PaperCut MF 21.0 release history

Fixes:

• Security improvements to address an issue in the NG/MF Application Server. [PO-480]

Other notes:

• If you are running v21.0.1 or older, there is a database upgrade.

Enhancements:

• Added the capability to configure the maximum number of printers monitored by the Print Provider. [PO-373]

Fixes:

• Fixed compatibility issues with MySQL 8.0.23. [PO-336]
• Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect paper size selection when printing to a Sharp MX-3071 with PCL6 drivers. [PO-386]
• Fixed an issue that caused user sync tests to fail and ultimately to lock the app server. [PO-426]
• Security improvement: Fixed an issue that in some cases could cause session tracing via url rewriting to occur, if cookies were disabled in the user’s browser. [PO-388]

Other Notes:

• If you are running v21.0.1 or older, there is a database upgrade.

Enhancements:

• Added support to the webservices API for deleting delegated groups, delegated users and other email addresses. [PO-290]

• Added new substitution variables %device_name% and %device_location% to the available macros for integrated scanning destination paths. [PO-193]

• Added the new config property schedule.daily-maintenence-reports to allow scheduled reports to be run at a different time to the daily maintenance tasks. [PO-130]

• Added SSL support for PaperCut desktop client communications. [PO-50]

• Print Archiving:

  • Added support for latest GhostPDL executable naming convention on Windows, Linux/Unix and Mac. [PO-94]

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue for third party providers who have created a top up link using our Payment Gateway Module API; previously the user could have their account topped up 100x more than it should if one of the following three config keys were set and the top up amount was equal to one of these values - Min, Max and Default Transfer Amounts. [PO-282]

• Fixed an issue with the webservices API that did not support group lookups when using username aliases. [PO-263]

• Fixed an issue with LDAP user syncing that caused the domain component of UPN usernames to be appended twice when syncing with multidomain enabled, for sources other than GSuite. [PO-259]

• Fixed an issue that could cause web print to fail for images when .NET runtimes other than Standard are installed. [PO-181]

• Fixed an issue that prevented Unicode language names (e.g. Hebrew) from being displayed correctly in the file-based group import (additional-groups.txt). [PO-324]

• Fixed a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the user import (from a TSV file). [PO-305]

• Removed authentication requirement from /verify page of PaperCut user interface so that new account verification links will still be usable when WebSSO is enabled. [PO-43]

• Updated Google OAuth libraries to version 1.35.0. [PO-15]

• Fixed an issue that caused the Scan Next Page button to be hidden on some devices with small screens. [PO-17]

• Fixed an issue that prevented OpenAPI logs from being generated. [PO-301]

• In cases where Shared Account access within PaperCut is defined by Active Directory Group Membership, the shared account access would not update on an Active Directory Sync. This update will now occur. [PO-262]

• Fixed an issue that caused color pages to be incorrectly detected as grayscale when printing from the iOS Photos app. [PO-217]

• FUJIFILM Business Innovation ART EX printer driver:

  • Fixed an issue that prevented page size and grayscale page detection from working. [PO-304]

Copier/Device Integration

• FujiFilm
  • Fixed an issue with newer models that caused the card reader to stop working when the device wakes up from standby. [PO-260]
  • Fixed an issue that caused the pages in multi-page JPG scans on Fuji devices to be ordered incorrectly. [PO-20]
  • Added support for closing the onscreen keyboard when the enter key is pressed on DMP-13 and 14 devices. [PO-147]
• HP
  • Fixed an issue that could cause PaperCut to clear the device access control settings at each re-initialisation of the integration, with firmware 4.11 and later. [PO-138]
  • Fixed an issue that occasionally caused HP FutureSmart 4 devices to lock up during integration process. [PO-46]
  • Added support for using multiple card readers in parallel on HP OXP devices. [PO-79]
• Konica Minolta
  • Fixed an issue that prevented some color pages from being correctly charged when using custom paper sizes for copy jobs on Konica Minolta. [PO-95]
  • Fixed an issue that caused device Back, Delete and Print buttons to be unresponsive when the config key ext-device.konica-minolta.browser.show-logout-button was set to “N”.
• Xerox
  • Fixed an issue that prevented grayscale conversion from working with Xerox AltaLink models. [PO-72]
  • Added support for usernames longer than 32 characters, previously this could prevent users from scanning or copying if their username was longer than 32 characters. [PO-188]

Other Notes:

• If you are running v21.0.1 or older, there is a database upgrade.
• Devices marked with * require installing an updated version of the embedded software to access new features and fixes.
• 21.0.3 is a combination of all the changes in 21.0.2 as well as 21.0.3, due to timings the two releases were combined.

