Re: Printing Quota
Llista mail debian <debian@salleURL.edu> writes:
> Hi All!
>
> I want to do a printing quota under Linux using de LPRng. The
> quota system is very easy (Quota = Quota - Num_lines_printed), but I don't
> know who to interact with de LPR, I need a filter? How I put my script in
> the filter? (I see that de lpf filter give me de number of lines printed)
It is easy to print out rubbish on a large amount of pages using a one
line ps file. What do you want to do in such a case?
> The idea is that anybody send de text to the printer, before print
> it, I need to check de quota and if the quota is "OK" then print else "not
> print".
I would try to use a printer which is capable to report the pages
printed and base the quota on this information.
See package cti-ifhp for more information.
HTH,
Jens
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