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Topics
Configuring Release Station Behavior
Changing Release Station Look & Feel
Testing the Release Station Configuration
Vending Device Configuration
Limiting Administrative Access to Release
Station
Campus Card Workflow
Working with Release Station
Configuring Deposit Station
Using Deposit Station
Release Station is a software application that resides on a client workstation. It provides a simple user interface to view and access documents held on a secure print queue. Release Station can be located near the printers and accessible to the public, or located in a secure area accessible only to authorized users, such as print desk staff.
You can configure Release Station to operate in a secure mode or a public mode. In secure mode, users provide their
Windows login credentials to view and release their own documents. In public mode, all users can view all publiclylisted documents.
Deposit Station is a software application used within organizations that implement card-based payment systems.
Installed on a public workstation, Deposit Station lets a user transfer funds from a payment card to an Equitrac
Express printing account.
This chapter provides information about:
• configuring the behavior of the Release Station to operate in either public or secure mode
• changing the look and feel of the Release Station interface
• using the Release Station interface to view and release documents from the print queue
• configuring the behavior of the Deposit Station
• using the Deposit Station to transfer funds to an Equitrac Express account
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Configuring Release Station Behavior
Release Station can function as either a self-serve station or as an operator-controlled workstation. If the Release
Station is in a public area, you can configure the system to require user-assigned release keys (for Equitrac Express).
When the user enters the key, they can see the documents in the queue that are assigned to that particular release key.
Release keys prevent walk-up users from printing or deleting other users’ documents. To create a fully secure printing environment, you can also require Windows login credentials. Users who login can only see print jobs assigned to their user ID in the Release Station queue.
NOTE: Release Station does not support the Equitrac delegate printing feature.
To create a public environment, you can eliminate the need for all security, allowing any user to view and release all documents within the queue.
Use the Release Station Configuration utility to modify the Release Station behavior. For example, you can prevent users from closing Release Station by disabling the End Session button.
To launch the utility, select Programs > Equitrac Office or Express > Configure Release Station.
Configuration options are divided into three tabs:
• Operation – provides general application parameters, such as options for security, vending hardware, session time-outs, non-administrator restrictions.
• View – enables you to define window sizing and location parameters for running Release Station on client PCs.
• Printers – enables you to add and remove Equitrac printers to this Release Station’s view.
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Operation Tab
Use the options on this tab to configure the operational behavior of your release workstation.
Session Security
Consider your release workstation and document security requirements when you determine the startup process for user sessions by selecting one of the following options.
Option
None
Release key
(for Equitrac Express)
Network logon
Release key or network logon
(for Equitrac Express)
Description
No sessions, best for administrator access. Users view all documents. This is the default configuration option on startup.
This option disables all other configuration options except Automatic refresh, and assumes a non-vending environment.
Enter a release key to start a session and view all documents assigned to that release key.
Enter Windows logon credentials to start a session and view all documents assigned to that logon ID.
Enter either a release key or Windows logon credentials to start a session.
Security
Release Station uses sessions to denote a specific period of usage, which varies depending on your configuration. You can configure sessions to close automatically after certain actions, to time out, or to remain open.
Option
End session after N seconds of inactivity
Automatically end session after document release
Disable exit for non-administrators
Allow anonymous access
(for Equitrac Express)
Description
The session times out automatically after a specified amount of time. 60 seconds is the default option.
The session closes automatically when a user releases documents to the printer.
General users cannot close the application, users can only end the current session.
Allows public documents to appear in the Release Station display.
If you enable this option, also set the Public documents options provided on the
Operation tab. See
Public Documents
on page 421.
A session typically begins and ends with a user logging on to the release workstation using Windows login credentials or CAS account PINs. You can also configure user workstations to prompt the user for a release key, which the user must assign to the document when a print request is made.
Closing a session only closes that user’s session. Release Station stays open, ready for the next user.
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Vending Hardware
Vending hardware is only available with Equitrac Express. If you plan to use vending hardware, you must specify the equipment that will be associated with the Release Workstation. Enable Hardware Type, then click Select to choose a manufacturer and model.
For further details, see
Vending Device Configuration
on page 427.
Option
Hardware type
Select
Configure
Description
This release workstation uses vending hardware as configured here. Users must pay for prints before Equitrac Express will release the documents.
