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Printer Management

Reports in PaperCut NG come in three categories:

One-click Reports: get access to the most important data in realtime - straight from your web browser, from anywhere on your network
Ad-hoc Reports: create reports with custom data by specifying date ranges, filtering and sorting by the data available. Great to give you different perspectives on printing usage
Schedule / Email Reports: create reports that will be regularly generated and emailed to members of your organization. Great for sending regular reports to managers without even needing to compile it first

one-click reports

access common reports with one click
run reports from anywhere on the network with a standard web browser
options include PDF reports, HTML and Microsoft Excel
dozens of standard pre-built reports covering, users, printers, shared accounts, groups and logs
Customize report headers with your own organization's logo and details

User Based reports
	User List [View] Compare users' current balance, print usage and settings CSV/Excel export provides a useful source for use by 3rd party applications Sort by total pages, current balance, name, restriction status Filter users by group or name
User Printing - Summary [View] Compare users' print usage See users' average print job statistics - do users mostly print large or small jobs? Also sort by total pages or jobs - see who is printing the most jobs or largest jobs	User Printing - Job Type Summary [View] Shows a breakdown of printing for each user by paper size, simplex/duplex attributes, number of grayscale and color pages See what type of jobs each user is printing, and how much of each type "Who is printing all the A3 documents?"	User Printing - Logs [View]
Department Printing - Summary [View] Compare different departments' print usage See which departments print the most	Office Printing - Summary [View] Shows printing statistics for each office Compare the average number of print jobs for each office	User Printing - Printer Summary [View] Shows which printers are being used by each user See the most frequently used printer by a particular user
Printer Based reports
	Printer List [View] Compare printer usage and settings See the overall usage history of each printer, and use the information to find trends - are certain printers more popular? Which printers consume the most resources? Plan for printer upgrades based on the size and number of jobs Filter reports by server, location or printer name
Printer Usage - Summary [View] Compare printer usage over a set time period (day, week, month or ad-hoc) See which printers are used most or least, and use the information to help re-organize printer distribution or evaluate printer upgrades	Printer Usage - Job Type Summary [View] See usage information for each printer, broken down by page size, simplex/duplex attributes, number of grayscale and color pages Show information for all printers or a subset Use the information to see if your printers are being used effectively. Do you have an A3 printer that is only being used for A4? Perhaps an A4 only printer would be better suited See how many users are printing duplex documents. Do they need more encouragement to do so? Apply a discount for duplex documents!	Printer Usage - Logs [View]
Printer Usage - User Summary [View] Shows which users were responsible for printing on each printer See which user is printing the most on a particular printer	Printer Usage - User Job Type Summary [View] See usage information for each user who printed on each printer, broken down by page size, simplex/duplex attributes, number of grayscale and color pages See which user is printing the maximum number of color pages on a particular printer
Print Log Based Reports
Print Logs [View] Shows what was printed in detail See what printing is done on certain days in your organization - who printed on a Saturday? Filter data by printer, server, user, or document type. For example, report all grayscale documents	Largest Print Jobs [View] Shows the overall largest print jobs Question users on whether they really needed to print a 300 page manual or today's sales data See if the same users are consistently printing large print jobs Use the information to decide if appropriate limits should be set
Group Based Reports
	Group List [View] Compare group settings that are applied to new users Groups are based on your domain or Active Directory group structure
Group Printing - Summary [View] Shows printing statistics from each group See which groups print the most Compare the average print job size for each group Is one group's usage unusually high? Drill down for more information in the Group Printing - User Summary report	Group Printing - Job Type Summary [View] Shows a breakdown of group printing by paper size, simplex/duplex attributes, number of grayscale and color pages See which groups are using each paper size - do the large format printers belong in a different area?	Group Printing - Logs [View] Shows full printing details for each group Useful when another group based report has information that you need to 'drill down' into
Group Printing - User Summary [View] Shows which users were responsible for the total printing within each group Find trends in printing usage for each group	Group Printing - User Job Type Summary [View]	Group Printing - User Logs [View]
Group Printing - Printer Summary [View] Shows each printer's usage split for each group See which printers are used most by each group Is the accounts department using a printer more than the sales department? Perhaps the printer belongs in the accounts department! Use the information to re-distribute printers	Group Printing - Printer Job Type Summary [View]	Group Printing - Printer Logs [View]
Shared Account Based Reports
	Shared Account List [View] Compare the current balance of each shared account. Shared accounts may represent projects, clients, work areas or departments
Shared Account Printing - Summary [View] Shows print summary information for each shared account See which accounts are allocated the most printing Spot stand-out account usage and drill down using another shared account report	Shared Account Printing - Job Type Summary [View] Shows a breakdown of shared account printing by paper size, simplex/duplex attributes, number of grayscale and color pages See if certain shared accounts are using specific paper sizes If your accounts represent clients, use this information for an invoice! Provides more information than a Shared Account Printing - Summary report - useful to find out how the total cost is made up - "from 18 color A3 documents!"	Shared Account Printing - Logs [View] Shows full printing details for each shared account in a given date range Useful when information seen in other account reports requires further investigation
Shared Account Printing - User Summary [View] Shows a summary of printing use charged to shared accounts by each user See which users charge to an account the most Find out if certain users are using an account more than they should be	Shared Account Printing - User Job Type Summary [View]	Shared Account Printing - User Logs [View]
Shared Account Printing - Printer Summary [View] Shows which printers were used for each shared account, and how much they were used	Shared Account Printing - Printer Job Type Summary [View]	Shared Account Printing - Printer Logs [View]
Invoice Reports
Shared Account Printing Invoice - Summary [View] Shows printing activity for a shared account and all its subaccounts Useful for attaching to customer invoices as a record	Shared Account Printing Invoice - Logs [View] Shows full printing details for a shared account and all its subaccounts Useful for providing full printing details to customers as a record	Shared Account Printing Invoice - Job Type Summary [View] Shows a breakdown of shared account printing by paper size, simplex/duplex attributes, number of grayscale and color pages for a shared account and all its subaccounts Which shared account is printing all the A3 documents ?
Environmental Impact Reports
User Environmental Impact - Summary [View] Highlights the environmental impact of the printing of all users in your organization (ranked) Useful for drawing users' attention to their printing habits	Printer Environmental Impact - Summary [View] Shows environmental impact of printing activity for all printers See the total environmental impact of your organization and which printers are most polluting	Group Environmental Impact - Summary [View] Shows environmental impact of printing activity for all groups
Office Environmental Impact - Summary [View] Shows environmental impact of printing activity for all offices	Department Environmental Impact - Summary [View] Shows environmental impact of printing activity for all departments
Ratio Reports
Shared Account Printing - Ratios [View] Shows the percentage of total pages printed for each shared account Shows the percentage of color and grayscale pages printed for each shared account See which accounts are allocated the most printing	Group Printing - Ratios [View] Shows the percentage of total pages printed by group Shows a breakdown of color and grayscale pages for each group. Compare group printing See which group prints the highest percentage of color pages	Printer Usage - Ratios [View] Shows the percentage of total pages printed by each printer Shows the percentage of color and grayscale pages printed by each printer See which printer is most or least used See the overall ratio of color and grayscale pages printed

ad-hoc reports

1.	The print log provides a detailed record of printing activity

2.	The filter panel narrows the results shown in the print log table
	The filter shown in the example will show the print logs for all students who printed between the given dates, and whose printing was denied because they had run out of credit.