Re: PostScript page counter?

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From: J Greely
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 1990 21:57

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In article <1990Jul30.153325.15342@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu
 (Henry Spencer) writes:
>The usual technique is to read the printer's page count before and after,
>and subtract -- *it* knows how many pages it printed.

Which is great for collecting usage information, but something I've
been considering is changing my spooler to redefine showpage before
each file is sent to the printer, aborting if it attempts to print
more than X pages.  Nice when you have students who send their output
to a printer without checking first.
--
J Greely (jgreely@cis.ohio-state.edu; osu-cis!jgreely)

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