Extended accounting of colors allows to account one-color and two-colors jobs separately from Full Color. Whether the page of copy or print job should be accounted as one-color, two-colors or full color is decided by the MFP or printer itself.

This feature is available for selected MFPs only.
Extended accounting of colors is available only with embedded (device dependent) accounting.

Extended accounting of colors allows to account 1-color and 2-color jobs separately from Full Color.
Extended accounting of colors allows to set up different price for 1-color and 2-color jobs.
The 1-color and 2-color jobs are shown in Web reports separately.
The 1-color and 2-color print jobs are displayed as color jobs in job list and job overview. Whether the job would be accounted as 1-color, 2-colors or full color is decided by MFP itself during print out and it cannot be estimated beforehand.

How to set up prices for 1-color and 2-colors pages

If 1-color and 2-colors jobs should be accounted as any other full color jobs, set up same price for 1-color and 2-colors pages as it is set for full color pages.

In the Dispatcher Paragon management interface, click Billing and then the Price list tab.
On this page, there is a list of the existing price lists defined in the system.
Select price list to be edited or create a new one.
Set up prices for 1-color and 2-colors pages - prices are set up separately for print pages and for copy pages.

Set prices for 1-color and 2-colors print pages

Detail information about managing and configuring price lists is on separate page.

Limitations

Not all MFPs/printers are able to distinguish 1-color print or copy, in such a case the pages are accounted as full color.
Not all MFPs/printers are able to distinguish 2-colors print or copy, in such a case the pages are accounted as full color.
The information about price shown on Embedded Terminal might differ from the final price. The price estimation does not take extended colors (1-color and 2-color) into consideration and differentiates between BW/color only.
When feature is used with quotas or payment, limiting of user might happen on incorrect threshold. The price estimation does not take extended colors (1-color and 2-color) into consideration and differentiates between BW/color only.