PaperCut consists of several components that can be load balanced and optimized depending on the environment in which it is deployed. PaperCut Mobility Print, Print Provider, and the PaperCut Application Server (Web Interface) can leverage the LoadMaster to provide the necessary high availability and failover to ensure an always-on application experience.

This step-by-step setup of Virtual Services (VSs) leverages the Progress Kemp application template for PaperCut. This template configures the Virtual Services to leverage Layer 4 and Direct Server Return. This approach will allow the real servers to see the source IP address of the client or system accessing the PaperCut resources. Using Direct Server Return (DRS) will require some additional configuration on the real services. Steps for setting up the real servers to use Direct Server Return (DSR) can be found here: Configuring DSR Technical Note.

The table in each section outlines the settings configured by the application template. You can use this information to manually configure Virtual Services or use the LoadMaster Application Programming Interface (API) and automation tools.