PretonSaver Home User Manual
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1. esee 21 PRINTING ed 22 N ET A A A 24 Summary A E qund AE E E AE 24 Printer REPOTE E 26 IB LLLA E P 27 Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com PRINT AND SAVE Preface The PretonSaver Home software application is a print device management solution combining optimization of toner and ink with management of consumable toner cartridge paper etc information into a single print management package PretonSaver Home can contribute to savings of up to 50 of total print cost as well as achieve printing efficiencies by allowing you to specify additionally whether to exclude costly time consuming printing objects such as text images or graphics on a per printer device or per print basis Audience This manual is intended to provide hands on information to PretonSaver Home users and designed to maximize product benefits by allowing you to custom define ink toner efficient and cost effective management settings for your printer devices Document Content The manual includes the following chapters Chapter 1 Preface provides an introduction to PretonSaver Home and explains the document audience and conventions Chapter 2 Installation details the product s minimum system requirements and prov2. Figure 12 Preton Settings dialog Color and Monochrome Cost settings for the same printer NOTE Notice that when certain printer drivers are selected monochrome and color cost scroll boxes appear At other times only a monochrome cost scroll box list will appear Preton queries the printer driver to determine whether the printer driver is capable of printing in color and monochrome or if it is only capable of mononchrome printing Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com 17 Preton PRINT AND SAVE Preton Settings Printer amp Cost Setting Process Setting Select Printer Mono Cost HP LaserJet 4250 PCL 6 0 02 Saving Levels 70 35 10 No Saving General Text Graphic Image Advanced Saving Modes Disable print optimization for current printer Restore Default 9 Print Configuration Page Cancel Save and Exit Figure 13 Preton Settings dialog Average Consumable Savings Cost Monochrome Printer The printer driver appearing above displays a printer driver with only Mono Cost Mono Cost the average cost for mono page printed with 596 coverage Color Cost the average cost for color page printed with 596 coverage Reviewing Total Settings After your consumable savings are calculated and compiled you can see how much you have actually saved Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com 18 Preton
3. PRINT AND SAVE To see how much you have actually saved place your mouse over the Preton icon on the Taskbar The PretonSaver Home dialog appears PretonSaver Home activated ED Total Saving 2 64 Average Saving Rate 36 60 95 Annual Saving Prediction 160 60 Figure 14 PretonSaver Reviewing Total Savings Notice the total consumable saving achieved and the annual saving forecast in the dialog NOTE Estimated annual saving forecasts are calculated on the basis of average total savings so far achieved calculated to an annual level Defining Process Application Saving Protection Settings PretonSaver enable you to specify applications or processes that will be excluded from printing optimization The default is to print optimize all applications on the machine 2 To define process application saving protection settings 1 Inthe Preton Settings dialog click the Process Setting tab The Process Settings dialog Process Setting tab appears Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com 19 Preton PRINT AND SAVE Preton Settings x Printer amp Cost Setting Process Setting Process Application Settings AcroRd32 Adobe Reader 1 m Dutlook Express Save m untitled Paint Save Refresh Save and Exit Figure 15 PretonSettings dialog Process Setting tab An application set to Save will be optimized by PretonSaver Home
4. An application set to Protect is an application which is ignored by PretonSaver Home 2 Click the application process you want to save or protect NOTE If the process application session started executing after PretonSaver was started usually when the machine is booted the process application won t appear in the Process Setting tab To include the process application in the Process Setting tab list click Refresh and it will appear in the list 3 From the Settings drop down list select Save or Protect Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com 20 PRINT AND SAVE NOTE If you want to add another application which you want to save or protect in the Process Setting tab follow the instructions in the next section 4 Click Save amp Exit The dialog closes Adding Processes Application to Define Save Protect Settings In addition to the default applications which appear in the Process Setting tab you can add more applications to specify whether they are enabled for save or protect mode gt add processes application and then specify whether they are save or protect enabled 1 In Process Setting tab click on an empty row to select it The selected row 15 highlighted m WINWORD HOME PretonUser Save v filezilla Figure 16 Preton Settings dialog Process Setting tab snippet 2 Type the process name of an application in the Process text