New Features:

• Scan to Fax (Windows):
  • PaperCut MF’s Integrated Scanning solution now provides a secure and simple way to fax documents. A growing number of Fax Providers using their proprietary APIs are available in PaperCut MF including RightFax, Xmedius, and GoFax. Support is also provided to use the SMTP protocol to communicate with other Fax Providers that are not directly supported. It’s secure and easy to set up and seamlessly integrates with the overall PaperCut MF experience. Note: Scan to Fax is available on most Integrated Scanning-enabled devices. However, for an enhanced experience with extra security and features, this is currently supported on Konica Minolta and Toshiba V3+. An active Premium Upgrade Assurance (PUA) subscription is required to use this feature. Linux and macOS support coming soon. [PC-18179]
• HP OXP enhanced workflow:
  • Added new enhanced workflow mode for HP OXP devices which can be enabled via a config key ext-device.hp-oxpd.enhanced-mode. This user workflow presents PaperCut login and directs user to PaperCut home screen. When disabled, user workflow presents PaperCut login and directs user to Device home screen. [PC-18107]

Enhancements:

• Updated environmental impact widget appearance. [PO-68]
• Upgraded the app server logging system to a newer version. [PO-63]
• The PaperCut Connector for Microsoft Universal Print is now included in the standard server installation. [PC-18287]
• Added alternative method for synchronizing and authenticating users with Azure Active Directory that no longer requires AD Domain Services. [PC-18120]
• Now include previously deleted users when running the redaction feature. [PO-77]
• Changed the unit measurements for environmental savings on the dashboard. [PO-65]
• Diagnostics files can no longer be uploaded to the cloud from MF. [PO-166]
• Added the card/ID numbers (primary and secondary) fields to the fields that can be redacted using our redaction feature. [PO-161]
• Add the name for any secondary personal accounts to the fields that can be redacted using our redaction feature. [PO-160]
• Added PDF/A conversion support for DocProc. [PO-56]
• The Admin web interface now displays the full version of each Site Server in the Sites area. [PO-133]

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue on Linux with pdftocairo that might cause an incorrect number of color pages to be detected. [PO-135]
• Updated Jetty to version 9.4.35.v20201120 for security reasons. [PO-41]
• New Behaviour for Mobile Release page /mr/(printerIdentifier) search. Previous behaviour was that if you entered /mr/(printerIdentifier) and it matched more than one printer, then it would display an error ‘failed to match’ and show all printers. New behaviour is that if your search matches more than one, it displays the printer list page pre-filtered to your search, if your search term is a full printer name that matches a single printer, then it will take you straight to the printer’s job page as it did previously. Allows users to store a bookmark which filters the release page by name/location/etc. which was not possible before. [PC-17411]
• Fixed an issue that could cause the Print Provider to crash parsing PCL5 data generated by SAP ERP. [PO-189]
• Fixed an issue when using certain Konica Minolta PCL6 printer drivers, printing on Tabloid (11x17) paper size with Email to Print or Web Print, that could cause the printer to print A4 or Letter size instead. [PO-182]

Copier / Device Integration:

• Toshiba V3+:
  • Added the ability for a user to select their preferred language at the MFD. [PO-75]
  • Fixed an issue on Toshiba devices with 3rd party applications alongside PaperCut requiring separate login instead of automatically being logged in when user logs in via PaperCut. [PO-202]
• Sharp OSA n2:
  • Added support for auto-detection of scanned page sizes, including mixed-size scans. [PO-69]
• Canon MEAP Gen3+:
  • Fixed an issue on Gen3+ devices that caused multi-page scans to JPEG to be delivered with the pages out of order. [PO-152]

Other notes:

• If you are running v20.1.3 or older, there is a database upgrade.
• Devices marked with * require installing an updated version of the embedded software to access new features and fixes.