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Patches
Patches for Pcounter 2.43a and 5.29a
Setup
Pcounter for Windows Installation and User Guide (PDF)
Pcounter for NDPS Installation and User Guide (PDF)
Pcounter Station Installation and User Guide (PDF)
Does SETUP need to be run on each workstation in order to run Pcontrol or PAdmin?
How to upgrade from previous versions
Download manuals
How to uninstall Pcounter (PDF)
Setting up Pcounter for NetWare on Windows Vista
Server and/or domain name has changed and a new registration number is needed
Moving Pcounter for Windows from one server to another (PDF)
Request a trial period extension for Windows
Request a trial period extension for NetWare
Cross-platform
Dialog box fonts are too large on NT 4
How to check the maintenance date
Moving account balances and data between NetWare and Windows or between servers
Making HP Jetdirect Print Servers Secure on the Network
Locking the HP LaserJet Control Panel
Utility to convert Pcounter account balances to Euro
Printing-related usenet newsgroups
Pcounter Popup is hidden beneath other windows
Prices revert to zero after being saved
Multiple popups occurring from Excel print jobs
Pagecount errors on Canon BubbleJets
Print jobs are recorded but account balances are not modified
Running Pcounter utilities from login scripts
Users have enough credit, but print jobs are rejected with insufficient balance
Imported client codes are not displayed in Pcounter Administrator
Permissions required to manage users, balances, and client codes
Full name does not appear on banner
Date formatting is incorrect
How to find out the meaning of an error code
How to delete all client codes and start over
HP JetDirect gives 40 MIO or EIO message
PPopup client code list is empty
Windows
Update to Pcounter Port 2.20 causes ports to disappear or printer status to go Offline
Moving print jobs due to rules or load balancing fails
How to lock down Pcounter Administrator to a specific Active Directory OU
XCounter to Pcounter Migration guide (PDF)
Broadcast messages are not being received
"Network request is not supported" error when creating a Pcounter port
Pcounter Data Server not detected by remote print servers after applying Win200 SP4
Printing error: Pcounter service and port versions out of sync
How to set default datatype to RAW
Command line options for adding printers and other operations
"Procedure number out of range" error when printing
"Array bounds are invalid" error when printing
"User-mapped section open" error when updating Pcounter services
Print jobs are printing but not being recorded in Pcounter.log
Changing Windows spool locations
Moving the Pcounter share
Printer features such as landscape or duplex are ignored
Virus checkers can cause unpredictable behavior
Jobs are allowed to print below a user's low balance limit
Spooler messages are filling up the Event Log
NetWare
Setting up Pcounter for NetWare on Windows Vista
Configuring Novell Remote Manager for use with PCOUNTWI.NLM web applications
XCounter to Pcounter Migration guide (PDF)
PCOUNTER.NLM load error: Loader cannot find public symbol: NetDBgethostbyname
How to use LPR and port 9100 with Pcounter and queue-based printing
Technical Advisory - Pcounter.nlm abends on NW6.5 SP3 and NW5.1 SP8
How to force users to login to PCOUNTWI Account Balance and AuthJobs pages
HP NDPS Gateway - Downloads and Discontinuance Statement
Pcounter Popup does not appear if a printer pool is defined
PPopup - Multiple popups for each job
Pcontrol error: "The network address is invalid. [1707]" when selecting NDPS printers
PCOUNTER.NLM 5.20e load error: Loader cannot find public symbol: __I8M
PCOUNTER.NLM 5.20e sees no queues and will not load
PCOUNTDP.NLM uses excessive memory
No broadcast messages are received from Pcounter for NDPS
Pcounter Global/Popup/Registration settings not saved with Windows/XP Client 4.83
iPrint Security
Error in NLM: Error -659 writing balance
Pcontrol error: Bindery mode is not supported on \\SERVER\QUEUE.
PPopup and/or Wbalance use default instead of configured settings
Popup does not appear on NDPS
Wbalance uses numerical format Currency instead of Pages
How to force NDPS clients to use IP or IPX
Pcounter queue configurations are not being applied
Pcounter NDPS error: (Long) Error 899C getting VOL:\Path dir handle
PCOUNTER.NLM error: Error -603 reading printer PrinterName configuration
PCOUNTER.NLM error: No print queues are configured for counting
Tektronix printer support in new Xerox NDPS gateway
NDPSM.NLM 2.20e or later is unable to load (Error 1048577)
Error FFFFFFFF or 89FF renaming PCOUNTER.LOG
NLM terminates with error: "Loader cannot find public symbol: XXXX"
Print jobs are recorded but not shown in histories and reports
Pcounter.nlm terminates with error: "Unable to authenticate connection - error -669 or FFFFFD63"
Print jobs are identified by workstation instead of by user
PCOUNTER.NLM: Error 899C attaching to queue
Mac
Pcounter for Windows - Macintosh installation instructions (PDF)
Pcounter for NetWare - Macintosh installation instructions (PDF)