5. a product key by email which you use to activate it This will give you access to all of the product features gt activate Preton 1 Preton Ltd Right click the Preton icon and select the Activate menu item The Activate dialog appears 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com PRINT AND SAVE Activation PretonSaver Home Edition Please Enter Product Key Purchase Online Begin Trial Figure 4 Activation dialog 2 Type the key you ve received by email in the Product Key text input field 3 Click Activate The Activation dialog contains the following elements e Enter Product Key text input field The product key is emailed to you for activation after an online product purchase of the product is completed When you receive the product key type the product key you received in this field e Purchase Online Link Clicking this link directs you to our website where an online purchase of the product can be performed e Activate Button Click this button after you have entered the product key in the Product Key text input field If the product key is valid the product will be activated NOTE Once the product has been activated the Activate menu item will no longer be accessible e Continue Trial Button PretonSaver Home is available in trial and licensed versions Use the Continue Trial button to continue using the trial version of PretonSaver Ho
6. Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com 24 Preton PRINT AND SAVE Reports Summary Printers Total Cost Total Saving Avg Per Day 345 Avg Jobs Day 14 17 oo Avg Pages Per Job 244 J Avg Page Cost 50 04 o Avg Job Cost 50 09 Date September 2009 Figure 19 Reports dialog The Report dialog provides the following information e Date Per month statistics accumulated figures e Pages The total number of pages printed that month e Cost The end user s actual printing cost for the month after optimization savings are included e Savings Saved achieved that month as a result of optimization e Total The total for pages cost and savings NOTE All reports are broken down by month Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com 25 Preton PRINT AND SAVE Printer Report Reports 5 x Summary Printers Total Cost Total Saving Avg Cost 9 e e 8 Cost Savin ES Total Volume amp Color Volume NM Mono Volume Avg Volume Kyocera Kyocera FS 9530DN KX HP LaserJet Deskjet KM 4250 PCL 6 940c C4008 Printer Pages Cost Saving Kyocera KM C4008 SB 4 46 Kyocera FS 9530DN KX B 0 0 0 0 HP LaserJet 4250 PCL 6 6 06 4 22 eskiet 9400 Total 207 18 25 11 97 Figure 20 Reports dialog Pri
7. the Edit Default button to open a dialog in order to modify the default settings for the printer driver currently being used to send the current print job waiting in the queue to a particular printer 7 Make the changes you want NOTE Use the Edit Default button to modify your default settings for that particular print driver device you re using just prior to sending your job to the printer Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com 23 PRINT AND SAVE 8 Click Print The print job is sent to the printer After the print job is sent to the printer the Print Summary appears Print Summary Q Pages 7 Cost 0 63 Saving 0 16 20 00 Total Saving 3 28 Figure 18 Print Summary Notice that the print summary displays the number of pages printed total cost savings and total savings NOTE If you uncheked the Show Dialog in PretonSaver s taskbar menue the print dialog will not show up and defualt optimization settings will be applied to all prints Reports Summary Reports Use the Report features to breakdown consumables used on a monthly basis The report breaks down the following information e Total number of printed pages e Total cost of printed pages cost after saving Total saving Average page cost and Average job cost Average pages per day Average jobs per day Average pages per job Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel
