Extended Accounting of Colors

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 currently available only under 

    Early Access Program

     and, therefore, requires a special license.

  • 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. 

  1. In the YSoft SafeQ 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.

  2. Select price list to be edited or create a new one.

  3. 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
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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.