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1.      6 Testing 20  6 1 Testing Manual Transfers 20  6 2 Testing On Demand Transfers 20    7 Alternative Method for Handling Guest Users and Anonymous Cards    22   7 1 Automatic self registration at Release Stations 22  7 2 Manual Creation 23   8 Troubleshooting 24  8 1 General Information 24    8 2    Insufficient Funds    errors received unexpectedly  even when viewing balance  24  9 Planned Features and Known Limitations 25    1 Introduction   Blackboard develops many software applications for use in the education sector   Blackboard Transact is Blackboard   s solution for managing campus payments and  security access  The PaperCut payment gateway module for Blackboard provides  integration that allows students to pay for printing from their Blackboard account     Key Feature Summary    Automatic network level integration with Blackboard     no mandatory hardware  requirement   Different operation modes    o Automatic transfer on low zero account balance    o End user instigated transfer via a web interface    o Pay and release via a release station  card reader hardware required     o Combination thereof as configured by the administrator   Ability to mix the integration methods  Some users  e g  students  may have  automatic payment on print  while guests use a pay and release station and  anonymous cards   Full transaction auditing for both end users and administrators   Ability to extract import Blackboard card account numbers out of Active Directory  if  secure  and o
2.  Gateway Module   Blackboard Quick Start Guide v2012    5  The end user can view and report on all details of their historic transactions via the  web interface        yw Show Filter   filter active  remove       transaciondatey   Transacted bv   amount   Balance after  Teansactontvoe   comment    Mar 30  2010 4 08 18 PM tom  2 00  4 40 Payment gateway Funds added from Blackboard                   Mar 30  2010 2 20 21 PM  system   print   0 20  2 40 Printer Usage  Full refund   auto refund of cancelled print job   Mar 30  2010 2 20 20 PM  system   print   0 20  2 20 Printer Usage  Full refund   auto refund of cancelled print job        N  g  N  vI    Copyright    2011 PaperCut Software International Pty  Ltd   All Rights Reserved    3 2 Option 2  On Demand Transfers   On demand transfers occur when a user lacks sufficient balance to print a job  When this  happens the system will automatically transfer funds from Blackboard into the user   s  PaperCut account as required  based on rules configured by the administrator     This option does not require any additional hardware such as card readers     The amount transferred may be just the amount required to print  or a batch amount  In  batch mode  10 could be transferred whenever the user runs out of balance  for example   reducing the number of transfers that occur     On demand transfer example without batching     1  User Betty has  0 10 in her PaperCut printing account    2  Betty prints a job that costs  0 70    3  The Pa
3.  This section describes an alternative method     PaperCut supports guests via its Internal Users feature  Internal users are accounts that  only exist in the PaperCut database and not in the network domain directory  e g  Active  Directory   This feature allows organizations to support guest users without having to pollute  their network directory with temporary guest accounts  The Internal Users feature is  documented in detail in the user manual chapter    Managing Guests and Internal Users        The key is to ensure that the Blackboard card id number is associated with the internal users  in PaperCut  This can be done in two ways     7 1 Automatic self registration at Release Stations   The PaperCut full screen software based release station may be configured to support  authentication via Swipe Card by using USB based swipe card readers  A reader  compatible with Blackboard cards can be used to facilitate self registration at a release  station  The setup and process would work as follows     Setup Requirements     e Guests print to a separate set of print queues configured to use hold release queues   e The full screen software based release station is setup on station s  next to the  printers    e The release station is configured to use card authentication via a compatible USB  based card reader  e g  Magtek     e The internal users feature is enabled in PaperCut    e The release station should be configured in release any mode and enable card self   registration fea
