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Workstation Client

The Workstation Client offers a number of powerful features that provide job information or prompts to the user when they request a print job from a networked workstation. You must install the Workstation Client software on each workstation that use these features, however, you can select which features to install on each machine.

Once installed, the client software tracks and audits print activity even if the connection to the Equitrac server is lost. Users can continue to print uninterrupted, and the transaction details are uploaded to the server once the connection is restored.

A Workstation Client license is required for each workstation to enable one or all of these features.

  • Desktop Printing tracks the use of local LPT and USB printers connected to a workstation. Desktop Printing supports simple pricing on a per-page basis, and advanced price lists tracking. Charging for color attributes is also possible but depends on the properties of the printing application and the printer driver. Desktop Printing does not support charging for attributes such as duplexing or page size and does not enforce Account Limits. See Desktop Printing.
  • Client Billing prompts users to assign billing codes when they print their documents. See Working with Billing Codes.
  • Prompt for Login prompts for Windows login credentials any time a user tries to print to a device monitored by Equitrac. Users must enter a valid Windows username and password to complete the print request. See Prompt for Login.
  • Cost Preview provides a summary of the print request cost prior to sending the job to the printer and prior to recording the transaction in CAS. Users can accept or cancel transactions before printing. See Cost Preview.
  • Equitrac Messaging Services is a proprietary messaging service that is included with the Client install to display error messages on the user’s workstation. See Selecting Notification Methods.
  • Workstation Direct IP Printing (DRC) enables Print-to-Me and print tracking on par with DRE server-based print tracking but without the need of a print server. As the name indicates, this is only available for direct IP printing from a workstation to a networked printer. See Direct IP Printing.
  • Interactive Print Rules enable a server-based print rule to interact with the end user when running on a Windows print server. This change does not apply to workstation rules or copy rules. See Interactive Print Rules.