PrintCapture 6.05 review

PrintCapture allows you the luxury of doing things the way you have always done them—no new servers required! PrintCapture monitors printing activity across Mac or Windows platforms (or any combination of both) from any application.

License: Demo OS: Mac OS X File size: 8K Developer: CaptureWorks Buy Now Price: $99.00 Updated: 10 Aug 2006

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PrintCapture allows you the luxury of doing things the way you have always done them—no new servers required!

PrintCapture monitors printing activity across Mac or Windows platforms (or any combination of both) from any application. Once installed, all postscript printing using common print drivers will cause a small dialog box to appear, allowing (or requiring—it's up to you) users to enter a job number to complete printing.

PrintCapture can also be configured to govern the usage of printer resources, requiring users to enter a password before printing. The information PrintCapture collects can become a veritable goldmine for those billing for prints.

All PrintCapture data is collected to a central database (included) which can be easily viewed, or used to generate powerful reports using the CaptureWorks Manager.

The Mac OS X View Creator simplifies access to all print data, while providing a powerful way to create useful reports. Simple querying of printing activity using multiple search criteria renders only the data you need to see. With View Creator, you can easily summarize printing activity, create custom reports, export data as .csv, XML, or custom formats, or simply view printing activity periodically.

Here are some key features of "PrintCapture":
Ability to distinguish color and non-color for the same printer
Bill by size (English or Metric) or by square foot or meter
In OS X works hand-in-hand with CUPS Unix printing system
Highly secure; cannot be disabled by user
Client pop-up menu and data sent to database
Client pop-up changes job number pop-up to show only the client's job numbers
Auto-archiving of database
TCP/IP does not require any special servers or hardware/software; works with any machine
Simplified installation
Easy to customize and configure using Manager software
Several styles of print tracking modes to choose from:
Great variety of deployment options:
 + Job number-required: user must select job numbers from a list
With the option to require single user login with password per computer start
With added security requiring a password for each print job
Great variety of deployment options:
 + Stealth: no dialog appears, however, a detailed print record is generated
Manager application allows multi-criteria filtering for easy sorting of print data
The ability to track specific printers only
New "Comment" field added to the PrintCapture dialog
Direct integration option with FileMaker Pro* on Mac and MS Access on Windows
Secure Mode requires user log-in with password
Cross-platform functionality enables tracking from Windows to Mac or Mac to Windows Manager
Seamless integration with JobCapture to allow sharing between job number and user lists
Mac OS X uses Rendezvous to enhance connectivity between client and Mac antenna
Creation of powerful reports based on any number of criteria with neat summarization of printing activity
Export data on a schedule as .csv, XML, or custom formats using CaptureConnect SDK.

What's New:
Better background processing of unsent logs
All outstanding network issues solved
Ability to target particular departments when adding jobs remotely
More options for creating reports and saving report presets.