4.  available balance display is updated in  realtime    Note that printing performed and paid for via an anonymous login and card cannot be  refunded back onto the card  i e  back into Blackboard  for security reasons  The refunded  amount will simply end up on the generic account for reporting purposes     4 Prerequisites  This section describes the prerequisites required before the payment gateway module can  be enabled     4 1 Blackboard Settings and Configuration   Please contact Blackboard support for assistance with setting up the system for use with  PaperCut  Blackboard refers to our integration component as the    PaperCut Payment  Gateway Module version 10 TIA  Transaction Integration Agent   vendor number 3112        The PaperCut payment gateway module requires the following information about your  Blackboard setup     e The Blackboard Transaction Server  BbTS  hostname or IP address and port number   default  9003     e The terminal number of the newly created terminal    e The encryption key  password   shared secret  used when creating the terminal    e The tender number  purse   account  that identifies the account in BbTS that funds  are deducted from    e Whether the numbers provided are the plain Blackboard card number    ids     6 10 digit  numbers  or the full card numbers     track 2 card data     up to 37 characters that  includes the Blackboard id   Note that PaperCut sends card ids or full card numbers  to BbTS and not customer numbers     The settings w
5.  end user experience for each option  Options may be mixed and matched  and many organizations may choose to start off with one  say Manual   and move to others  as their system project evolves over time     3 1 Option 1  Manual Transfers  Manual transfers allow users to instigate a transfer of a selected amount from their  Blackboard account into their PaperCut account     This option does not require any additional hardware such as card readers     1  The user logs into the standard PaperCut user web interface         C Q box othont  gt  OB    ii  2 papercut    Paswevoetl    2  Anew    Add Credit    link is available in the navigation menu   The link will appear  after the module is installed  The name of the link is configurable      PaperCut   Payment Gateway Module   Blackboard Quick Start Guide v2012       Cok    AS Papercut NG  Summary o    e C    localhost    Summary    a  vs       Balance history for tom       Environmental Impact       3  The user clicks    Add Credit    and selects the amount to transfer  amounts can be defined by the administrator         The range of       oF oa  WS Papercut NG  Add Credit O        C    localhost    Add credit using Blackboard    C            punt to Transfer    s 0 LASI Vahe                    4  After clicking the form Submit button  the selected amount  if available  is placed in  the user   s account in real time     Copyright    2011 PaperCut Software International Pty  Ltd   All Rights Reserved 6 of 25    PaperCut   Payment
6. 0 minutes  No system level restart is required   however the PaperCut application server will be restarted during the install process  If other  administrators are using the PaperCut administration interface at this time  it may be  advisable to warn them of the pending restart     5 1 Installing the Payment Gateway Module    1     The Payment Gateway Module will function during the PaperCut NG 40 day trial  period  After this  the module must be licensed  If you have been supplied with a  new license take the time to install this now  The license install procedure is  documented in the PaperCut user manual chapter    Licensing and Support        Download the Payment Gateway Module from the PaperCut website     http  Avww papercut com anonftp pub pcng ext payment gateway pcng payment   qateway module exe    Install the module into the same directory as PaperCut NG  This is normally   C  Program Files PaperCut NG    Open the file    app path  server lib ext ext payment gateway blackboard  properties   in a text editor such as Notepad     Locate the line blackboard enabled N and change the N to Y  This will enable the  Blackboard module     Enable  set to Y  one or both of the blackboard manual transfer enabled and  blackboard on demand transfer enabled options  see the End User Overview section  for more detail about these options      Locate the option blackboard server host and enter the hostname or IP address of  your Blackboard  BbTS  server     Verify that the blackboard 
7. 2 2 Looking Up Blackboard Cards Ids in a Database   This method involves using some information about a user that is available to PaperCut to  look up a Blackboard card id in a database  E g  given a table of Blackboard ids and  network usernames  PaperCut knows the network username so it can look up the  Blackboard id  E g  given a table of Blackboard cards and student ids  if the student id is  stored in PaperCut then PaperCut can use this to look up a Blackboard card     Configuration for database lookups can be found in the configuration file at  app   path  server lib ext ext payment gateway blackboard properties  under the section titled     External Card Id Lookup Settings     The configuration file provides further information and  examples  For assistance please contact support     4 3 Hardware   No hardware is required for the manual transfer or top up on demand modes  To use pay   and release mode users will need to swipe a Blackboard card at a release station  so card  reader hardware will be required  Any keyboard emulating card reader should do the job   that is  swiping a card should print the output to the screen like it was typed  e g  into a text  editor   such as MagTek USB card readers     5 Installation   This section covers the installation of the PaperCut payment gateway module  It is written  assuming the reader has good server administration skills and is experienced with general  PaperCut administration     Setup and testing time should take around 3
