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Features Overview

Overview

Built as an Add-on Option to Print Manager Plus, this product redefines print security and simplicity in the same sentence. Using already existing network resources, with robust and secure login features. The Release Station Option allows for easy installation into an already existing Windows Active Directory infrastructure.

Using IIS to run from, the Release Station working with Print Manager Plus will allow many different scenarios for Schools, Libraries, Healthcare, Insurance, and Corporate customers. Integrated with all of your print queues the Release Station can be placed anywhere there is a web based or intranet connection. Users will be prompted for their Username and Password. Once logged in they can view there print job, and choose to Print it or Delete it, or even pay for it!

Allowing Administrators to display sets of data for when users login to the Release Station, allows full control over printing in public labs, pay for print kiosks, and HIPAA regulation compliancy for confidential document release.

PayPal features have fully been integrated into the Release Station allowing for full pay for print kiosks or an attendant to charge for printing in any environment.

With over 10 years of experience in the Print Management arena and by surveying and listening to our customers it has made Print Manager Plus the #1 Print Management software in the world, which is used in thousands of Schools, Universities, Libraries, Corporations, Governments, and Individual consultants.

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Installation

Licensing

The Release Station Option is licensed per print server and runs on the same print server that Print Manager Plus has been installed on.

Note: The Release Station Option is not a standalone product. Print Manager Plus must be already owned or purchased alongside the Release Station Option.

Note: The Print Server is defined as the computer which has Windows operating system installed, and where your printers are installed and shared making them accessible to all users on your domain(s) or Work Group.

System Requirements

The Release Station Option is licensed per print server and runs on the same print server that Print Manager Plus has been installed on.

• Database Options: Print Manager Plus 7.0 or 8.0 Database.
• Operating Systems: Windows Server 2000, 2003, 2008, Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7.
• Prerequisites: Print Manager Plus 7.0 or later, .NET Framework 2.0, IIS 5.1 or later,
• Supported Platforms: Microsoft Cluster Service, Windows Server Core Edition, Terminal Services, Citrix, Virtual Server, PayPal Website Payments Pro.
• Supported Directories: Active Directory, LDAP, and Workgroups.

Installation Options

The Release Station requires that Print Manager Plus to be installed and configured.

Installing Print Manager Plus and the Release Station 2008 allows print jobs to be held and paid for with Print Manager Balance, or using a Credit Card via PayPal. This version also enables end users to add to their balance using a Credit Card or PayPal.

If you intend to accept payments from Credit Cards via PayPal, a PayPal business account is required. More information on establishing this merchant account is available via www.paypal.com.

Other installation features include:

• Simplified Install and Setup Wizard: Simplified Install and first time wizard help get the Release Station up and running quickly.
• Cluster Support: The release station fully supports viewing and resuming print jobs hosted on a Microsoft Cluster Services Virtual Node.
• Improved Licensing: Improved licensing allows you to add it to just the Server(s) or Workstation Agents you need to allow Release Station functionality. Also allows for simplified trials and trial extensions.
• Multiple Server Support: Support for multiple server and workstation agents from one Release Station installation that are sharing the same database.
• Remote Server Support: Allows installation on any IIS server on the network.

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Control Printing

The Release Station is specifically setup to release print jobs being help in a paused state in the Windows print queue.

• Holds Jobs for Review and Release: Administrators or Users can view jobs held in the print queue by Print Manager Plus, and release or delete them.
• Print Job information given for the job to be released is: User Name, Workstation, Document Name, Printer Name, Pages, Time Submitted, Job Cost, Page Size, Color, Duplex .
• Allows end user print jobs to be held, until that user logs in with their Active Directory Account to review and release their own print jobs when ready or at the print station.
• Admin and User Roles: The ability to set Release Station Administrators and Queue Managers to only be allowed to resume jobs on certain printers, or in certain printer groups. This would be popular in Labs for example, where the Lab Manager has rights to view and release job just on the printers in their lab.
• Advanced Job Monitoring: Targets the precise print queues, which contain each users print jobs when they login. Instant monitoring of print queues allows for better performance and reliability for faster print job viewing and release.
• Session Timeout Feature: This feature allows through Browser Interaction the Release Station can automatically force the user to log off after set time, rather than needing to wait for them to click or check something.
• Allows users to pay for print jobs, or add balance with a Credit Card via PayPal merchant service.
• Queue Level Permissions: This Release Station Security role allows users to have rights to resume other user's jobs, but still restricts them from configuration and PayPal settings.

Click Here to view the Print Manager Plus Release Station interface.

