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Printer Accounting Server: Administrator’s Guide
1.5.14 PAS and PRS licensing compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
1.5.15 Administrative considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
1.5.15 Administrative considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
1.6
PAS and regional settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2.
Installing core PAS components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2.1
Configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2.1.1 Component overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2.1.2 Deciding on component destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2.1.1 Component overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2.1.2 Deciding on component destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2.2
Preparing to install the database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
2.2.1 Estimating required disk space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
2.2.2 Selecting a database management system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
2.2.1 Estimating required disk space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
2.2.2 Selecting a database management system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
2.3
Installing a PAS database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
2.3.1 Installing a Microsoft SQL Server database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
2.3.2 Installing an Oracle database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
2.3.1 Installing a Microsoft SQL Server database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
2.3.2 Installing an Oracle database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
2.4
Converting the database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
2.4.1 Database conversion details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
2.4.1 Database conversion details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
2.5
Preparing the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
2.5.1 Planning the physical setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
2.5.2 Configuring administrative access on the network . . . . . . 43
2.5.3 Installing and configuring TCP/IP on the print server . . . . 44
2.5.4 Obtaining your activation keycode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
2.5.1 Planning the physical setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
2.5.2 Configuring administrative access on the network . . . . . . 43
2.5.3 Installing and configuring TCP/IP on the print server . . . . 44
2.5.4 Obtaining your activation keycode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
2.6
Installing the components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
2.6.1 Running the automated install program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
2.6.2 Adding sites and servers in System Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
2.6.3 Using the Accounting Server Configuration wizard. . . . . . 49
2.6.4 Verifying activation keycodes in System Manager . . . . . . . 51
2.6.5 Verifying installed software components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
2.6.6 Using the Printer Conversion wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
2.6.7 Adding logical printer definitions on the print server . . . . 56
2.6.1 Running the automated install program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
2.6.2 Adding sites and servers in System Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
2.6.3 Using the Accounting Server Configuration wizard. . . . . . 49
2.6.4 Verifying activation keycodes in System Manager . . . . . . . 51
2.6.5 Verifying installed software components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
2.6.6 Using the Printer Conversion wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
2.6.7 Adding logical printer definitions on the print server . . . . 56
2.7
Configuring core services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
2.7.1 Running the Administrative Tools in other languages . . . 60
2.7.2 Configuring a printer port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
2.7.3 Adding printer registrations in System Manager. . . . . . . . . 63
2.7.1 Running the Administrative Tools in other languages . . . 60
2.7.2 Configuring a printer port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
2.7.3 Adding printer registrations in System Manager. . . . . . . . . 63
2.8
Configuring the accounts database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
2.8.1 Configuring automatic account creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
2.8.1 Configuring automatic account creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
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