8. PaperCut        PaperCut Payment Gateway Module    Blackboard Quick Start Guide    This guide is designed to supplement the Payment Gateway Module documentation and  provides a guide to installing  setting up and testing the Payment Gateway Module for use  with Blackboard via the Blackboard Transact platform  The main Payment Gateway Module  documentation may be downloaded from     http   www papercut com anonftp pub pcng ext payment gateway PaymentGatewayModule paf                               Contents  1 Introduction 3  2 Architecture 4  3 End User Overview 5  3 1 Option 1  Manual Transfers 5  3 2 Option 2  On Demand Transfers 8  3 3 Option 3  Payments at a Release Station  Pay and Release  9  3 3 1 Authenticated Payments at a Release Station 9  3 3 2 Anonymous Payments at a Release Station 11  4 Prerequisites 14  4 1 Blackboard Settings and Configuration 14  4 2 Determine How PaperCut Will Find Blackboard Card Ids 14  4 2 1 Populate Blackboard Card Ids to PaperCut Card Identity Numbers 15  4 2 2 Looking Up Blackboard Cards Ids in a Database 15  4 3 Hardware      19  5 Installation 6  5 1 Installing the Payment Gateway Module 16  5 2 Pay and Release  Payments at a Release Station  17  5 2 1 Anonymous Pay and Release 17  5 2 2 Pay and Release Advanced Configuration 18  5 2 2 1 Account Charge Order 18  5 2 2 2 Prompting All Users to Swipe a Card on Login 18  5 2 2 3 Messages 18       5 2 2 4 Enabling Only For Anonymous Users 18          5 2 2 5 Card Reader Configuration 19  
9. Reserved    login or account in PaperCut  they print from a generic account and need to pay for printing  from the Blackboard card     Anonymous users logging into a release station with Blackboard integration will be  requested to swipe a Blackboard card  The funds associated with the card can then be used  for printing     CS Print Release Station    To begin  enter your login details    E    Contact the help desk if assistance is required   or enter your username and password     E  B OOl    or log in as       Anonymous users log in by clicking the  Guest  button  text configurable     Please swipe your Blackboard card     Cancel       After logging in the guest user is prompted to swipe their Blackboard card  message text is configurable     S Print Release Station    Your Blackboard balance is now available and may be used for printing      5 00  Blackboard     Printer Document Machine Pages   Cost Action     17 32 43 library 14 print server Library Printer Stats   OpenOffice org Writer library 14 30  3 00 Erint Cancel       E cancel all       The user s Blackboard balance may then be used for printing      Print Release Station    Your Blackboard balance is now available and may be used for printing      2 00  Blackboard     Printer Document Machine Pages   Cost     gt  17 32 43 library 14 print server Library Printer Stats   OpenOffice org Writer library 14 30  3 00 ps mm       Print All Cancel All       Printing is charged to the user s Blackboard card account and the
10. ay have multiple  tenders   Only the card number or card id is used by PaperCut  A card id is a shorter    version of a card number     a card number may include header trailer characters  a site code  and a checksum     4 2 1 Populate Blackboard Card Ids to PaperCut Card Identity Numbers  This method involves importing the Blackboard card id into PaperCut  This is the preferred  method  where possible  as it allows PaperCut to quickly and easily identify the information  that needs to be sent to Blackboard     If your card id numbers are not already populated in PaperCut  take the time to do this now   There are a number of ways this can be done  including     e Importing the card id numbers from Active Directory or LDAP  This is generally the  simplest method and easiest to maintain  particularly if the card id numbers are  already stored in AD LDAP  See the user manual section    Importing Card Identity  numbers from Active Directory or LDAP    for more details    e Pointing PaperCut to a database that contains the card id numbers and can provide a  mapping between the card id number and the network username  This can be useful  if there is a student management system or similar that contains the card id numbers  and usernames  See the user manual section    Looking up card numbers in an  external database    for more details    e Batch importing the card id numbers from a text file  See the user manual section     Batch User Card Identity Update    for more details     4 
