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What is PaperCut?

“PaperCut NG™ is a print and internet quota, charging, tracking and monitoring system designed to promote the responsible use of IT resources. It’s a premium cross-platform solution specifically designed to meet the needs of schools, universities and other organizations. Implementations range from silent monitoring, quota control to user-pays systems. ” www.papercut.com

What does this block do?

The PaperCut allows user to see their printing quota balance and the impact of  that printing.

For more information about PaperCut’s web widgets have a look here

Where is the block available?

The block is available for FREE here.

Prerequisite?

To implement this block you will need the following:-

1. PaperCut installed and configured.
2. Root access to the Moodle server.

How It Works?

Moodle’s PaperCut Block is a wrapper for PaperCut’s web widgets, Moodle supplies the information required for the widgets to function.

If the PaperCut Server is not assessable a ‘balance not available’ image will be displayed.

How To Install?

1. Download and unzip the block from the above link.
2. Copy the PaperCut folder to your [moodle]/blocks. [moodle] is the name of the folder that moodle is installed in.
3. Login to Moodle as the admin user and click on notifications to or visit http://[your_moodle_url]/admin/index.php to complete the installation.

Configuring Moodle?

1. Login to Moodle as the admin user.
2. Navigate to the PaperCut block settings page. Site Administration -> Modules -> Blocks -> PaperCut Print Quotas
3. Modify Block Title to fit your establishments terminology.
4. Enter the Server Url for the server that PaperCut is installed on.
5. Modify the Server Port if your installation is not using the default port.
6. Click Save Changes.
7. Navigate to Sticky Block Setting Page

Site Administration -> Modules -> Sticky Blocks

1. Select My Moodle page type for configuration.
2. Select from the drop down list in the Blocks block PaperCut Print Quotas
3. Move block to the require location.
4. Select Course page page type for configuration.
5. Select from the drop down list in the Blocks block PaperCut Print Quotas
6. Move block to the require location.
7. PaperCut configuration is now complete.

Possible Issue?

There is a know problem when using Internet Explorer 6, if the security permissions allow the PaperCut block should automatically fix this problem. If not, copy [moodle]/blocks/papercut/pix/x.gif to [moodle]/x.gif. [moodle] is the name of the folder that Moodle is installed in.