Finding out the real page counter.

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1 total messages Started by Antoon Frehe Thu, 12 Nov 1992 12:28

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Author: Antoon Frehe
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 12:28

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Hi,

Were looking for somthing that will let us admin. the usage of our
LaserJet III Si. 

In the past, as i understand, "pagecount" was used to return the value
of the pagecounter. I tried it in our printer software and it does work.
There is however one problem.

Our LaserJet is now addressed via tcp/ip. This lets us send large postscript
files to the printer and then the "pagecount" command even before the
first page is printed of the previous large file. This problem does not
appear when one is using a serial interface.

What I need, I think, is a question like "pagecount" which I can send to
the printer and which tells me if a job is still being processed. 
Is there any such command, or is there another way to solve the admin.
problem. (I.e. a program that determines the number of pages in a any
given PS-file)

Any help appreciated.


Groetjes Antoon.



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