11. here papercut is the name of your PaperCut server       Anew link called Add Credit should appear on the left  Click this link     Select and amount to add and click Add Value     The requested amount will be transferred from the user   s Blackboard account into  PaperCut  Check that the balance has been successfully adjusted via the  Transaction History page  Check the records in Blackboard to ensure that the  transfer is correctly accounted for     6 2 Testing On Demand Transfers   Only if on demand automatic transfers are enabled     1     w    Log into the PaperCut admin interface  http   papercut 9191 admin  and select your  test user from the Users tab    Change the user s account balance to  0 00    Login to a workstation as this test user and perform a test print job    The print job should trigger a transfer of credit from Blackboard and the print job  should be allowed    Login to the PaperCut admin interface and select the test user from the Users tab     Select the user   s Transaction History tab  where you should see the funds transferred  from Blackboard into PaperCut  and then the deducted from PaperCut for the cost of  the print job     Check that the transferred amount is correctly accounted for in Blackboard     7 Alternative Method for Handling Guest Users and  Anonymous Cards    The preferred method for handling anonymous users is to enable pay and release  functionality at a release station  as discussed in section    5 2 1 Anonymous Pay and  Release    
12. ill be configured in the payment gateway configuration file     4 2 Determine How PaperCut Will Find Blackboard Card Ids   The payment gateway requires a user   s Blackboard card id   card number to perform a  transaction from their Blackboard account  This requires a mapping between a user in  PaperCut and their Blackboard card id or card number  There are multiple ways to achieve  this     1  By importing storing the Blackboard card id in PaperCut  This is generally the  easiest method if the Blackboard card id is readily available for import into PaperCut   See    4 2 1 Populate Blackboard Card Ids to PaperCut Card Identity Numbers    below  for more detail    2  By using details about the user that are available to PaperCut to look up   map to a  Blackboard card id in a database  This is useful when the Blackboard card id cannot  easily be imported into PaperCut  or a different card id is in use   but can be easily     looked up     See    4 2 2 Looking Up Blackboard Cards Ids in a Database    below for  more detail    3  By using details about the non Blackboard card that was swiped at a release station   pay and release  to look up   map to a Blackboard card id in a database  Contact  support for assistance with this method     Note that users in Blackboard also have a    customer number     PaperCut does not use or  require the Blackboard customer number as it cannot be used for performing transactions   Each Blackboard customer may have multiple cards  and each card m
13. ling Only For Anonymous Users   By default the release station will prompt all users to swipe their card if funds are required   This may not be desirable  for example if authenticated users are already set up with on   demand transfers  To configure the station to only prompt anonymous users for their card     change the option blackboard enabled for  to ANONYMOUS in the config file at  release   path  extensions credit sources blackboard properties     5 2 2 5 Card Reader Configuration   If you card reader does not successfully read Blackboard cards    out of the box     there are  additional configuration options in the config file at  release path  extensions credit   sources blackboard properties  including header trailer characters and regex matching  support  See the comments and options in the file for details     6 Testing  The payment gateway module for Blackboard is now ready for testing  This test will involve  performing a live transaction with the Blackboard system  testing end to end functionality     To begin testing you will require a login for a user that has a card id number that refers to an  active card id in Blackboard  The simplest way to achieve this is to manually enter a test  Blackboard card id number in the    Card Identity Number    field of a test user in the PaperCut  administration interface     6 1 Testing Manual Transfers   Only if manual transfers are enabled     1     Log into the PaperCut user web interface at http   oapercut 9191 user   w
14. log   This log contains general application specific error messages and events   Transaction Log    app path  server logs payment gateway transaction log   This log contains a list of successful transactions in a tab delimited form     Please feel free to contact the PaperCut Software Development Team via  support papercut com if you require assistance     8 2    Insufficient Funds    errors received unexpectedly  even when  viewing balance   Please ask Blackboard Support to confirm that the PaperCut Transaction Integration Agent    TIA  in Blackboard has had its    Policy    section updated     9 Planned Features and Known Limitations  The following features have been spec   ed and are intended for future inclusion if customer  demand exists     e Ability to allow end users to set their own settings   o Turn on off auto transfer or on demand modes  e g  opt out because I   d just  like to use my free quota only   o Set user specific auto transfer amounts and triggers    If you are interested in these or other features  please make your interest known to the  PaperCut development team  Our feature development is ranked based on customer votes     