Click Select to specify the equipment associated with the Release Station, then select a manufacturer and model from the list. When you click OK, the Vending Configuration dialog opens automatically.
Note: You must select and configure a vending hardware type in order to select the Show
balances option on the View tab.
Opens the Vending Configuration dialog. See
Vending Device Configuration
on page 427.
If you change the manufacturer and model at any time, the Configuration dialog opens automatically.
Prompt for funds after user id
The user will be prompted to pay for the release job immediately after they enter their User ID and before viewing the print job in Release Station.
Prompt for funds prior to document release
The user can view their print job in Release Station, and will be asked to provide the payment before the job will be released.
Automatic Refresh
Select one or more options for determining the refresh rate of the Release Station document list.
Option Description
Refresh document list every N seconds Release Station refreshes the document list after the specified time interval.
When new document arrives, play a sound
Uses a sound file to notify users of new documents on the document list; useful for a staffed workstation at a copy desk or print shop. This feature uses the default beep or sound defined in your Control Panel > Sound setting, which you can change by associating a different WAV file in place of the default. If you do not have a sound card and speakers, Release Station uses the system speaker.
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Non-Administrator Restrictions
Specify one or more options for users releasing or deleting documents in the print queue.
Option
Release one document per session
Disable document deletion
Disable zero-page, zero-cost document release
Description
Enables users to select a single document for release. Users can print multiple documents during the same session, but only one at a time during the session.
If you want to prevent users from printing multiple documents at once as a means of limiting printer monopolization, enable this option. Non-administrative users receive a message when attempting to release more than one print job at the same time.
Note: To force users to start a new session after releasing one document, you must also enable the Automatically end session after document release option.
Users may not delete any documents in the print queue; this works best in environments where users share accounts.
Users may not release any document that has no associated cost, or has content that the PageCounters cannot track; this prevents unauthorized “free printing”.
Public Documents
Public Documents are only available with Equitrac Express. Specify what public documents appear in the Release
Station display. Allow anonymous access must be selected in the Security section in order to configure the public document options.
Option Description
Documents without a release key Documents with release keys are private documents. They do not appear in the list of public documents in Release Station. All other documents will appear.
Documents printed by specific user IDs
Specify
If your site has public printing workstations that require specific user IDs to start
Windows, specify the user IDs whose jobs should appear in the queue.
Documents for users not listed in this dialog box are private, and will not appear in the public document list.
Opens the Specify user IDs dialog box.
Enter the Windows user accounts names that are used to login to
Windows on the Release Station, then click Add. Enter as many IDs as needed.
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Features
Select Enable Follow-You printing to allow users to select print jobs in the Release Station and pull them to a specific destination printer.
After a successful login, the Release Station displays a list of defined printers on the users local and/or Home print servers. If the printer is part of a pull group, all printers within the pull group are queried for print jobs belonging to this user.
NOTE: The printer must be assigned to a pull group to enable this functionality. If the printer is not part of a pull
group, the Release Station displays jobs on the current printer only.
See
Setting Up Follow-You Printing
on page 301 for system configuration information. See
Using Follow-You
Printing on Release Station
on page 433 for instructions to release documents when Follow-You Printing is enabled.
Select Enable acccount selection for payment if you want the user to choose their payment method at the Release
Station. The user is prompted to provide the payment, but has the option to choose an alternate method of payment. If the Station is configured to use payment cards, enabling this option provides a link to choose another method such as payment from a user account or a Campus Card account.
View Tab
View tab options determine the appearance of the Release Station window, as the user sees it.
You can configure Release Station to display all available information associated with a print job in the workstation window, or just enough information for users to identify their own documents in the secure print queue. You can also change the order in which the selected columns appear in the Release Station display.
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Select one or more options to determine the appearance of Release Station.
Option
Columns to display
Up/Down Arrows
Window startup size
Window operations
Status area
Buttons
Description
Check the types of data you want to appear in the Release Station window. Clear the checkboxes for any information you do not want to appear to the user.
You can select multiple items in this list, and if you have more than one item highlighted, the selecting or deselecting action applies to all of the highlighted options.
Use the arrows to change the display order of the columns on the Release Station window, from left to right.
If you have multiple items selected, those items move simultaneously.
Determines the size of the Release Station window when it first launches.
Best fit - Opens Release Station to the largest size possible for your desktop screen resolution.
