Mercury 10 Release History

[13/08/2020]

Mercury Version 10.24

Bugfixes

Fixed an issue where the import of a device import file (nps.sqlite) generated by an FSM server version 8.0 failed
Under circumstances, database update to version 2027 could fail
Server: Shutdown accelerated
Webclient: Alternative printers could not be specified by users, even if the appropriate right was set
BLS: Possible 'missing thread' messages during program start fixed
PJL job monitoring: Fixed an issue where repeatedly sent USTATUS requests leaded to a status buffer overflow on some printers
SQL Code for determining users from identifier and database optimized for performance
Regular Expression Filter: Occasional crashes, depending on data stream, fixed
In rare cases jobs could get stuck, if output port option 'Do not connect to a device which is in an error state' was active
Jobheader may not be recognized, if received data was fragmented
Webclient: Checkbox for user/group right 'Start/Stop print processes' was not displayed correctly

New Features / Changes

PJL job monitoring: The default behavior that an active job is aborted when a printer reports more than 5 consecutive device ready message can now be turned off

[20/02/2020]

Mercury Version 10.23

Bugfixes

Extension server: Since version 10.22 user rights of user groups and roles could get lost after importing users
Extension server: A user group whose members are managed in LDAP (AD) will not be deleted during a user import (CSV, sqlite) anymore
Extension server: Printer events were deleted per default after 2 days, instead of 30 days
Extension server: Possible crash when using AD import option fixed
Field scanner: Fixed an issue where leading zeros in scanned variables got lost while building a job name
PJL Input Protocol: Non-PCL data may have been corrupted, when using PJL Input Protocol. New method for receiving data from remote Mercury
Dispatcher: Dispatching job by boolean Expression (pagecount) did not work
POP3 input port: Improved behavior on disruption of connection to the POP3 server
Data may have been swapped from memory to disk, even if only a small amount of data
Web client: Fixed minor format issues of text strings
Web client: Fixed an issue where password of MSA user, which is used for AD import, got lost when clicking OK button more than once
Web client: Fixed an issue where the dialog with SNMP V3 login information couldn't be confirmed because the OK button was always disabled

New Features / Changes

Guest printing per E-Mail

[17/06/2020]

Mercury Version 10.22a

Bugfixes

Exception in SOCKETS.DLL fixed

[29/05/2019]

Mercury Version 10.22

Bugfixes

Server and Extension Server: Multiple performance and memory improvements regarding inter process communication
Extension Server: User import consumes less memory and performs significantly faster
Extension Server: Identifier was not correctly imported when retrieving user data from FSM
Config client: Invalid characters in device monitor (printer display) fixed
Server: Some minor improvements regarding domain detection while importing data from an Active Directory

New Features / Changes

Server / Web client: SNMP V3 support has been integrated
Extension Server: Own logfile MSrvrEx.log

[06/05/2019]

Mercury Version 10.21

Features

Cancel job on printer busy after <x> sec
Delete unprinted jobs after <x> minute(s)

[29/04/2019]

Mercury Version 10.20e

Bugfixes

Extension Server: Active directory credentials were not used
Extension Server: xmlrpc-handling improved
Server: Printer statistics fixed (printer detail view)
Print process: Improved the stability of the TCP interface that uses the LPD input protocol
Print process: Print jobs were not removed from index server, if they were kept after being printed
Webclient: User details of user 'Default' fixed
Webclient: Menu item Follow2Print get stuck, if no index server was configured

[11/03/2019]

Mercury Version 10.20d

Bugfixes

Web client: Fixed an issue where index server statistics were missing
Web client: Since the last version a manually triggered import from Active Directory didn't work anymore
Server: Avoid repeatedly packing of the same log file, which led to unregulated creation of archive files
Server: Fixed an issue where Basic Life Support (BLS) was occasionally triggered during high Follow2Print workload
Server: SNMP monitoring did not stop after the configured time

[08/02/2019]

Mercury Version 10.20c

Bugfixes

Setup: Database correction for users who could no longer authenticate themselves after an import

[31/01/2019]

Mercury Version 10.20b

Bugfixes

Server: After importing users provided by Fleet & Service Management the LDAP authentication for those users failed to work any more

[21/12/2018]

Mercury Version 10.20a

Bugfixes

Server: Follow2Print could fail in 10.20, when printing on a remote printer
Webclient: Problems with umlauts fixed (groups and roles)
Client: Notification options were missing in 10.20 (Accounting)
Client: Jobmonitoring could not be disabled in IPP Output

New Features / Changes

Web client: During the logon process, you can determine which LDAP authentication server is to be used by specifying the domain to which the user belongs. One of the following input formats can be used for this: <Netbios Domain>\<User name>, <User name>@<Domain> or <User name>.<Domain>
IPP Airprint: Support of Pagerange attribute (Ghostscript V9.21 required)

[30/11/2018]

Mercury Version 10.20

Bugfixes

Error handling of UTF-8 decoding fixed, if ansi text was supplied
Extension Server: Checkbox 'Override printer data' (SNMP) could not be reset
Index Server: Installation to other drive than C: fixed
Client: Automatic text wrapping in boolean condition disabled
Accounting: GUI settings 'Jobs must be authenticated' and 'Notify user...' removed since they are globally defined at FSM server

New Features / Changes

After hardware key of machine has changed, product must be reactivated within 7 days
A silent product activation returns an application exit code for further examination
Xmlrpc function job.getlist delivers jobs from remote systems
Active Directory user import: Search filters can be used to limit the number of users and groups to import
Active Directory user import: The domains from which the users and groups are to be imported can be determined selectively

[23/10/2018]

Mercury Version 10.10a

Bugfixes

Print process: Jobs with a large Postscript header but little data, were not printed completely
Server: Follow2Print using card readers or docuLAN was broken in V10.10. Embedded printer apps were not affected
Server: Server Option 'Stop printing documents or copying after logout from card reader' was broken in versions 8.38a, 10.0 and 10.10. Printing always stopped after logout/removing card
Webclient: Printer list was not complete if umlauts were included in printer display

[09/10/2018]

Mercury Version 10.10

Bugfixes

Web client: Windows Internet Explorer 8 is no longer supported
Web client: User names containing umlauts couldn't neither be created nor be searched for
Web client: Message 'No server connection' was broken
Print process: Increased CPU load fixed, if print job could not be printed and spooler was not active in output port

New Features / Changes

Print process: GPD Input [IPP] and GPD Mapper [IPP] (GPD Secure Printing)
Output: Retry, when busy w/o dynamic increase
IPP Output / GPD Mapper [IPP]: Follow2Print support

[25/05/2018]

Mercury Version 10.0

Bugfixes

Legacy card reader fix, if data is sent in several packets

New Features / Changes

TLS encryption of communication data between card readers and server
Improved performance when using TCP output
Tray Application: Menu item 'Restart'