8. you want to show not show the dialog each time you print Setting The Preton Settings dialog is used to perform the following tasks Configure your printer s save modes and levels If needed Protect i e exclude a process from being optimized by PretonSaver Home Define the average cost of your consumables toner ink paper etc per page to be used on a monochrome color printer in order to calculate savings Enable disable printing of certain print objects such as Text Graphics or Images NOTE Detailed explanation of the different Setting options available is provided throughout this manual Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com PRINT AND SAVE Reports Use the Reports dialog to produce a monthly report that specifies the following Total number of printed pages Total cost after saving of the printed pages Total savings of printed pages Average jobs per month Average job cost Average pages per job Buy Now On a trial enabled machine choosing the Buy Now option will redirect you to our website where the product can be purchased online NOTE The Buy Now option will no longer appear on the menu in the Taskbar as soon as the product has been activated Activate You can download and install PretonSaver Home for a free 30 day free trial period after which the product must be purchased After the product is purchased online you will receive
9. 03 Preton Ltd Figure 6 About dialog NOTE Selecting the Preton URL in the About dialog will direct you to the Preton website NOTE Clicking the Enable automatic updates which will keep your product up to date with latest softwre updates Exit Use the Exit menu option to close and shutdown PretonSaver Home When the application closes the Preton icon disappears from the Taskbar and the application is no longer active NOTE Alternately to start PretonSaver Home from the Windows Start menu click All Programs Preton and select PretonSaver Home Preton Settings Defining Printer Driver Settings For each printer driver which exists on your computer you can configure and set different consumable saving levels Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com 11 Preton PRINT AND SAVE Preton Settings Frinter amp Cost Setting Process Setting Select Printer Mono Cost Kyocera Mita KM 5530 EX 0 02 Saving Levels 7096 35 10 No Saving General Text Graphic Image Advanced Saving Modes Disable print optimization for current printer Restore Default Print Configuration Page Cancel Save and Exit Figure 7 Preton Settings dialog Move the individual Text Graphic and Image sliders up or down according to your needs to define your saving settings for that category If you move the General slider up down it will move all three Text Grap
10. Preton PRINT AND SAVE PretonSaver Home User Manual Version 0 11 Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com PRINT AND SAVE PRETONSAVER HOME USER MANUAL 1 ccscsssssseccssecscecssessnsesssessesssscssssesscssenssssesscsssssssssssscesonsssosesee 1 PREFACE ETE 3 LUMINE 3 DOCUMENT Conten d PEE 3 Documentation 4 Release Notes and Documentation 4 TECHNICAL SuDDOTL 34 E 4 setas T ETE T E A 5 SYSTEM Requirements ERES EEUU D Installing PretonSaver eui tede pn AUREUS He NTEGER Dee 5 APPLICATION INTERFACE 6 Main Application PRETON SETTINGS 22 26 22 20 40055 Defining Printer Driver Settings ius s eei tete trente enin EEN E EEO 11 Defining Cost Settings and Reviewing Total 16 Defining Process Application Saving Protection Settings eee eene eene eene 19 Adding Processes Application to Define Save Protect Settings
11. able print optimization for current printer essentially amounts to applying a block on Text Graphic and Image Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com 15 Preton PRINT AND SAVE 3 Move the individual Text Graphic and Image sliders up or down according to your needs to define your saving settings for that category NOTE If you move the General slider up down it will move all three Text Graphic and Image sliders at the same time 4 Click Save and Exit The Preton Settings dialog closes Defining Cost Settings and Reviewing Total Savings Defining Cost Settings Degradable items such as toner color cartridges paper cost of machine repair etc are commonly referred to as consumables The combined cost of these consumables is averaged in order to calculate the per page cost The cost of consumables for each printer is different so the consumable cost settings are defined on a per printer basis Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com 16 PRINT AND SAVE Preton Settings E Frinter amp Cost Setting Process Setting Select Printer Mono Cost Color Cost Phaser 8550DN 17 PS H 0 07 E 0 12 Saving Levels 70 35 10 No Saving General Text Graphic Image Advanced Saving Modes Disable print optimization for current printer Restore Default 9 Print Configuration Page Cancel Save and Exit