You can enable or disable the minimize and window-sizing features.
Small/Medium/Large - Reads the resolution settings for the Release Station monitor, then scales the window size accordingly.
Full-screen - Also known as “kiosk mode”. The Release Station window covers the entire desktop screen, and cannot be minimized. This is the best option if the workstation is a dedicated Release Station. You can shut down the Release station in an open-access environment by clicking the Exit button, or in a public/mixed security environment by logging on as an Administrator to access the Exit button.
Allow minimize - Allows users to minimize the Release Station window.
Allow sizing and positioning - Allows users to size the Release Station window.
Note: These options are not available for full screen mode.
Show total cost - Displays a total cost for all selected documents.
Show balance - Displays the users remaining balance.
Remove ’End Session’ button - Enable this option if you do not want users to end a Release
Station session. The End Session button does not appear in the Release Station window.
Remove ’Select All’ button - Enable this option if you do not want users to select all jobs in the print queue. The Select All button does not appear in the Release Station window.
Printers Tab
Use the Printers tab to establish a connection between a DRE printer and the Release Station Application. DRE and
Release Station pass information about queued documents through this connection.
You must enable secure printing on the devices that send documents to the Release Stations. Before you perform the instructions below, ensure that the devices have secure printing enabled. See
Enabling Secure Printing
on page 296
for details.
You must configure each printer separately, and you must configure the printers individually for each Release Station within the deployment.
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Click the Printers tab.
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Click Add to open the Select server dialog box.
Enter the Print server name or IP address for the machine hosting DRE and click Next.
CAUTION: Ensure that you use the server name (or IP address, if preferred) for both the print server in Release
Station and for the user account Home Print Server. If one is set to server name and the other to IP address, then print jobs are displayed twice in Release Station.
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After you establish a connection to the print server, a list of available printers on this machine displays. Only printers with a status of “Available - secure printing enabled” can be added to your printer list. If secure printing is not enabled on a device, it appears in the list, but shows a status of "Unavailable".
Select the printers for which Release Station holds documents and display them in the Release Station queue.
Click Finish to add these printers to your Printers list.
Click OK to save the settings and close the Release Station configuration dialog box.
NOTE: If you rename a device definition on the print server, you must remove and re-add the printer to the Release
Station printer list.
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Changing Release Station Look & Feel
You can configure the look and feel of the Release Station window by applying a skin to the UI. Options such as display size, background image, titles, colors, and button appearance are fully configurable.
To open the configuration utility, browse to Program Files\Equitrac\Office or Express\Release Station, and select
ReleaseStationUIConfig.exe
.
Title BMP
Background BMP
Text Color
Background Color
Status Text
Main Buttons
Before you change any options, select the interface display size you want to configure from the Configurations menu.
Available sizes are VGA (640x480), SVGA (800x600) or XGA (1024x768). After you complete the changes, use the
Save options on the File menu to apply your changes. You can restore the interface to the default view at any time, but you cannot revert to an unsaved configuration.
Option
Background BMP
Title BMP
Background Color
Transparency
Status Text Color
Main Buttons
Description
Background image displayed in the Release Station window
Image used for the Title
Color that appears in the background areas not filled in by the background bitmap
Color that will fill any transparent areas.
Status Text relates the amount of available funds, and the Total funds required to print the select job.
Main buttons are Print All, Print, Delete, Refresh, and Details
Normal BMP - the bitmap used when the button is in its normal, un-selected state
Down BMP - the bitmap used when the user clicks the button
Choose Font - the font used for the button text
Text Color - the color used for the button text
Highlighted Text Color - the color used for the button text when it is selected
If the button options are not visible in the configuration window, the Release Station window is too large for the current display. Use the options in the File Menu, General Settings to make changes to the Main buttons.
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Testing the Release Station Configuration
To test your Release Station configuration, release a test document from DRE.
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Start the Release workstation. Remember that you must use an administrative user account to start Windows and the Release Station application on the workstation.
NOTE: DRE uses the information from the Windows logon to authenticate communication between the Release
workstation and DRE.
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3
Print a test page. On the release workstation, use the Control Panel’s Print feature to send a test page to a secure
Equitrac printer. A secure Equitrac printer is one that:
• uses an Equitrac print monitor.
• resides on a printer port that has secure printing enabled.
• you configure for Release Station using Release Station Configuration.
