Papercut Basics

Owned by Joshua Cunningham, created
Last updated: Aug 21, 2024
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Papercut is used to track pages printed and which department to charge them to. PaperCut is installed on all Employee and Lab/Gen-Use computers across campus. With the upgrade to the new Xerox MFDs across campus, we upgraded our papercut client to include many new features.

Installing Papercut - Mac

  1. Open Finder

  2. In the menu bar at the top of the screen click “Go”

  3. Select “Connect to Server”

  4. type “print” (without the quotes)

  5. A popup window should show up. Click “PCClient” and then OK

  6. Expand the folder called “mac”

  7. Click and Drag the green icon labeled “PCClient” from this window to the “Applications” shortcut in the left-hand “Favorites” menu.

  8. Click “Applications”

  9. Follow the instructions below labeled “In the event that Papercut isn’t already running (MacOS)” to get it running.

Keep in mind that for the most part, Papercut is invisible and doesn’t normally have an app with a menu but you should be able to see the same “P” icon in the system tray at the top of the screen.

Running Papercut

In the event that Papercut isn’t already running (Windows)

  1. Click Start

  2. Type “Papercut” and a program with the following icon should be found*

  3. Click the Papercut icon to run the program

In the event that Papercut isn’t already running (MacOS)

  1. If your app tray doesn’t include the icon for papercut,

  2. Click the Magnifying glass in the top-right corner (or Command & Space-bar)

  3. Type “PCClient” and select the program (which should show the same green icon displayed above in the Windows instructions)

 

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