Assigning a cost center and job color to report to a printer
The cost centers are defined in the avanti.cfg file.
To assign a cost center and job color to report to a printer:
- In the Printers portlet, right-click the printer and select Properties.
- On the Avanti Slingshot tab, select a value for the Slingshot cost center property.
- For the Job color to report property:
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Select Black for a black and white printer or a color printer set to print only with black ink or toner.
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Select Color for a color printer set to print in full color.
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Select From job for Ricoh TotalFlow printers, especially if jobs are printed in a combination of single-color and full color pages.
Note: This property does not control whether the printer prints in full color or only with black ink or toner. The property is used only to report the ink or toner information to Avanti Slingshot. -
- Select a value for the Print unit to report property.The value selected is always used to calculate media volume. However, it is only used for job color if the Job color to report property is set to Black or Color.
- Click OK.
When an Avanti Slingshot job runs in RICOH ProcessDirector, the amount of time each job spends on the printer is reported to the correct cost center in the Avanti Slingshot system. The start time on the printer is when the job state changes to Assigned. The complete time is when the job state changes to Complete.
When each job finishes printing, RICOH ProcessDirector reports the total pages or sheets printed on specific media by name and by product ID (when specified). RICOH ProcessDirector also reports whether all the pages were printed in full color or only with a single (usually black) ink or toner.
- Note:
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If you assign a value to the Slingshot cost center property for a printer, do not include the PrintJobs step in a series of steps that send cost center information to Avanti Slingshot.