Start the Release Station application. If you have configured the application to request Windows user credentials at startup, answer the prompt when it appears.
Confirm that your document appears in the list.
Select the test document from the list. Selecting the document displays a check mark next to it in the listing.
Click Print to release the job to the printer.
NOTE: If you install Release Station on a workstation without a valid license, you can still view and delete documents
from the print queue. Using this Release Station Viewer, however, you will not be able to print.
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Vending Device Configuration
If your Equitrac Express deployment requires vending hardware, you must enable the Hardware Type option on the
Operation tab.
1
Click Select to open the Select vendor hardware dialog box, where you can specify the manufacturer and model of the hardware.
2
Click Configure to open the Vending device configuration dialog box.
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In the Configure vendor hardware dialog box, specify the following information:
Option
Communications port
Wait for payment for N seconds
Round debit amounts to
Using unit cards**
Cost per unit**
Using bill and/or coin acceptor**
Wait for full cash payment for...**
Show page price on device**
Text to display**
Prompt
Vending account
Description
Specify the port to which the vendor hardware connects.
Specify the number of seconds Release Station will wait for complete payment.
Specify the number of decimal places to which Release Station will round debit amounts.
See the note on the next page for more information.
Check this box to indicate the use of unit-based payment card with ITC devices or
Equitrac Pay Station Deposit Center stations. The vending device will display balances in terms of units, but if you associate a cost per unit in the field below,
Release Station will display the card balance as a currency value.
If you are configuring ITC unit cards (specifically 1015 or Coin cards), the ITC hardware will accept currency value cards as well as the unit cards, and debit the currency cards accordingly.
Specify the price per unit that Release Station will debit from the card for each printed page. Release Station will display unit card balances as a currency value based on this setting.
Check this box to indicate the use of a cash payment collection system.
Specify the number of seconds Release Station will wait for complete payment.
Check this box to have Release Station display the page price when it prompts for payment.
Specify the price to display.
Check this box to include a custom prompt for vending payments. Type the text of the prompt in the field provided.
Specify the vending account name associated with this release workstation. This enables users to log on to the release workstation using a vending card rather than network credentials. Release Station uses this account to record all vending card transactions. The default account name is the machine name.
** Depending on your selection of vendor hardware, these fields may not be available.
NOTE: Release Station and Release Station Configuration show document costs and vending balances according to
Windows regional settings. If you need to show costs in a different format, such as with three decimal place instead of two (e.g. PayStation or ITC devices configured for three decimal display), you must change your regional settings for this release workstation.
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Limiting Administrative Access to Release Station
You may want to consider your users as two distinct user types — system administrators who can configure the application and printers, and staff users who have limited privileges for the Release Station application, but no access privileges for the configuration tool.
For example, only system administrative users can:
• configure Release Station appearance and behavior
• view, print, or delete all users’ documents in the print queue
• set page costs for printers
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4
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2
To Configure Administrative Access
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Select Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy.
In the Local Security Policy window, select Local Policies in the left pane.
Select User Rights Assignment.
In the right pane, select Act as part of the operating system.
Release Station requires certain privileges to run as expected. This setting configures those privileges.
Click Add (or Add User or Group) to add the required Equitrac Office and Express user or group.
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Campus Card Workflow
Equitrac Express users can login to a Release Station by either entering a Release Key or your login credentials (e.g. primary PIN) using the numeric keypad. Card swipe is not supported for login on Release Stations.
When logging in with Release Key:
Payment account selection depends upon choice of vending dll and account must have available funds.
• For Campus Card vending dll
• you are prompted to swipe Campus Card.
• require standard keyboard wedge reader which reads a track 2 magnetic stripe card.
• only 1 tender key is supported since there is no way to select from multiple tender keys.
• For any other vending dll you are prompted to insert vending card.
When logging in with your primary PIN:
• Select your payment account.
• Campus Card account is a selection if the account has funds available.
• CAS account may be also a selection in the following cases:
• If the primary PIN has identified a CAS account with available funds.
• If there is an associated CAS account with funds for the Campus Card account (association can be made in the used Campus Card system) (if supported).
• If importing the Campus Card accounts with the CampusCardImport.exe. See
Import Campus Card
Account Information
on page 474 for further details.
• Value card when vending dll available (do not select CampusCard dll).
No login
• all jobs are displayed (users locate their jobs).
