----------------------- PCOUNTER UPDATE HISTORY ----------------------- 3.34 ---- Added configurable Queue duplex printing handler. Changed Queue: Action if below credit limit hold option to 2 options: Place job on operator hold and Place job on user hold. Changed Queue: Always place job on hold option to 2 options: Place job on operator hold and Place job on user hold. Fixed PS counting problem with Win 3.1 AdobePS 3 driver binary jobs. Fixed PS counting problem w/multiple copies in Win95 or Win 3.x AdobePS. PCOUNTER.EXE - Added external program hooks for custom accounting. PCOUNTER.EXE - Queue job monitor (Pending Print Jobs) now quits after 50 jobs. WACCOUNT - Now supports multiple user selections/operations. 3.33 ---- Introducing WinAccount. Fixed PS counting errors on Lexmark LEXPS driver. PCOUNTER NLM,EXE: Fixed banner balance setting if Numerical format=Pages and Queue price>1 or Queue price < -1. PCOUNTER NLM,EXE: Support job cutoff on LJ4's/PJL printers. WBALANCE - Fixed automatic update problem. 3.32a ----- QCOUNTER - Fixed abend when unloading problem. QCOUNTER - Fixed paper size and job type detection problem if no page counting/user accounting configured for queue. 3.32 ---- All around more comprehensive paper size detection. Fixed notify at credit limit if Queue price is negative. Fixed PS pagecount error with Mpage software. Fixed PS pagecount error with Adobe Mac PSPrinter driver. Updated CLIENT and WCLIENT programs. PCOUNTER.EXE - Added new Safe BIOS LPT printing option. QCOUNTER - Fixed job type rejection problem. QCOUNTER - Fixed all rejection problems if no accounting. PCOUNTER.NLM - Fixed abend on Netware 4.1 if /LPTSWAP is used. PCONTROL - Fixed problem in print history if log type is readable and one username is the same as the first letters of another username. (ie. ANDY and ANDYC) WBALANCE - Now updates balance display if left running, and shows balance while minimized. 3.31 ---- Fixed Abend upon unloading if Bidir counting is used. Added accounting rights for non-supervisors. PCONTROL, ACCOUNT - Fixed date formats for non-US in log file. Added documentation in HTML format. 3.30b ----- QCOUNTER.NLM: Fixed job detection bug which caused jobs to count 1 page. 3.30a ----- PS counting fix if first byte is Ctrl-D. 3.30 ---- Introducing QCOUNTER.NLM. Made PS Manual counting much faster. Added queue job size limits. Made LPR username lowercase. Documentation format changed from text to Windows Write. 3.20c ----- Fixed TCP/IP printing (0 pages/no prints) after the first job. Fixed Pagemaker 5.0 PS counting. 3.20b ----- Fixed PagecountType=Bidir PS if PrinterType=LJ4 3.20a ----- Fixed 0 pages counting problems - you might need to check configuration. Fixed counting problems with Win 3.1 Postscript. Fixed counting problems with Deskjet color PCL. Fixed date errors in log file if zero pages. 3.20 ---- Added printer Pagecount Type feature. Optimized manual Postscript counting. Fixed Postscript counting errors with EPS files. Fixed Deskjet PCL counting errors. Set Date formats to match appropriate locale. For current users to activate this, run PCONTROL and open, then close the print server window. NLM - Added unload feature to the Printer Control screen. NLM,EXE - Fixed LJ4 problem where an extra page was sometimes counted. EXE - Made the auto-reboot feature configurable. 3.12b ----- Put updated version of NLM in zip file. :> 3.12a ----- Fixed Win 3.1 extra page counting problem. Fixed Color Laserjet counting problem. Fixed Chemdraw EPS counting problem. 3.12 ---- Users may choose Printer type=LJ4 now with Port=Queue-> or LPR. Added secondary accounting option with CLIENT.EXE and WCLIENT.EXE. NLM, EXE - Improved LJ4 handling. Also solved Jetdirect TCP "Connection Refused" and "Connection Reset" loop problem. NLM, EXE - Fixed job rejection problem if unlimited account balance. NLM, EXE - Fixed PS counting problems with Win 95 and Win 3.1 Adobe 3 driver. NLM, EXE - Fixed PCL counting problem with Win 3.1 Deskjet 550c driver. NLM, EXE - Fixed PS banner problems from Mac clients. PCONTROL - Fixed file locking problem with print history files. PCONTROL - Now place *.PWD files in SYS:SYSTEM\PCOUNTER instead of default directory. 3.11b ----- NLM - Fixed Abend when unloading problem. NLM - Fixed "malformed from address" LPR problem. NLM, EXE - Fixed PS counting problem with Mac Laserwriter 7 driver. NLM, EXE - Fixed problem where jobs were rejected (below credit limit message) if queue price was negative (ie. counting up) and balance was above the limit. NLM, EXE - Fixed problem where jobs were not rejected if balance was not sufficient to print 1 page (or job). 3.11a ----- NLM, EXE - Fixed obscure PCL counting problem. NLM, EXE - Fixed overcounting w/EPS files. NLM, EXE - Fixed problem w/counting Tektronix Phaser PS files. EXE - Fixed weird currency problem. PCONTROL - Fixed log file spacing if readable, currency. 3.11 ---- Added LPT hardware port timeout feature. This value indicates how many timer ticks PCOUNTER.EXE waits when the printer goes offline. This wait time can hold up access to the other ports, so it should be made as low as possible. However, setting too low a value may result in lost data. NLM - Fixed reg number problems w/Netware 4.1 which may have resulted in Page Fault Abends. EXE, PCONTROL - Fixed possible hanging problems with registration. NLM - Fixed occasional screen corruption problems. 3.10a ----- NLM - Fixed problem where some reg numbers were not read correctly. EXE - Fixed problem if Port=Queue-> and maximum number of jobs was ignored. 3.10 ---- NLM version released!!!!! PCOUNTER - Fixed MAP file weirdness. PCOUNTER - Fixed Pagemaker PS counting problem. PCOUNTER - Fixed Mac QuarkXPress PS counting problem. PCOUNTER - Fixed Deskjet PCL counting problem. PCONTROL - Fixed multiple file server summary file problems. PCONTROL - Added user print history feature. PCONTROL - Added rudimentary mouse support. 3.02A ----- PCOUNTER - Fixed problem where program might lock up if printers are disabled. 3.02 ---- Changed queue job form feed handling. Please read PCOUNTER.TXT. Queue configs need to be updated. Now allow print buffer size ranges from 1K-4K if PrinterPort=Queue and 1K-2K if PrinterPort=JetDirect, TCP/IP printer, or LPR. PCOUNTER - Fixed serial port problems. PCOUNTER - Fixed accounting problems if Numerical format=Pages. PCOUNTER - Fixed no banner problem if PrinterType=ChargePerJob and Banner position=After job. PCONTROL - Fixed output queue name in summary file. 3.01B ----- PCOUNTER - Made changes to parallel port timing. PCOUNTER - Fixed banner display problem. PCOUNTER - Displays correct cost and balance even if QueueAccounting=Log File Only. 3.01A ----- PCONTROL - Made 45 Day trial period registration procedure clearer.