.
>
Supports
Shared
and
Local
Printers.
>
Licensed
by
Device
in
a
Standard
or
Premium
Edition.
>
Web
and
Cloud
based
printing
options
and
Reporting.
>
Sarbanes
Oxley
&
HIPAA
compliant.
Print
Manager
Plus®
Version
9.0
New
&
Improved

2.
Rules
&
Restrictions
Customizable
Rules:
Rules
can
be
created
globally
that
can
be
applied
to
any
combination
of
User,
Printer,
Group
and
OU.
• Customize
the
action
&
message
for
each
rule,
such
as
Allow,
Delete,
Pause,
Verify
the
job.
• Rules
consist
of
any
combination
of
existing
restrictions,
i.e.
Color
and
Over
10
Pages.
• Rules
can
be
set
to
take
action
when
Any,
All,
or
No
Criteria
is
met.
Bypass
Restriction:
• Rules,
or
Built-­‐In
restrictions
can
be
set
up
as
a
bypass
to
allow
printing.
For
example:
If
Job
is
Page
size
A4,
allow
the
job
and
ignore
other
restrictions.
Rule
and
Restriction
Order:
The
order
and
result
of
each
rule
or
restriction
is
checked,
can
be
explicitly
set.
For
example:
1.
Check
if
Job
contains
color,
if
yes
Delete.
2.
Check
if
job
is
Duplex,
if
yes
Pause.
In
this
case
a
Job
that
is
Color
and
Duplex
would
be
deleted,
a
job
that
is
Black
and
white
and
Duplex
would
be
paused.
New
Restrictions:
• Restrict
by
Page
Size.
• Restrict
Number
of
Color
Pages.
• Restriction
Number
of
BW
Pages.
Improved
Active
Directory
Integration:
Various
improvements
to
Active
Directory
integration
include.
• Automatic
refresh
of
each
users
AD
Information
including
Group
memberships,
Primary
group,
OU,
Full
Name,
Email,
Department
and
other
settings.
• Smoother
integration
and
caching
of
users
locally
in
Database
for
fast
interface
access
even
for
very
large
active
directories.
• Advanced
search
and
filter
features
of
local
list
or
Active
Directory
to
easily
find
Users,
Groups
or
OUs.
Live
Interface:
Administration
console
listing
Users,
Groups,
OUs,
Printers
and
Servers
displayed
live
balance
and
total
information.
Installation
&
eUpdate:
Improved
Installation
technology
for
fresh
installs
and
smoother
eUpdates
using
native
MSI
technology.
Deep
Color:
Full
tracking
of
how
many
color
and
BW
pages
within
each
document
for
these
languages.
Postscript
EMF
PCL5
PCL6
Cannon
Proprietary
languages:
CAPT,
UFRII
More
to
come…
Note:
Certain
devices
may
use
color
ink
on
all
pages,
especially
when
graphics
and
other
images
are
used
on
other
pages.
Print
Manager
Plus®
Version
9.0
Upcoming
Features

3.
Reporting:
• Redesigned
report
interface
provides
much
easier
interface
tools
for
sorting
and
controlling
your
reports.
• Web
based
reports,
charts
and
statements
with
email
scheduling
of
delivery.
• New
criteria
added
such
as
Job
Type,
Color
Content,
and
filtering
by
Active
Directory
finds.
• Dashboards
added
for
at
a
glance
statistics.
• Save
my
Settings:
Allows
the
reporting
to
remember
the
settings
you
have
selected
for
various
reports,
so
it
can
be
rerun
quickly
and
easily
later.
• Administrative
Rights
enforced
within
Reporting:
Example
user’s
allowed
to
only
view
a
specific
OU,
can
only
report
on
jobs
belonging
to
that
OU.
Health
and
Alert
Checks:
These
features
help
Administrators
be
aware
of
internal
Print
Manager
Plus
issues,
as
well
as
printing
issues
in
their
network.
• Email:
Daily
Server
Status
updates
emailed.
• Tracking
Service
Health:
Any
issues
related
to
the
successful
tracking
and
controlling
of
jobs
will
be
report
in
the
interface
and
via
email
messaging.
• Forwarding
of
Windows
Printing
Errors:
Windows
reported
errors
such
as
Printer
Offline,
Toner
Out,
Paper
Tray,
Paper
Jams
etc.…
will
also
be
reported
in
interface
and
via
email
messaging.
New
End
User
Interaction
&
Client
Module:
Various
improvements
to
end
user
messaging,
which
includes:
• Email:
Notifications
via
Email
on
restricted
jobs.
• Job
Information:
Full
Job
Information
included
with
each
message.
• Customize
messaging
Per
Printer,
User
Group,
etc..:
Customized
messages
can
be
setup
on
every
User,
Group,
Printer
or
OU
they
are
set
on,
allowing
a
specific
message
per
each
entity.
• Customization:
Message
body
will
include
variables
such
as
%PAGES%
%TITLE%
allowing
for
dynamic
message
content.
• Client
&
Project
Billing:
Redesigned
simple
to
use
project
selection
interface,
which
includes
setting
favorite
clients.
Quota
Management:
• Multiple
Update
Schedules
allowed
per
quota:
i.e.
Add
$2.00
per
week
AND
Reset
to
$10.00
at
the
end
of
every
month.
• Quota
Updates
by
Date:
Set
Quota
to
X
Amount
on
July
1
st
• Improved
interface
for
configuring
Multiple
Balances:
i.e.
$10.00
Balance
on
Color
Printers
and
Unlimited
Printing
on
all
other
printers.
• Improved
transaction
logging
for
detailed
reporting
of
balance
history.
• Set
an
overall
Budget
(Soft
Quota)
on
a
User
Group
and
OU
allowing
for
negative
balance
and
notifications.
Web
Features:
(Formerly
WebAdvantage
Suite
and
Reports
Center)
We
have
taken
the
entire
WebAdvantage
Suite
Option
and
have
made
it
part
of
your
Print
Manager
Plus
license.
Not
only
have
we
added
it
to
your
license
we
have
completely
rewritten
or
added
new
features
to
the
product
making
it
by
far
the
most
robust
online
printing
tool
on
the
market.
We
have
also
fully
integrated
all
of
the
Web
Reports
Center
into
the
interface
giving
a
massive
Administrative
interface
as
well
as
an
End
User
interface
via
the
web.
• Login
through
the
web
through
Active
Directory
into
your
own
Print
Cloud.
• Web
Based
End
User
Inquiry
Tool
and
Reports.
• Web
Based
Reporting
by
Print
Manager
Administrative
rules.
• Schedule
Emailed
Reports,
Charts
and
Statements.
• Administrative
Console
to
Control
and
Manage
all
aspects
of
the
Release
Station,
Payment
Options
and
Web
Printing.
• Supports
printing
through
the
web
from
any
browser,
including
Mobile
Devices
such
as,
iPad
App,
Chromebook,
Surface
and
any
Android
Device.
• Multiple
Scenarios
Supported
for
Credits/Debits,
or
straight
printing
through
a
Web
based
Release
Station.
• Follow
Me
printing
with
PrintLater™
technology.
Print
Manager
Plus®
Version
9.0
Upcoming
Features