• same workflow as Release Key login.
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Working with Release Station
Release Station holds print jobs in a secure print queue until a network user releases the job to a printer. Full Release
Station functionality is available only if you add a valid Release Station license within System Manager. If you run the application unlicensed, you are able to view or delete only, and you are not able to print documents in the list.
Starting the Release Station Session
For security reasons, the user logged into Windows on the Release Station workstation must have administrative privileges in order to start the application. The Administrator must configure the Release Station behavior to
determine the security requirements. See
Configuring Release Station Behavior
on page 418 for complete
instructions to set the appropriate types of security for your environment.
Secure vs. Unsecure Sessions
A secure session requires the user to start a new Release Station session and login with a release key (Equitrac Express feature) or a valid Windows user name and password. Users only see the print jobs associated with their user ID or release key. To enable secure sessions, the Administrator must select Release key or network login from the Session
Security list in the Release Station Configuration Utility. See
Session Security
on page 419 for details. For information
about enabling Release Keys within Equitrac Express, see
Configuring Release Station Behavior
on page 418.
NOTE: If the network requires domain qualification, the user must enter the Windows domain information in the login
window. Normally, this field defaults to the last-used domain name.
An unsecure session runs in a public mode that is accessible to all users. A login screen is not required, and all documents appear in the print queue for all users to see and select. This type of session is designed for staffed or secure release workstations, where only a small group of trusted users or administrators have access to the document list. To enable unsecure sessions, the Administrator must set the Release Station behavior Security Setting to None. See
Session Security
on page 419 for details.
NOTE: An unsecure environment is the only session type that you cannot configure for vending systems.
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Working with Documents in the Print Queue
To release or delete documents from the print queue, do the following:
1
Select one or more documents. Selected documents display a check mark.
2
Click Print to release the document(s) to print, or Delete to remove the document(s) from the queue without printing. Click Print All to release all the documents in the list.
Viewing Document Details
Users can review document details for any selected document in the print queue.
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Select one or more documents in the queue list and click Details.
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3
Review such information as document size, cost, request time, and job ID, in the Document details window.
Click OK to close the Document details window and return to the Release Station window.
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Administrative Cost Overrides
Administrative users can override print costs shown in Release Station. Use this feature to release documents for free when necessary, such as in the case of reprints based on previous print job errors, for example.
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3
Right-click the required document in the list, and click Override cost.
Check the Override cost box, and enter the new job cost.
Click OK to apply the new job cost, or Cancel to exit the dialog box without changing the current job cost.
Using Follow-You Printing on Release Station
If the Release Station is configured to control release for multiple printers, and Follow-You Printing is enabled on the
Station, the workflow is slightly different for the user:
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2
Login to start a secure Release Station session.
Select a destination printer. All printers that are configured to send to this Release Station are listed.
NOTE: If the selected printer is part of a pull group, the Release Station displays all compatible jobs from other
printers in the pull group, from the users Home Print Server (if defined) and on the local print server. For more
information on creating pull groups, see
Managing Device Pull Groups
on page 299.
Only jobs that the printer is capable of processing are listed in this particular queue. If you selected a destination printer that does not support the job attributes of the original print request, the job will not appear in the queue.
For example, if you selected duplexing when you originally sent the document to print, but the destination printer you selected does not support duplexing, the job will not appear in the designated printers queue. However, the job is still queued at the Release Station, and you can choose a different destination printer that matches the job attributes that the document requires.
NOTE: The print job may be re-costed upon release if the ‘Reprice after release’ feature is enabled. See
Departmental Pricing
on page 290 for details.
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Select the job to release, then click Print. The list of jobs shown is for the destination printer.
Ending a Session
You can configure a Release Station session to end:
• when the user manually ends the Release Station session
• automatically when the user releases a document
• automatically on a time-out after a period of inactivity
At the close of a session, Release Station resets to the configured size and positioning, and columns resize to the best fit for current document data.
If you disable the exit for non-administrative users, the Exit (X) button in the top right corner of the window is not visible. If the user attempts to close the Release Station window using Alt+F4 on the keyboard, the session ends and the start dialog box appears automatically for the next user.
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Configuring Deposit Station
If you are implementing a card-based payment system in Equitrac Express, you require an additional External Data
Sources license to enable the Deposit Station functionality.
