YSoft SafeQ 6 GA - Release notes

Release notes

As a platform, YSoft SafeQ 6 includes 3 main pillars:

  • Print Management

  • Document Capture

  • 3D Print Management

The 3 main pillars enable customers to:

  • Secure documents from unauthorized access (using one of the convenient authentication methods).

  • Set up print, copy and scan access rights.

  • Save costs thanks to support of scripted actions and rules for print jobs by executing the rule at any stage of job lifecycle.

  • Allow users to print to anywhere from anywhere.

  • Keep control over the print environment (costs, queues, devices, users) with consolidated and detailed reporting.

  • Seamless and secure mobile and web printing from any device.

  • Core or advanced workflows that optimize employee productivity

  • Allocate costs to specific clients or projects to charge back

  • Enable pay-for-print so your organization can leverage print environment as a service offering to your clients

  • Track 3D print jobs and allow pay-for-print with secure print at be3D printers

  • Embedded and External Terminals allow users to securely print, copy and scan (run workflows)

To see details about pricing, licensing and other sales related activities, please refer to https://portal.ysoft.com/ .

Known limitations

The list indicates planned for the Maintenance Update 1.

Limitations listed as currently not supported are already planned for of the next upcoming releases, but the MU version has not been confirmed yet.

General

  • YSoft SafeQ Backup Tool is currently not available.

  • Terminal Ultralight and Terminal Professional v3 are currently not supported.

Installation and deployment

  • Automatic upgrade from previous YSoft SafeQ 5 is currently not supported.

  • It is currently not possible to define the database name during installation.

  • Domain authentication for MS SQL is currently not supported.

  • FleixSpooler in the server mode has to be installed on the same server as Spooler Controller.

  • After cache recovery, all jobs accepted by the recovered Spooler Controller are currently marked as deleted.

Accounting and reporting

  • Online accounting is not supported. Currently planned for MU1.

  • Local print monitoring is currently not supported.

  • Counter Reports are currently not supported.

  • Enterprise reporting via the YSoft CRS server is not supported.

  • Billing code selection for print jobs directly on the Embedded Terminal is currently not supported.

  • The estimated price for the job is not changed once Finishing options are modified.

Management Server

  • Job preview for jobs in far roaming is currently not supported. Currently planned for MU1.

  • Guest user registration is not supported. Currently planned for MU1.

  • Local administrators are currently not supported.

  • It is not possible to set the company logo for Management Reports.

Embedded Terminals

  • Usernames containing a space are not supported when using scan worklows.

  • Finishing options are not supported on the YSoft SafeQ Embedded Terminal for Samsung.

  • The Scanning Workflows are available on the following vendors:

    • FujiXerox

    • Konica Minolta

    • Ricoh

    • Sharp

    • Xerox

  • Workflow user parameters are currently not validated.

  • It is not possible to enable showing user's personal and virtual credit separately.

  • Basic finishing options (Simplex/Duplex, BW/Color and Number of copies) are available on the following vendors:

    • FujiXerox

    • Konica Minolta

    • Lexmark

    • OKI

    • Ricoh

    • Sharp

    • Toshiba

    • Xerox

  • Advanced finishing options (Stapling, Punching, Folding) are available on the following vendors (see documentation for details):

    • Konica Minolta

    • Ricoh

    • Sharp

    • Xerox

  • Proper functionality of Advanced Finishing Options is guaranteed only with YSoft Universal Print Driver.

  • Advanced finishing options are not supported for jobs sent via Mobile Print Server or AP Connector.

  • Not all of the Finishing options are supported on every device, for detailed information please see the Hardware Compatibility List.

  • YSoft SafeQ 5 Early Access features "Fax accounting", "Extended accounting of colors" and "Public user accounting" are currently not supported.

  • YSoft SafeQ Embedded Terminal for Ricoh is not part of the installation package. It will be released to the Partner Portal separately.

YSoft Mobile Terminal

  • Payment System is not supported in combination with YSoft Mobile terminal.

  • Finishing options are supported only when the YSoft Mobile Terminal is used on the devices with Embedded Terminals.

Printing and print processing

  • Offline print is supported only for FSP in spooling client mode and on Windows. Offline print allows to print the document on the last known MFD in case the connection to SPOC is down. Offline print is is supported only on OKI, Konica Minolta (with enabled Public User), Ricoh and Xerox Embedded Terminals. Additional vendors will be added in MU1.

  • YSoft SafeQ 6 does not accept documents from PostScript drivers on YSoft SafeQ Embedded Terminal for Ricoh.

  • YSoft SafeQ Desktop Interface with FlexiSpooler for MacOS is currently not available.

  • Estimated price for the job is not displayed in the YSoft SafeQ Desktop Interface.

  • Shared queues are currently not supported.

  • RBE and Finishing Options are currently not supported for PostScript based drivers.

End user interface

  • Change of user cost center in YSoft Management will be not synchronized when this user log into EUI. This may cause use of incorrect entitlement. As a workaround, the user has to log to the Embedded Terminal which will will trigger correct synchronization.

Printing through Mobile Print Server

  • When sending job to print through MPS via email code page of incoming emails must match the encoding set on server containing FlexiSpooler used by Mobile Print Server, otherwise job name has corrupted characters. The same applies for jobs sent via the AP Connector.