4. Client
Billing
Features
(Formerly
Client
Billing
Option)
We
have
taken
the
entire
Client
Billing
Option
and
made
it
part
of
your
Print
Manager
Plus
license.
Not
only
have
we
added
it
to
your
license
we
have
completely
rewritten
or
added
new
features
to
the
product.
• New
Statement
layouts
with
Name,
Company,
Address
for
Billing.
• Email
Scheduling
of
Statements.
• Faster
and
Interactive
Client
Billing
Module
for
your
workstation
with
new
interface.
• Added
Client
Favorites
for
Users.
• New
installations
MSI
for
easier
install
management.
Services
Tab:
We
have
replaced
the
Print
Servers
tab
with
the
Services
Tab.
Here
you
will
find
all
of
your
servers
or
workstations
running
the
Print
Manager
Plus
Service
or
Web
IIS
Service.
• New
interface
showing
all
Services
running
on
your
network.
• Shows
all
devices
by
machine
where
service
is
installed
and
tracking.
• License
Management.
• Electronic
update
of
all
services.
• Service
Health
Status.
Multifunctional
Printer
Support:
We
have
added
a
new
service
to
detect
MFP
walkup
activity
currently
for
Sharp
MFPs.
We
are
currently
working
on
many
new
manufactures
to
include
support
for.
We
have
been
very
reluctant
over
the
years
to
add
this
support,
because
of
the
ever-­‐changing
technology
from
the
manufactures
side
and
the
addition
of
hardware
wanted
or
needed
such
as
proximity
cards,
swipe
cards,
etc.
Keeping
true
to
the
core
infrastructure
of
Windows
Active
Directory
and
now
manufactures
new
inclination
to
move
away
from
proprietary
firmware
and
software
to
actual
standards,
we
can
now
more
efficiently
hook
to
there
hardware
with
confidence
in
security,
usability
and
cost
for
our
customers.
• New
interface
showing
all
MFPs
currently
being
audited.
• Added
Sharp
MFP
Print
Manager
Plus
Authentication
interface
to
MFP
Screen.
• Audit
Walk-­‐Up
Copies,
Scans,
Faxes
and
Emails
from
MFP
screen.
• Reporting
on
this
walkup
traffic
with
costing.
Licensing
&
Pricing:
We
have
decided
to
move
away
from
our
current
licensing
to
a
more
favorable
and
easy
to
understand
licensing
scheme.
Print
Manager
Plus
can
already
audit
printing
from
any
operating
system
going
through
a
Windows
print
queue
to
any
make
and
model
of
printer,
including
mainframe
and
text
printing.
The
product
can
be
easily
installed
on
any
network
setup
large
or
small
in
any
configuration
by
workstations,
servers,
direct
IP
printing,
shared
printing
and
local
printing!
In
this
new
version
we
will
be
licensing
the
product
per
a
device
(Printer)
as
a
Standard
and
Premium
product
no
matter
your
network
configuration.
We
have
also
taken
every
Option
and
Agent
and
added
it
into
the
main
Print
Manager
Plus
product
as
features.
Some
of
these
features
will
only
be
available
in
the
Premium
product.
Print
Manager
Plus
Standard
Edition
will
include:
Includes
all
features
except
for
what
is
listed
under
the
Premium
Edition.
Print
Manager
Plus
*Premium
Edition
will
include:
*
Automatic
Report
Scheduling
and
Delivery
via
Email
and/or
Saving
Report
to
a
Folder
Share.
*
Client
Billing
Features.
*
Web
Printing
via
Upload
from
a
Browser,
iPad
App
or
any
other
Tablet
or
Android
Device.
*
Multifunctional
Printer
Device
Auditing.
(Currently
Supports
certain
Sharp
MFPs)
>
Current
customers
with
the
old
licensing
will
be
grandfathered
into
the
new
licensing
scheme
without
losing
any
functionality.
Most
of
you
will
actually
have
access
to
many
of
the
new
features
when
upgrading
to
9.0.
>
All
Academic
and
Non-­‐Profit
organizations
will
be
offered
the
normal
Academic
discount.
Print
Manager
Plus®
Version
9.0
Upcoming
Features