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PaperCut NG™ - System Requirements

PaperCut NG is a cross-platform print monitoring application that runs on all major operating systems. The system has been designed to support all platforms for both the client and the server components.

Primary Server Requirements
Operating System
  • Windows 2008 / 2003 / 2000 / Vista / XP
    (server, advanced server, enterprise edition, 64-bit edition, workstation*, professional* versions all supported)
    Microsoft Clustering Services supported at all application layers
  • Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5 (Tiger or Leopard)
  • Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 (OES 2), SP1+
  • Most modern Linux distributions including Red Hat, Novell SUSE, Debian, and others†
Memory 384MB minimum supported (512MB or higher recommended)
Processor 500-megahertz (MHz) or higher processor
Hard Disk 240 MB, plus additional storage for logs and print history
Printers
(if hosting printers)
  • Printers that support Postscript, PCL (any version), PCL-GUI, HPGL, PCLXL, ESC/P2, ESC/PAGE, Ricoh RPCS and others.
  • Many other printers will be supported on Windows.
  • Networked printers recommended
  • On non-Windows systems the CUPS or Samba print systems are required
Internet Proxy
(for Internet quota/control module)
 (Only required for Internet Quotas)
Client Workstation Requirements
Operating System
  • Microsoft Windows Vista / 2003 / XP / 2000 / NT 4.0 / ME / 98 / 95
  • Apple Mac OS X 10.3 or higher (PowerPC and Intel both supported)
  • Most modern Linux distributions (requires Java 5.0)
  • Other systems supporting Java 5.0
Memory 128MB or greater
Processor 300-megahertz (MHz) or higher processor
Hard Disk
  • 0MB - zero-install deployment (recommended)
  • 70MB - full local installation
Optional Secondary Server Requirements
Operating System
  • Windows 2008 / 2003 / Vista / XP / 2000 / NT 4.0 (server, advanced server, 64-bit edition, workstation*, professional* versions all supported)
  • Most modern Linux distributions using Samba or CUPS print queues†
  • Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5
  • Other Unix variants upon request. (e.g. Solaris, AIX, etc)
Memory 128MB or greater
Processor 300-megahertz (MHz) or higher processor
Hard Disk 5 MB
Printers
  • Printers that support Postscript, PCL (any version), PCL-GUI, HPGL, PCLXL, ESC/P2, ESC/PAGE, Ricoh RPCS and others
  • Many other printers will be supported on Windows
  • Networked printers recommended
  • On non-Windows systems the CUPS or Samba print systems are required
Optional Print Release Station Requirements
Operating System
  • Windows 2008 / 2003 / Vista / XP / 2000 / NT 4.0
  • Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5
  • Most modern Linux distributions
Memory 128MB or greater
Processor 300-megahertz (MHz) or higher processor
Hard Disk
  • 0MB - zero-install deployment (recommended)
  • 70MB - full local installation
* Windows Vista, XP, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows NT Workstation only allow 10 simultaneous connections (see Microsoft article). So these operating systems can only used for print servers when less than 10 users are connecting.
† SELinux should be disabled prior to installing.