15. may now be used with any Blackboard operating mode  e g  Live  or Manual  using any authentication method supported by PaperCut  These include     e Pop up authentication at the time of print  e Via a release station    Note  Both the automatic self registration and manual methods store the Blackboard card  number in the PaperCut database  It is still possible to use an external mapping source  e g   a database or Active Directory  for non guest users  The Blackboard interface has been  designed to    fall back    to using the PaperCut card identity number field if the card does not  exist in the external mapping source and the user account is an  nternal User     Management of guest users is a complex topic  We have designed PaperCut to be as  flexible as possible so implementations can be tailor to existing procedures and policies   This flexibility also brings complexity  Network administrators will need to invest some     thought power    into experimentation  design  testing and user education  The PaperCut  development team or an authorized reseller will be able to assist     8 Troubleshooting    8 1 General Information  Administrators may find information in the following log files useful when trying to  troubleshoot setup configuration problems or issues reported by end users     Payment Gateway Event Log    app path  server logs payment gateway event log   This log contains gateway specific error messages and events   Application Log     app path  server logs server 
16. ments at a release station using Blackboard cards   after completing section 5 2 simply enable anonymous logins     1  Open the file  app path  release config properties in a text editor     2  Locate the line enable anonymous login N and change the N to Y  This will enable  a    Guest    button on the release station login page  Anonymous users will click this  button to log into the station    3  If the    Guest    text of the button is not suitable  change the option anonymous login   button text  to suit    4  Clicking the    Guest    button will actually log into the station as a pre defined generic  user account  The balance of this account will not be available to the user  but this  generic account will be used to track payments and printing by anonymous users  In  this way  all stations can share the same generic login  or each station can use a  different generic account  e g  to provide station level information and reporting      The default generic account used is guest  The option anonymous user  can be  used to change the account used  This account must exist in PaperCut  but it may  be either a network user account or a PaperCut internal user account  For details  about creating PaperCut internal users accounts see the user manual chapter     Managing Guests and Internal Users        5 2 2 Pay and Release Advanced Configuration    5 2 2 1 Account Charge Order   When an authenticated user prints a job after having swiped their Blackboard card  the  default beha
17. nds please swipe your card now    message C       Station prompts user to swipe their Blackboard card     amp  Print Release Station    Your Blackboard balance is now available and may be used for printing     User  tom  Your balance   2 00    25 93  Blackboard     27 93    User Printer Documen  Machine Pages   Cost      d 17 19 58 m print server Library Printer Budget   OpenOffice org Galc tom pc 30  3 00 Print Cancel         Configurable    Configurable label    message       Blackboard balance is now available for printing       Print Release Station    Your Blackboard balance is now available and may be used for printing     User  tom  Your balance   0 00    24 93  Blackboard     24 93    Printer Document   Machine Pages   Cost  print server Library Printer Budget   OpenOffice org Calc tom pe 30  3 00 Queueing              Print All Cancel All       Printing a job charges it to the user s Blackboard account and updates the available balance display in  realtime    Note that printing performed and paid for from a Blackboard card cannot be refunded back  onto the card  i e  back into Blackboard  for security reasons  The refunded amount will be  added to the user   s personal PaperCut account     3 3 2 Anonymous Payments at a Release Station  Some organizations may provide guests or visitors with Blackboard cards for  authentication access and or to make payments  In these cases the user has no network    Copyright 2011 PaperCut Software International Pty  Ltd   All Rights 
