PaperCut MF 17.1 in Early Access

In case you haven’t noticed yet, PaperCut MF 17.1 was released to Early Access earlier this week.

We’re anticipating a quick move into General Release so make sure you get in and familiarise yourself with all the security enhancements, Mobility Print updates and Integrated Scanning for Ricoh Java devices if you haven’t already.

If you haven’t downloaded it yet, you can upgrade to the latest MF build here.

PaperCut MF 17.1 Early Access Release

• Traceability and accountability elevated with Full Page Watermarking
• Increased security with HTTP Strict Transport Security
• Improved Web Print performance for multiple copy jobs
• Mobility Print Improvements
  • Enforce authentication for every print job printed with Mobility Print
  • Printer access restricted through Mobility Print with subnet filtering
  • Resiliency of Site Server providing seamless failover for Mobility Print
• Simplified configuration of Secure Printing and Find-Me Printing
• Integrated Scanning available on Ricoh Java devices
• New device support for HP and Xerox MFDs

See updates on our blog and the full Release History for enhancements and fixes.

Release Notes 
> For PaperCut NG
> For PaperCut MF

PaperCut Customer Stories are now online!

Everyone loves a good story! Sitting down with a nice cup of hot coffee and learning how PaperCut products and our ecosystem have helped so many businesses around the world...

You can now find and share PaperCut Customer Stories from one place on the website. We've refreshed existing Case Studies and included videos and links to our 130+ customer quotes.

We would love to start hearing your Mobility Print success stories, as well as any other stories you may have - the more the merrier!  We are always getting requests for stories from different verticals other than Education (although we do have a soft spot for those stories).

You can share your story here or send the Marketing team a quick email to let us know and get the ball rolling.

Have you heard about the GDPR opportunity?

The General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) is a new regulation introduced by the European Council, Parliament & Commission that replaces the existing Data Protection Directive. It comes into play on the 25 May 2018.

So, what exactly is GPDR?
All organisations will be legally obliged to report any breach of data related to that of an EU resident - even non EU companies…. So as an example, a breach of data in relation to a EMEA “PaperCutter” would see our ‘global’ organisation being held accountable. By the way, a breach can result in a penalty of up to €20m or 4% of global turnover.

What is a breach of data?
“Any information relating to an individual, whether it relates to his or her private, professional or public life. It can be anything from a name, a home address, a photo, an email address, bank details, post on social networking websites, medical information, or a computer’s IP address”.

How does this impact me? 
Well, funny you should say that - this gives us all a great angle to use when positioning PaperCut to those end users who don’t use Print Management. The ability to secure the print stream, secure the printed document and provide an audit chain is now relevant to any organisation who processes or stores any ‘data’ for an EU resident.

How can PaperCut help us?
Whether it be the Accounting, Authentication, FollowMe or even username watermarking - PaperCut can provide the security and visibility required to ensure an organisation can meet this legislation with confidence.

Stay tuned for further info on how PaperCut can help with this great opportunity...

Mobility Print update 

After taking a couple hours off coding to celebrate the release of Mobility Print, the team got straight back to work and have added several enhancements, most prominently, the ability to configure printer authentication modes from within the Mobility Print admin console.

The default authentication mode is set to ‘per device’, which means users details are remembered for that device. However, for shared devices you can now enforce authentication per job, which requires user details to be re-entered for each print job. You can read all about this in the updated help section for Mobility Print.

Also, released alongside 17.1 is the ability to make printers visible on selected subnets in your organization. This will be initially managed through a configuration file with instructions made available in the help section for Mobility Print. In the admin console, you will be able to see which subnets are applied for a printer and launch the configuration instructions.

Remember you can always check the Release History section of the help centre to see what enhancements have been included with the latest version. We will continue to notify you of major enhancements in advance of their general release through this newsletter and will conduct training webinars when needed.