Available Copy Tracking Methods

Available Copy Tracking Methods:

Method

Comments / Limitations

Off-line copy accounting

  • Monitors any copy produced at the copier/MFP in real-time.

  • Tracking works with devices actively checked by YSoft SafeQ terminal.

  • Realized by physical connection to the copy device via vender provided interface (see YSoft SafeQ HCL on Partner Portal)

  • Tracks number of pages actually copied at the device. Tracked information varies as per device of total number of impressions, total number of BW/color impressions, total number of small (A5/A4/letter) and large (A3/legal/tabloid) pages, duplex usage.

On-line copy accounting

  • Monitors any copy produced at the copier via LAN connection in real-time

  • Tracking works with devices actively checked by YSoft SafeQ terminal.

  • Copies made outside the control of YSoft SafeQ (such as public access, admin, etc.) may be reported as "Anonymous copies"

  • Available for any copier/MFP listed in YSoft SafeQ HCL on Partner Portal

  • Tracks number of pages actually copied by the network device. Tracked information varies as per devices of total number of impressions, total number of BW/color impressions (3-tiers where available), total number of small (A5/A4/letter) and large (A3/legal/tabloid) pages, duplex usage.

  • Online accounting disables multitasking capabilities for MFPs (only one user at a time can operate the MFP to enable this tracking)

  • Average network response speed from the printer to server on SNMP query must be less than 200ms.

Native copy accounting

  • Monitors any copy produced at the copier/MFP via network connection

  • Tracking works with devices actively checked by YSoft SafeQ terminal.

  • Copies made outside the control of YSoft SafeQ (such as public access, admin, etc.) are not reported.

  • Incompatible with external (hardware) terminals

  • Gathers data in scheduled intervals; Available only for the following devices (verify by checking the YSoft SafeQ HCL on Partner Portal):

    • Fuji Xerox MFPs with Accounting Logs option.

    • Konica Minolta MFPs with OpenAPI3 account maps

    • Ricoh ESA with SDK4,7 or 10

    • Sharp MFPs with OSA (MX-AMX3) module.

    • Toshiba MFPs with Open Platform SDK.

    • Xerox MFPs with Network Accounting (JBA) kit including 3-tier billing. images/s/-3eliqb/8502/404359a7d2ab19c9c7c58d12013124a386b28257/_/images/icons/emoticons/warning.svg Copy jobs must contain information about user.

  • Tracks number of pages actually copied by the network device. Tracked information varies as per devices of total number of impressions, total number of BW/color impressions, total number of small (A5/A4/letter) and large (A3/legal/tabloid) pages, duplex usage.