18. nticated users  users who have a network login and a  corresponding PaperCut account  or anonymous users  users who have printed from a  generic account and have no network login or PaperCut account  but do have a Blackboard  card      This option requires a release station with attached card reader for reading Blackboard  cards     3 3 1 Authenticated Payments at a Release Station   Users with insufficient credit in their online PaperCut account can be prompted to swipe a  Blackboard card  This can be useful if users can carry    anonymous    or    disposable    cards      cards which have a balance but no association with the user who purchased them  The user  can simply swipe one of these cards to use some or all of the balance to pay for their  printing        amp  Print Release Station    To begin  enter your login details             SS Saas    Contact the help desk if assistance is required        or enter your username and password     Username  a  ee         or log in as a guest        Users log into the release station with their regular network username and password               Print Release Station  User  tom  Your balance   2 00    Time User Printer Document Machine   Pages Cost     17 19 58 tom print server Library Printer Budget   OpenOffice org Calc tom pc   30  3 00  Print   Cancel      Print All Cancel All       User attempts to print a job they have insufficient credit for    Insufficient funds in your online account   Configura ble o access Blackboard fu
19. perCut Blackboard gateway transfers the required  0 60 into Betty   s PaperCut  account and the job is allowed to print     On demand transfer example with  5 00 batching     1  User Betty has  0 10 in her PaperCut printing account    2  Betty prints a job that costs  0 70    3  Because the print job costs more than the value currently in her account  the  PaperCut Blackboard gateway transfers the default batch transfer amount of  5 00   making a total of  5 10    4  The job cost is deducted from the PaperCut account leaving Betty with  4 40 in her  PaperCut account which may be used for future printing     On demand transfers are enabled and configured by the administrator  No user intervention  is required  although users are provided with a full list of all transfers in the user web  interface  If using batch transfers  sites should explain to users how the system works  e g   default transfer amounts      Notes     e On demand transfers can be enabled for specific groups  e g  for students but not  staff    e Any free quota allocated to users is used first before making transfers from  Blackboard    e If the user is out of Blackboard funds the    insufficient credit    message will propagate  to the user as it normally does in PaperCut  e g  notified via the client software  or via  email      3 3 Option 3  Payments at a Release Station  Pay and Release   Payments for printing may be made at a release station at the time the job is released  This  may be either from authe
20. r an external database table such as a student management system   Implementation does not compromise replace standard PaperCut features such as  free quotas  overdraft rules or the ability to add alternate payment types in the future   e g  credit card services such as PayPal      2 Architecture   The solution is designed with security as the number one objective  All communication with  Blackboard  the external credit source  is made via the PaperCut Server  No client software  is used  Communication with end users is encrypted using SSL TLS browser encryption     PaperCut Server    PaperCut server with Payment  Gateway module installed          Communication with external server          Withdraw from external source    end deposit in PaperCut External Credit Source    A server or service providing a  source of funds    PC Macintosh Linux Unix  Workstations Workstations Workstations Workstations    Blackboard integration architecture    Setup and testing time should take around 30 minutes  No system level restart is required   however the PaperCut application server will be restarted during the install process  If other  administrators are using the PaperCut administration interface at this time  it may be  advisable to warn them of the pending restart     3 End User Overview   The system may be configured using any combination of three possible integration options   The integration options are configured by the administrator  The section below provides an  overview of the
21. server port option is correct for your Blackboard server     Locate the option blackboard terminal number and enter the terminal number of the  terminal created in Blackborad for integration with PaperCut       Locate the option blackboard encryption key and enter the encryption key used when    creating the terminal       Locate the option blackboard tender number and enter the tender number that    PaperCut will deduct funds from     12  Locate the option blackboard sending card numbers and set to Y or N based on  whether the card id number in PaperCut is a Blackboard card number or a  Blackboard id     13  Take some time to review the configurable options available in the file  Options  include limits on the amount to transfer  access groups and custom error messages   You may like to enable a group restriction to limit access to administrators until  configuration is complete     14  Save the file and exit the text editor     5 2 Pay and Release  Payments at a Release Station    Blackboard payment integration may optionally be enabled at release stations  in addition to  or instead of the on demand integration and manual transfers  See the section    Option 3   Payments at a Release Station    for details     This mode also requires the purchase of a PaperCut Pay Station license  which allows the  release station to be used to add and use funds from an external source     To enable payment integration at a release station     1  Setup a release station as per the user man
