Device Dependent Accounting Overview

  • At scheduled intervals, device dependent accounting monitors every print routed from a workstation to a networked printer via a Dispatcher Paragon server.
  • The Dispatcher Paragon license must include the device dependent accounting option. If the license does not include device dependent accounting, it is not possible to select the device dependent accounting method for a device, and all devices configured for device dependent accounting will be switched to no accounting as soon as the expiration of the license is detected. (Some embedded terminals will be automatically reinstalled.) All accounting information received from MFDs is ignored.
  • Available for any LPR capable system.
  • Works only with PCL jobs with PJL headers and PostScript 2/3 jobs. 
  • Details about fax accounting support are in Fax accounting.

  • A list of compatible devices is in the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL).

Device dependent accounting is not supported on Dispatcher Paragon external (hardware) terminals.

Tracks the number of pages that have really been printed by the network printer. Using this method, the tracking accuracy is typically 95-98 percent. Even with this method, Dispatcher Paragon is unable to identify the origin of various printed pages, such as service pages, printer status pages, pages originated from a printer web or USB drive, pages printed directly to the printer IP address, incoming fax pages, and pages copied without authentication. To achieve greater accuracy, it is important to follow the change management procedures when adding, moving, or changing individual tracked devices and limit outputs without an identifiable source. Tracked information varies per printer, but can include the total number of impressions, the total number of BW/color impressions (three tiers, where supported), the total number of small (A5/A4/letter/legal) and large (A3/11 × 17/tabloid/ledger) pages, and duplex usage.