Gaia Print Charger™
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Version 2.5 Release Notes
Required Maintenance Date: 01-Oct-2004

This major update contains the following new features and fixes:

1. Print Charging.

   1. All printers that spool in Windows standard EMF format are fully supported.

   2. Most GDI and host based printers are now supported provided they report their job attributes correctly to the Windows spooler.

   3. Print jobs remaining in the queue after a set time period can be automatically deleted.

2. Net Charging.

   1. ISA 2004 is now supported provided logging is to text files like ISA 2000.

   2. A new method of denying users access when they run out of credit has been implemented for ISA that disconnects sessions more quickly. This requires the Gaia Net Monitor service to be installed on the ISA server.

3. New options:

   1. Automatically delete print jobs remaining in the queue after a time period.

   2. Disable the Close option in the Client.

   3. Select the ISA version.

   4. Added options for the Payment Manager for those few customers still running it.

4. New reports and report options:

   1. Added a department usage by printers report.

   2. Added a Detail/Summary option to Department Printers report.

   3. Added a Detail/Summary option to 'Jobs per printer' report.

   4. Added a report option to filter out failed jobs.

   5. Added a date range to printer and copier usage graphs.

5. Web Interface

   1. Added a reference to describe the balance adjustment or receipt.

   2. Added an option to inquire on a department from the Web Administration page.

   3. Added a parameter to specify a department for inquiry. Gpbalcgi.exe?dept=mydept

6. New command line parameters:

   1. fullname= and userid= for adding users

   2. ref= for adjustments and receipts

   3. /move to move users to another group

   4. /export and file= to export users information to a csv file.

7. The following problems were fixed:

   1. Modifications to support PCL6 version 3 used by the HP Laserjet 3500.
   2. Modifications to allow the release station to operate with the dual queue monitoring method.
   3. Modifications to continuously retry when client communications are interrupted.
   4. The command line interface sometimes reported errors when updating balances during busy Internet charging periods.

1. Aug 26 update fixed ISA 2004 Firewall charging, improves printing efficiency when using the client and adds report options.
2. Sep 03 update fixed web balance inquiry and reports.
3. Sep 10 update improved print and copier reports, copier PIN extended to 8 digits, cosmetic screen changes, another paper size.
4. Sep 13 update fixed printing to HP2100 (Postscript) from Macromedia Freehand and checking of ISA 2004 log files.
5. Sep 17 update added more graphs and fixes the Squid traffic display.
6. Oct 04 update added paper size detection for Kyocera and others using non-standard PCL6 paper sizes.
7. Nov 02 update fixed existing jobs in queue being deleted when the print service starts.
8. Nov 03 update fixed the /move command line parameter.
9. Nov 11 update fixed:
   1. The User Name Summary report when selecting by balance.
   2. Adding of users to the ISA 2004 deny rule.
   3. Deleting of Printed jobs.

10. Nov 19 update fixed:

    1. Detection of multiple copies in Office 2000 on Windows XP SP1. SP2 does not have the problem.

    2. ISA (2000 & 2004) rule update for adjusted balances via adjustments and receipts.

    3. Spurious logging of Send Message error 123 in the Print and/or Net logs.

11. Nov 30 update fixed:

    1. Release Station: Entering of license, monitoring of jobs and removed spurious error message.

    2. Paging for the Department Transactions per User summary report.

    3. An issue that could cause all print jobs to pause if the service encountered a malformed EMF spool file.

12. Dec 22 update fixed the currency symbol on the printed receipt.

13. Jan 13 update fixed the "User Internet Transactions Summary by Group" report where the subtotals were not correct.

14. Feb 25 update fixed printing of the receipt number on the full page receipt.