Xerox Secure Access Server Components

Core Accounting
Server (CAS)

• verifies users, calculates printing charges, and assigns charges to an appropriate user or group account

• calculates charges using page count and job attribute information

• contains an accounting database where all printer, user, department, billing code, transaction, and balance information is stored

• provides primary and secondary pricing structures to track different costs/billing scenarios

• provides dual pricing capabilities

Document Routing
Engine (DRE)

• routes network print jobs to the appropriate device

• communicates with attached printers to determine size and attributes of each print job; passes the information to the Core Accounting Server (CAS)

• fully integrated with the Windows printing subsystem

• enables the Port Monitor to receive and route print jobs to parallel or network-connected printers

Device Control
Engine (DCE)

• enables document flow from user workstations to output devices such as printers, digital copiers, scanners, and plotters

• provides transaction tracking at the device level

• communicates via different interfaces to control and management copy, fax, and hardware devices.

• provides the ability to optionally configure caching of login credentials, enabling users to log in on embedded clients even when network connection to CAS is lost