Available in PaperCut NG and PaperCut MF.

Set up Print Archiving

Print ArchivingPaperCut'due south Impress Archiving stores an historic record of all printed content. This allows approved administrators to scan and review the content of by print jobs inside their environs. is an optional feature disabled by default. Before enabling the SysAdmin should consider:

  • Disk infinite implications.

  • Privacy and data access.

  • CPU load - particularly on low resourced Virtual Machines.

  • The boosted load on backup storage.

NOTE

Y'all tin can enable Print Archiving or Spool File Encryption, merely non both at the aforementioned time. That'south because Print Archiving requires access to unencrypted spool files.

Step ane: Install print spool file viewer technology

To get the full benefit of Impress Archiving, install additional software that assists with the conversion of selected printer language files, such as PostScript, into images. Install this software on the primary PaperCut server. PaperCut detects the software and automatically starts using it.

The recommended software:

Windows servers

Install Ghost Trap - a security-hardened PostScript and PDF-to-image converter.

Download:

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Ghost Trap is a security hardened version of Ghostscript.

It's open source software supported past PaperCut Software.

It brings best-of-breed security to the popular PostScript and PDF conversion software past utilizing the aforementioned sandbox security technology used by the Google Chrome Browser. You lot tin can read more about this project here: The Ghost Trap Project Folio.

Mac servers

Install the PostScript viewing software Ghostscript version nine.06. Richard Koch from the Academy of Oregon maintains a Mac version of Ghostscript. Download this here.

NOTE

If you're using the Homebrew packet managing director, there is a ghostscript packet available for install.

Linux and Novell OES servers

All major Linux distributions either come with Ghostscript automatically installed, or an option to install via the standard package manager. See your distribution'south documentation for further details. You should ensure that the gs command is on the PATH (for the papercut user).

Ghostscript version 9.07 is recommended. We also recommend installing, GhostPCL and GhostXPS.

Step 2: Enable Print Archiving

  1. Click the Options tab. The General folio is displayed.

  2. In the Impress Archiving area, select the Enable Impress Archiving check box.

  3. Click Utilise.

One time enabled you should perform some testing across your printer fleet.

Step 3: Set the configuration options

SysAdmins should first familiarize themselves with the archive disk direction options.

  1. Click the Options tab. The General page is displayed.

  2. Curl to the Print Archiving expanse and select Enable Print Archiving.

The archiving options are:

  • Continue jobs for upwardly to

    This choice determines the number of days a job is kept in the archive. The default value is 30 days, with a minimum value of 1. If you are planning on setting a high value make certain y'all consider consumption of drive storage. It is advisable to monitor deejay space growth during the first full week of usage and apply this equally a basis to extrapolate your storage requirements. For reference the default archive path is [app-path]/server/information/archive on the principal PaperCut server.

    Whatsoever change to the Keep up to: X days choice is practical when annal maintenance is performed overnight.

  • Finish if gratuitous space falls beneath

    This is an emergency finish choice. If complimentary deejay infinite falls below the set value all archiving is immediately suspended. This ensures a growing archive will non accept down a production server. The default value is 2GB. If the server runs other production software, y'all might want to increase this value. If email notifications are configured (encounter Configure electronic mail), administrators also automatically receive an error electronic mail alert when deejay infinite drops to this limit.

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    It is recommended that you proactively monitor disk space usage as a matter of course during your regular service maintenance and assessment procedures.

Turning off archiving on selected printers, users or groups

Once enabled, Print Archiving occurs on all queues for all users. You tin, nonetheless, selectively disable archiving. Examples include:

  • Tuning off archiving on selected users, such as human being resources managers who routinely print sensitive information.

  • Turning off archiving on printers that don't support interactive viewing - for example, a printer that only supports GDI drivers. Without imaging support, archiving is of reduced benefit equally the simply option to review the document is to reprint it.

Disable archiving on a specific printer

  1. Click the Printers tab.

    The Printer List folio is displayed.

  2. Select a printer.

    The Printer Details page is displayed showing the Summary tab contents.

  3. Clear the Enable Impress Archiving cheque box.

  4. Click OK.

Disable archiving for a specific user

  1. Click the Users tab.

    The User List page is displayed.

  2. Select a user.

    The User Details page is displayed.

  3. Select the Override printer/device settings check box.

  4. Select the Don't archive this user's jobs check box.

  5. Click OK.

Disable archiving on a group of users

  1. Click the Groups tab. The Group List page is displayed.

  2. In the Actions menu, click Bulk user deportment.

    The Bulk User Operations page is displayed.

  3. Select the grouping to perform the modify on.

  4. In the Change settings surface area, select the Change advanced user settings check box.

  5. Select the Override printer/device settings cheque box.

  6. Select the Don't archive this user's jobs cheque box.

  7. Click OK.