12. at have been modified since publication PretonSaver Home release Describes any special actions that are required to configure and use the PretonSaver Home product The file also describes new features not covered in this manual Technical Support You can contact technical support by using our online form Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com PRINT AND SAVE Installation System Requirements General Requirements e An Internet connection e Administrator rights for the computer on which PretonSaver Home is being installed Software requirements Before you install PretonSaver Home you will need one or more of the following software e Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and up e Microsoft Windows Vista e Microsoft Windows 7 Framework 2 0 SP1 and up e Only 32 Bit OS systems are supported Hardware requirements The following hardware is required Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon CPU e 512 of system memory RAM 10 MB of available disk space Installing PretonSaver Home Before you begin installation of PretonSaver Home confirm you have installed Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 or up on your system Next step is to install the application itself 2 To install PretonSaver Home 1 Download the application 2 Follow PretonSaver Home online instructions to install the application Once PretonSaver Home has successfully been installed the PretonSaver Home icon wi
13. ents and individually choose between Brightness and Fast mode levels for each element 2 To use advanced savings mode 1 Inthe Preton Settings dialog click the Advanced Saving Mode checkbox In the Preton Settings dialog notice that below the General Text Graphic and Image sliders Save Mode icons appear PretonSaver provides two Saving Modes each represent a different algorithm and is represented by a different save mode icon They are Figure 9 Fast Mode icon Figure 10 Brightness Mode icon Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com 14 Preton PRINT AND SAVE Preton Settings Printer amp Cost Setting Process Setting Select Printer Mono Cost HP LaserJet 4250 PCL 6 E 0 02 Saving Levels Block LI LI LI 7096 3596 1096 No Saving General Text Graphic Image Saving Mode Advanced Saving Modes Disable print optimization for current printer Restore Default Print Configuration Page Cancel Save and Exit Figure 11 Preton Settings dialog Advanced Saving Modes NOTE Clicking the Advanced Saving Mode checkbox enables disables the Saving Mode icons Notice also that at the same time the Block checkbox becomes enabled disabled 2 If you require you can click the Saving Mode icon to toggle on off between Fast Mode and Brightness mode for optimal print performance on any of the four sliders available NOTE Clicking the Dis
14. hic and Image sliders at the same time Disabling Print Optimization for Printer Drivers To disable print optimization for an individual printer 5 In the Preton Settings dialog select the printer you want to disable from the Select Printer drop down menu 6 Select the Print optimization for current printer checkbox The Preton Settings dialog appears Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com 12 Preton PRINT AND SAVE Preton Settings x Printer amp Cost Setting Process Setting Select Printer Mono Cost Kyocera Mita KM 5530 E 0 02 Saving Levels i Q BELL No Saving General Text Graphic Image Advanced Saving Modes Disable print optimization for current printer Restore Default 9 Print Configuration Page Cancel Save and Exit Figure 8 Preton Settings dialog Print Optimization for Current Printer Disabled Notice that when print optimization is disabled for the selected printer all element settings in the dialog are grayed out and cannot be selected 7 Click Save amp Exit The Preton Settings dialog closes You have now disabled print optimization for the current printer Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com 13 PRINT AND SAVE Advanced Saving Mode The advanced saving mode function enables you to fine tune your printer settings for Text Graphic and Images elem
15. ides step by step instructions explaining how to install the application on your computer Chapter 3 Application Interface provides a roadmap of the applications main menus and specifies what each is used for Chapter 4 Preton Settings describes how to configure PretonSaver Home and use it in order to effectively manage your consumable usage toner ink print time etc settings and thereby achieve efficiency savings You can also use it enable blocking and saving on processes applications Chapter 5 Printing explains how to print using the various print skins which are provided Chapter 6 Reports explains how to print reports to view optimization savings usage information Chapter 7 Limited Trial explains the limited trial option Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com Preton PRINT AND SAVE Documentation Conventions This section describes the conventions this manual uses These conventions make it easier to gather information from the document The following table lists the typographical conventions used Typeface or Symbol Meaning Example References new terms field Italics names and placeholders Names of menus options and Bold command buttons Release Notes and Documentation Notes The following documentation notes accompany presentation of this manual On Line File Purpose PretonSaver Home features Describes features that are not covered in this manual or th
