How do I activate printer accounting/logging

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2 total messages Started by robert cyphers Thu, 05 Nov 1992 22:56

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Author: robert cyphers
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 22:56

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How do I activate printer accounting or usage logging by user?
I am running on NeXT 2.0.

Re: How do I activate printer accounting/logging

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Author: Paul S. Sears
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 16:16

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In article <9182@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP>  writes:
=>How do I activate printer accounting or usage logging by user?
=>I am running on NeXT 2.0.

(This applies for both NS3.0 and NS2.x)

Add an entry in your printcap for the printer you want to log 

  af=/dir/where/you/want/to/log/printing/usage

For example, here is a printcap entry for one of our printers (third line of  
entry contains the af field):

ME_LaserWriter: \
        :note=ME LaserWriter II NT:ty=Apple LaserWriter II NT: \
        :sd=/usr/spool/NeXT/ME_LaserWriter:sharedTo=/:sharedAs=N230_D_LW: \
        :lp=/dev/null:lf=/usr/adm/lpd-errs:af=/usr/adm/lp.acct:br=9600:rw: \
        :fc#0000374:fs#0000003:xc#0:xs#0040040:mx#0:sf:sb: \
        :if=/usr/local/cap/bin/N230_D_LW:of=/usr/lib/transcript/psof: \
        :gf=/usr/lib/transcript/psgf:nf=/usr/lib/transcript/psnf: \
        :tf=/usr/lib/transcript/pstf:rf=/usr/lib/transcript/psrf: \
        :vf=/usr/lib/transcript/psvf:cf=/usr/lib/transcript/pscf: \
        :df=/usr/lib/transcript/psdf:

The accounting info for this printer is sent to /usr/adm/lp.acct.

To determine usage on a per user basis, use

/usr/etc/pac -m -Pprinter_name

This will be at the default $0.02/page.  Check the man pages for printcap and  
pac.

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