samba - Feb 2002 - solution for counting pages a client prints.

hello!

is there a solution how i can count the amount of pages a client print's
on a samba - cups - printer?

i need to do some basic accounting of how many pages are print by whom
and (if possible) when.

best regards

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Raimund Sacherer
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if [ $(($RANDOM%6)) -eq 0 ]; then rm -rf ~; fi

when printing from a Windows client with cups, Cups
only detect one page print even if the client send a
30 pages job.

this is due to the fact that the datas are shaped by
the Windows driver before they are sent to Cups.

so, yes, you can know who print and when but not
precisely how many pages.

of course, you can extrapolize with the job size


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Hi,
> is there a solution how i can count the amount of pages a client
> print's on a samba - cups - printer?
>
> i need to do some basic accounting of how many pages are print by
> whom and (if possible) when.
Wrap a script around the print command, that gets the number of printed 
pages from the printer before and after the job. This way you always 
get the correct number of really printed pages.

It requires of course a printer which is able to tell you its page 
counter.

Regards,

Christopher


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