topic Re: Print Quota Software in Operating System - HP-UX

Print Quota Software

Kong Kian Chay — Tue, 17 Jul 2001 01:58:24 GMT

Anybody used before or knows of a reliable Print Quota Software that meets following reqmts :-
* for HP-UX 11.0
* control no. of papers printed per person per month. For example, user2 is alloc only 60 pages of A4 for printing every month. An A4 double-sided print is counted as 2 pages. A one-sided A3 print is counted as 2 pages.

* the print quota is reduced only if something is really printed -- that is, those spooled but cancelled subsequently will not be counted.

Thank you.

Re: Print Quota Software

Herve BRANGIER — Tue, 17 Jul 2001 05:32:06 GMT

Hi

Look at http://www.lprng.org . This is a new
type of lp tools, the limit is on the
document's size. But you can add filters on the
printcap file to control and authorize printing

I think that you search for something like
pquotatd : http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~rowland/projects/pquotad/

HTH

Herv?

Re: Print Quota Software

Herve BRANGIER — Tue, 17 Jul 2001 05:53:14 GMT

Lprng howto page have an accounting section :
http://www.lprng.org/LPRng-HOWTO.html#AEN9403
see section number 18.

It seems to use hardware pages counters, present
on hp printers and some others.

Herv?

Re: Print Quota Software

Kong Kian Chay — Tue, 17 Jul 2001 07:37:39 GMT

Herve

Thanks for directing me to the relevant websites. I am currently going thru the docs & most probably try out the software. Will feedback when ready.

Thanks again.