Re: Accounting LPR usage
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, Steve Redlich wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, Leonardo Boselli wrote:
> >(This message could be a bit OT for the list, but since there is a lot of
> >people expert to "shape" users i try to post it anyway ...)
> >We bought (for an university lab) a new printer since the older was worn.
> >The problem is that the old was a 12 ppm one, and the new one is a 60 ppm
> >one. The result is that from an average of 3500 print per week the usage
> >skyrocketed to 6000 per week, and so the toner costs !!!
>
> This page has some good tips.
> http://www.wlug.org.nz/CupsAccounting
And the best accounting setup for CUPS is probably PyKota using *PJL* page
counting, as that means the printer itself tells you how many pages it
printed.
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