Security and Restrictions

Security is based on the existing Windows infrastructure. Print jobs are paused in the print queue waiting to be released. Other security can be set through Print Manager Plus settings.

• Deny or Allow printing by users who are not recognized by Active Directory.
• Deny Users from Release: The ability exists so that users can not release their own jobs enabling it so only Administrators and Queue Managers can.
• Enforce Print Job Verification at Release Station.
• Integrates with Active Directory Username and Password Authentication: The release station integrates with Print Manager Plus Active Directory Username and Password Authentication.
• Supports Sarbanes-Oxley compliancy.
• Supports HIPAA compliancy.
• Supports Data Protection Acts compliancy.

Click Here to view the Admin interface.

Click Here to view the User interface.

Messaging

Print Manager Plus uses two different ways to send messages back to end users when a quota, restriction, or security rule has been met. First the product will try to use the Windows Messenger service. If this is unavailable then messaging can be used in conjunction with the Print Manager Plus End User Inquiry Tool.

Click here to view the End User Inquiry Tool.

Print Manager Plus comes with an End User Inquiry Tool application. The End User Inquiry Tool can be installed locally on a workstation running Windows or remotely through Active Directory. This program sits in the Windows tray and is started whenever a user logs into Windows. When the user places there mouse pointer over the trey icon it will tell them their current print quota balance and the number of pages they have printed. The product also has a dual purpose which is, it will display any messages coming from the Print Manager Plus Service when a user has met a quota, restriction, or security rule.

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Product Interface and Usability

Configuration

The configuration of the Release Station is done through the web interface.

• Select Active Directory or Work Group.
• Job Timeout settings.
• Assign Administrator Username and Passwords.
• Assign database location.
• Settings Management: Allows the Admin to keep settings through updates and upgrades.
• Setting Centralization: Stores all Release Station settings in a central location for ease of use and reliability.

Release Station

The release station will show the user or Administrator all print jobs owned by that user in multiple print queues. The job can then be paid for via PayPal or whatever means the organization gives them.

The jobs will be held in the queue for a set amount of time and can be automatically deleted if nothing is done with it. Users have the option of Deleting or printing the print job from the release station.

• Holds Jobs for Review and Release: Administrators or Users can view jobs held in the print queue by Print Manager Plus, and release or delete them.
• Print Job information given for the job to be released is: User Name, Workstation, Document Name, Printer Name, Pages, Time Submitted, Job Cost, Page Size, Color, Duplex .
• Workstation Name Resolution: Always obtains the full workstation name designed for the assistance of Kiosk and Library functionality
• Allows end user print jobs to be held, until that user logs in with their Active Directory Account to review and release their own print jobs when ready or at the print station.
• Paid Balance Integration: Integrates with users who have a primary and additional Paid Balance.
• Allows users to pay for print jobs, or add balance with a Credit Card via PayPal merchant services.

Click Here to view the Print Manager Plus Release Station interface.

PayPal

The Print Manager Plus Release can be configured to allow users to pay for specific jobs in queue using PayPal and add balance to their Print Manager Plus account via a credit card or pay pal account.

To take advanced of the Credit Card and PayPal Payment options, a PayPal Business Account with the Website Payments Pro Option is required. For more information on setting up a PayPal merchant account, please visit www.paypal.com Payments Pro Option is required.

• Release print job after PayPal payment is made.
• Release print jobs from credit card payment.
• PayPal Purchase Minimum: Allows Administrators to set a minimum purchase amount when a user is adding balance or purchasing print jobs using Pay Pal / Credit Card.

Click Here to view the PayPal interface.

Shopping Cart

The shopping cart will intuitively walk the customer through the purchase process with PayPal.

Click Here to view the shopping cart interface.

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Support

With over 10 years of experience in the Print Management arena and by surveying and listening to our customers it has made Print Manager Plus the #1 Print Management software in the world, which is used in thousands of Schools, Universities, Libraries, Corporations, Governments, and Individual consultants.

Supporting our customers is our #1 priority, and to do this we have through the years created a network of over 125 resellers and distributors in over 65 countries. Our own internal sales and support staff is offered in 13 languages fluently, which gives us one of the highest customer maintenance renewal retention rates in the industry.

Maintenance is included with all products, and covers Upgrades/Updates and Phone Support for One Year from the date of purchase.

Maintenance

Product Updates and, Upgrades are done via email.

Support

Support can easily be obtained by directly calling or emailing one of our offices, distributors, or resellers.

All products come with a full User Guide and Quick Start Guide in Html and PDF formats. Customers can also use our extensive online support pages where specific frequently asked questions can be answered.