Hi there, I'm newbie in Samba, so I beg for your excuse if my questions are stupid. Is it possible to use Samba as a "paid-for-print" server? If U know something about another free "paid-for-print" software, please let me know. 10x in advance, -- Julian
> [Samba] paid-for-print > Julian Tzonev uli at naval-acad.bg > Mon Jun 23 11:19:46 GMT 2003 > > > Hi there, > I'm newbie in Samba, so I beg for your excuse if my questions are > stupid. > > Is it possible to use Samba as a "paid-for-print" server?Not "out-of-the-box". I'd know how to do it if you give me to days to fiddle with it.> If U know something about another free "paid-for-print" software, please > let me know. >1. There is "printbill" -- now with initial, but still limited CUPS support: http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~daniel/software/printbill/ printbill is GPL and actively maintained and developed. 2. Then there is "pycota" -- developed for CUPS originally: http://www.librelogiciel.com/software/PyKota/action_Presentation pycota is GPL in source code, and you can compile and setup yourself, but it is poorly documented. The author sells a pre-compiled version plus documentation and support under a "shareware" type license, I believe. pycota is actively maintained and developed. 3. Lastly, "printquota". It only supports LPRng: http://printquota.sourceforge.net/ printquota is GPL and actively maintained and developed.> 10x in advance, > -- > Julian >Cheers, Kurt
> [Samba] paid-for-print > Kurt Pfeifle kpfeifle at danka.de > Mon Jun 23 11:43:09 GMT 2003 > > >> [Samba] paid-for-print >> Julian Tzonev uli at naval-acad.bg >> Mon Jun 23 11:19:46 GMT 2003 >> >> >> Hi there, >> I'm newbie in Samba, so I beg for your excuse if my questions are >> stupid. >> >> Is it possible to use Samba as a "paid-for-print" server? > > Not "out-of-the-box". I'd know how to do it if you give me to > days to fiddle with it. > >> If U know something about another free "paid-for-print" software, please >> let me know. >> > > 1. There is "printbill" -- now with initial, but still limited CUPS support: > http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~daniel/software/printbill/ > > printbill is GPL and actively maintained and developed. > > > 2. Then there is "pycota" -- developed for CUPS originally: > http://www.librelogiciel.com/software/PyKota/action_Presentation > > pycota is GPL in source code, and you can compile and setup yourself, but > it is poorly documented. The author sells a pre-compiled version plus > documentation and support under a "shareware" type license, I believe. > pycota is actively maintained and developed.This may sound a bit too unfriendly towards pycota. Let me put it straight: to me pycota looks like the *first* choice for anybody needing external print accounting support in CUPS. (Future CUPS versions may have their built-in accounting capabilities improved)> 3. Lastly, "printquota". It only supports LPRng: > http://printquota.sourceforge.net/ > > printquota is GPL and actively maintained and developed. > >> 10x in advance, >> -- >> Julian >> > > Cheers, > Kurt >
Julian Tzonev i'rta:>Hi there, >I'm newbie in Samba, so I beg for your excuse if my questions are >stupid. > >Is it possible to use Samba as a "paid-for-print" server? >If U know something about another free "paid-for-print" software, please >let me know. > >10x in advance, >-- >Julian > > > >You are interested in printer acounting. Look at this, especialy the chapter about CUPS http://www.linuxprinting.org/kpfeifle/SambaPrintHOWTO/Samba-HOWTO-Collection-3.0-PrintingChapter-11th-draft.pdf Good Luck Geza Gemes <http://www.linuxprinting.org/kpfeifle/SambaPrintHOWTO/>