That blows chunks. I suppose it's my fault for cutting the corner initialy when I first set it up.
Oh, well. Thanks Aaron. Kev. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron J. Seigo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 10:36 AM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Charging back supply costs. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tuesday 27 May 2003 10:25, Kevin Anderson wrote: > > Is this because I'm using RAW for everything? > > yes. RAW requests do not go through the usual CUPS print system and so page > accounting can't be done. RAW always counts as 1 page. also note that if your > printer jams during a print job, CUPS will still count the pages even if they > didn't print. so even w/out RAW, your CUPS totals can only ever be > approximate, not relied upon as exact. > > good news is that there are native Windows drivers for CUPS now. they are > non-free, but freely redistributable. there was just recently a HUGE thread > on kde-promo about these drivers and including them on KDE's Knoppix-based > live demo CD. RMS was, naturally, against it but the pragmatics in the crowd > (most KDE people =) saw it is a good thing. > > anyways, look for the native Windows CUPS drivers (you can export them to your > Samba server like any Windows driver, apparently..) and you should get > semi-accurate ;-) page accounting.. > > - -- > Aaron J. Seigo > GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 > > KDE: The 'K' is for 'kick ass' > http://www.kde.org http://promo.kde.org/3.1/feature_guide.php > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+05Qm1rcusafx20MRApsmAJ4n6mjyW6H4cmRs5jYNJmZafAWGfgCdFT/W > +QWMyXEcbBD7EUcjJh2QYU8= > =DxA+ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