16. input field Example chrome exe NOTE The file extension exe etc is not required 3 Type the name of the application in the Application text input field Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com 21 Preton PRINT AND SAVE Example Chrome 4 From the Settings drop down list select the Save or Protect option according to your needs NOTE Use the Refresh button in order to rescan the processes running on your computer and add it to list 5 Click Save and Exit Printing PretonSaver provides a print dialog that enables you to change optimization settings on a print job basis 2 To execute a print job 6 Send your print job the printer The PretonSaver Print dialog appears Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com 22 PRINT AND SAVE PretonSaver E Total Saving 0 62 Average Saving Rate 23 10 Annual Saving Prediction 113 55 Pre ton C NoSaving 7096 C Max Saving C Text Only Default 3596 1096 Total Saving 0 62 No Saving General Saving Mode Cancel Job The PretonSaver Print dialog provides the following choices 9 Orn Figure 17 Preton Print Dialog e No Saving Prints without using any savings e Maximum Saving Prints applying maximum savings Text Only Only prints text e Default Uses default settings as defined for this printer driver e Edit Default Use
17. ll be added to the Taskbar Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com PRINT AND SAVE Application Interface The PretonSaver Home main menu is the program s primary means of configuring the application Main Application Menus gt To access PretonSaver Home from the main menu 1 In Taskbar right click the PretonSaver Home icon Tv ow Figure 1 PretonSaver Home Icon in Taskbar The PretonSaver Home main menu appears Settings Reports Buy Now Activate Online Help About Exit Figure 2 PretonSaver Home Main Menu Before activation A brief summary of each menu item is provided in the following sections Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com PRINT AND SAVE Show Dialog In the software trial mode the Show dialog option is grayed and cannot be un checked This means that the Preton Print dialog will always appear just before printing Show Dialog Settings Reports Online Help About Exit Figure 3 Main Application Menu With Show Dialog option enabled After the product license has been activated display not displaying the Preton Print dialog is optional NOTE The Buy Now option disappears from the menu after the license is activated If the product has been activated then the Show Dialog option becomes enabled This allows you to specify if
18. me Exit Button The Exit button closes the Activation dialog The Waiting for Product Key Confirmation dialog appears Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com Preton PRINT AND SAVE Activation cCPretonSaver Home Edition Waiting for product key confirmation i w Please Enter Product Key E358 40AE 945F F55704262104 Purchase Online Begin Trial Figure 5 Activation dialog Waiting for Product Key Confirmation Via Internet NOTE The computer must be connected to the Internet during the activation process 4 Click Finish The product is now fully active Online Help Selecting the Online Help option displays an online version of the PretonSaver User Guide About The About dialog provides general information about the software including the following Version PretonSaver Home product version number License Type Type of product license purchased Product License Level Each license type may support one or more licensing levels For example standard premium enterprise or trial Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com 10 PRINT AND SAVE e Days elapsed Number of days elapsed since the product was purchased PretonSaver Home Version 1 0 0 14 Product State Trial Product License Level Trail Days Elapsed 0 Enable Automatic updates preton com Copyright 2004 20
19. nter Report The Printer Reports dialog contains the following fields e Printer Name of the printer Pages Total number of pages printed e Cost Total cost Savings Total derived savings Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com 26 PRINT AND SAVE Limited Trial After the exhaustion of the initial 30 days trial where the software is fully functioning and saving levels are up to 70 PretonSaver Home Edition can continue to run on a limited trial for an additional 90 days while on limited trial saving levels is limited to 10 PretonSaver Home Limited Total Saving 7 81 10 saving rate With PretonSaver purchased license you could have saved 7 81 or 81 20 annualy Figure 21 Limited Trial Print Summary E x Savings to date m 0 00 With PretonSaver purchased license you could have saved m 0 00 or m 0 00 annush Buy Now TL C No Saving Aggressive 7096 C Max Saving 5096 C Text Only Default 10 Limited Version 3998 2096 Edit Default 1096 Savings to date w 0 00 No Saving Y ou could save m 0 00 General with PretonSaver purchased license Saving Mode 9 Q Figure 22 Limited Trial Print Dialog Preton Ltd 7 Levi Yizchak St Tel Aviv Israel 62483 www preton com 27
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