22. ture is set to Y in the release station   s config properties file    e The Blackboard interface is configured to enable on demand transfers for at least the   Internal Users  group     Guest User Procedure   1  A guest user is allocated an anonymous Blackboard card   2  The user logs into a computer and prints to the queues set up for guest users   3  They walk up to a release station and swipe their card   4  Anaccount matching this account can   t be found so the system asks if a new should  account be created  The user clicks    yes      An internal user account is created and associated with the supplied card number   6  The user may release their job  Any job released will be charged to the matching  Blackboard account   7  The user may continue to use their card  The user will not be prompted to create an  account on subsequent release station login as they have already registered     o    7 2 Manual Creation   Internal Users may also be manually created either via the PaperCut administration web  interface or via a text file import  After an internal user is created it may be associated with a  Blackboard card number by simply putting the Blackboard card id number in the     Card Identity Number    field in the PaperCut interface     Other Details    Department  Provides additional information about the user   like their office  department or identity  card identity number  Offi    Card Identity Number  123456    ard  TN DIM  dinite anh     This internal user account 
23. ual chapter    Release Station  Configuration    and deployment tips in  app path  release README txt  Attach your  card reader for reading Blackboard cards  but do not configure the station for card  reader logins  unless there are cards other than Blackboard cards used for  authentication   Cards will be requested after the user has logged in    2  Ensure that the card reader can read the Blackboard cards  e g  plug the card reader  into the release station  open a text editor  swipe a card and ensure that the card  number is printed to the screen    3  Open the config file  release path  extensions pay and release properties in a text  editor    4  Locate the line enabled N and change the N to Y  This will enable    pay and release     functionality at the release station    5  Locate the line credit source blackboard and uncomment it  remove the   from the  start   Comment out  insert a   at the start  of any other credit source  lines    e  the  line credit source blackboard should be the only uncommented line starting with  credit source     6  Set the option give change  to NA  This option controls what happens to the  balance in Blackboard when the user logs out  Setting it to NA ensures that the  balance stays on the card    7  Save the file and exit the text editor     Users should now be prompted to swipe a Blackboard card when attempting to print a job  that they have insufficient credit for     5 2 1 Anonymous Pay and Release  To allow anonymous users to make pay
24. vior is to first draw funds from the user   s online PaperCut account  then from  Blackboard  E g  A user has  1 00 in their PaperCut account  say because of a free quota  assignment  and  10 00 in Blackboard  and they release a job costing  3 00  For payment  of the job   1 00 will be taken from their PaperCut account and the remaining  2 00 from  Blackboard     This behavior may be reversed  i e  take funds from Blackboard first  then from PaperCut   via the option account charge order in  release path  extensions pay and release properties   The comments in the file indicate how     5 2 2 2 Prompting All Users to Swipe a Card on Login   By default  authenticated users are only prompted to swipe their Blackboard card when they  have insufficient balance to print  Anonymous users are prompted immediately after logging  in  To prompt authenticated users immediately after logging in  enable the option  blackboard card always requested on login in  release path  extensions credit   sources blackboard properties     5 2 2 3 Messages   Many of the messages displayed to users by the station are configurable  The Blackboard  related messages can be configured in the config file at  release path  extensions credit   sources blackboard properties  For example  your Blackboard accounts may have a more  general name appropriate for your environment  Instructions may also be edited to highlight  guest access policies  See the comments and options in the file for details     5 2 2 4 Enab
    
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