Use the Deposit Station Configuration tool to set operational parameters for the Deposit Station client application, and to configure the appropriate hardware settings for your card reader.
Changing Hardware Settings
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Select Start > All Programs > Equitrac Express > Configure Deposit Station.
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In the configuration dialog box select your card reader Hardware type from the drop-down list.
Specify the Port on which the server listens for data from the reader. Select either COM1 or COM2.
If available, depending on your hardware selection, type a short line of text for the Card prompt as it will appear to walk-up users.
Specify the Cost per unit.
Some vendors support unit cards in addition to value cards. The cards store a certain number of units. Some companies use units to give discounts. For example, a company may offer a 500-unit card for $5.00 or a 1000-unit card for $9.00. In order for Equitrac to accurately render job costs to a unit amount to deduct from a card, Deposit
Station must know the cost per unit.
The availability of this field varies by hardware type.
Click OK to save these settings, or Cancel to exit the dialog box.
Securing Deposit Station
In addition to the usual physical precautions taken to protect a public workstation (such as disabling the floppy drive, setting the boot sequence in the BIOS to start with the hard drive, locking the system unit, etc), you may want to take measures at a system or network level, to ensure that the Deposit Station installation is secure.
You can set up Deposit Station to run as the shell program on a Windows workstation. This measure will prevent nonadministrative users from accessing the machine’s local settings and other programs.
The process for configuring Deposit Station as a shell differs based on the workstation operating systems. Follow the instructions for the correct operation systems.
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Run Deposit Station as a Shell
To define a domain-level policy for running Deposit Station as a shell for specific users:
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On a domain controller, create a global DS Operators group.
In the DS Operators group, add the user IDs used to start Windows on the computers that run Deposit Station.
Using Active Directory Users and Computers, create a Group Policy Object (GPO) at the domain level.
In User Configuration > Administrative Templates > System feature, click Edit and enable the Custom user
interface
option.
Enter DepositStation.exe
in the text box.
On the Security tab of the properties of the new GPO, add the DS Operators group. Give the group the Apply
group policy
permission.
On the release workstation, add the path to
DepositStation.exe
to the system environment path variable.
When users assigned to the Group Policy Object log on to a Deposit Station-enabled workstation, Deposit Station will be the only application available to them.
Defining Policies with System Policy Editor
You may want to limit access to Windows functions on systems that are accessible to the general public. Use the
System Policy Editor to define settings so that users cannot modify the operating system environment.
Policy page
User Configuration >
Administrative
Templates
Path
Start menu & Task bar
Policy
Remove Run menu from Start Menu.
Start menu & Task bar
Desktop
System
System
System
Remove and prevent access to the Shut down command.
Do not save settings at exit.
Prevent access to registry editing tools.
Prevent access to the command prompt.
Run only allowed Windows applications.
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Using Deposit Station
The Deposit Station application for Equitrac Express is installed on a public workstation, and must be attached to a card reader. The user can login and swipe their payment card, then transfer particular amounts to their Equitrac
Express account.
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At the Deposit Station login dialog box, enter your domain-qualified user ID (e.g.
<domain.com>\userID
) and password.
Insert your payment card in the reader.
When the Deposit Station dialog box appears, it displays the balance remaining on your card. It also displays the balance of the user account associated with your login ID.
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Specify the amount to transfer from the card to the account.
Click OK to save the transfer details, or Cancel to close the dialog box without saving the transaction.
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Supported Hardware
Equitrac Express supports the following hardware devices on Release Station and Deposit Station:
• Absec - Infineer 8552
• ACT 335
• B.E.A.R - DCS-2000
• Cartadis - TC11 / TCRS
• Debitek - Magnetic Card Strip SDD Express
• Equitrac Campus Card Reader
• Equitrac DebitLog
• Equitrac Paystation - Coin / Mag Stripe / Smart Card
• Infineer or Absec 6206 / 6208 / 6406 / 6408 / 8502
• InterCard - AS3880
• ITC - 1015 / 2015 / Coin
• Jamex Payment Controller
• Magna Card
• Magna Carta - MC MagnaBox 1V2
• Schlumberger DANYL - D/AUX
• Schlumberger - Smart Series
• UDCS - Diva
• Xafax - Adazzi / AS6200
• XCP - 5870 (Unit Cards / Value Cards)
• XCP - 5871 / 5571 / 5812 / 5512
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