User Manual
Simple and Effi cient Billing Code
Management
The Accounting Management Plug-in provides an
effi cient cost recovery solution to any organization
looking to charge its clients for copies, prints, faxes,
and scans. For all your imageRUNNER
®
devices
enabled with MEAP
®
technology, a simple-to-use MEAP
application is included. When using this program, user
authentication and billing codes are input from the
device’s touch-panel, providing simple organization to
all jobs performed by the imageRUNNER device. For
optimal effi ciency, users can also enter billing data
from their workstations.
Knowledge is Power
The Accounting Management Plug-in gives you a
detailed snapshot of your organization’s resources.
Through this application, users can control their
costs through a number of advanced capabilities:
• Track by Paper Type: Analyze and manage cost
by paper type and size.
• Track by Individual, Group, or Department:
Determine how devices are being used.
• Single- or Double-sided Output: Account for
single- and double-sided output and N-up
print/copy output.
• Device Paper Consumption and Device Usage
Costs: Account for pages output, sheets used,
and costs incurred by each device.
• Output Restriction: Distinguish between color and
black-and-white jobs and set usage limits based on
the number of clicks or predetermined cost.
• Automatic Reporting: Schedule automatic report-
ing and receive reports via e-mail.
• Advanced Analysis: Export accounting and analysis
reports as CSV fi les for advanced analysis using
a bundled Microsoft
®
Excel
macro.
• Web-based Access: Generate reports or any
other administrative functions from anywhere
on the network.
The billing code can be recorded in three ways using either:
Accounting Management Driver Add-in: When printing
from a PC to a Canon printer.
Billing Code Plug-in: When a walk-up user prints
directly from a Canon device.
Accounting Management Client PC: When printing to
third-party printers, the billing code data is accepted
through a pop-up window and sent directly to the
Accounting Management Plug-in.
All three components are included in the Accounting
Management Plug-in package.
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