On 14 Dec 1998, Jens Ritter wrote:
> Llista mail debian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hi All!
> >
> > I want to do a printing quota under Linux using de LPRng. The
> > quota system is very easy (Quota = Quota - Num_lines_printed), but I don't
> > know who to interact with de LPR, I need a filter? How I put my script in
> > the filter? (I see that de lpf filter give me de number of lines printed)
>
> It is easy to print out rubbish on a large amount of pages using a one
> line ps file. What do you want to do in such a case?
I need to filter the file and only permit to print a plain text.
> > The idea is that anybody send de text to the printer, before print
> > it, I need to check de quota and if the quota is "OK" then print else "not
> > print".
>
> I would try to use a printer which is capable to report the pages
> printed and base the quota on this information.
Is an old printer and doesn't have this capabilities.
