Re: lp accounting -- lprng [pages?]

[Max <maxk@chinook.stanford.edu>]

> 	Right after I sent the previous message with a similar subject I
> realized lpd runs as lp group lp. I changed the ownership of
> /var/log/lp-acct and now it works. What I need to know now is if it's
> possible to count the number of pages printed. I'm using magicfilter (if
> that matters) on one queue, and that bounces to another one which send the
> jobs to an NT box. And the printer is a LaserJet without postscript. Can I
> watch the data on the second queue (which is already PCL) and count the
> number of pages? How?

I'm not sure about magic filter, but I get page accounting from the
ifhp filter, which should work for all LaserJets.

Max