Hi Kunal, I'd faced a similar scenario a couple of years ago, if my memory serves me right, below is probably the way out:
1. Total number of pages printed - cups accounting 2. Who prints how many pages - cups accounting 3. Who printed what document and how many copies - cups accounting & samba configuration (pdf printer on samba - a copy is sent to the pdf printer automatically everytime cups is invoked) 4. Access control - samba configuration (??) 5. Logs of who printed what and when - cups accounting Below is the link to the first hit for "cups accounting" on google: http://www.novell.com/documentation/suse91/suselinux-adminguide/html/ch05s05.html Best, A Kunal Rupera wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > We are in the process of implementing printing solution for a medium > sized company. The choice of hardware/software is still to be > finalized. Would be thankful if someone can provide any insights so > that we are in a better position to make our buying decisions. > > 1. The company in question is a publishing house. > (brochures/leaflets/magazines/web) > 2. Hardware requirements include > > a) 1 Inkjet MFD > b) 1 Mono Laser printer > c) 1 Color laser printer > > We estimate very high print usage of all of the above mentioned > printers. (The mono laser will be used much more then the Inkjet and > the color laser though) > > A major problem that we are facing is not with buying the hardware but > getting it to work in our organization. While we could easily buy > those run-off-the-mill printers and share them over the network or buy > printers that can connect to the network directly, there are > considerable pitfalls/drawbacks in that strategy. > > Printer traditionally are not able to show the following information. > > 1. Total number of pages printed (though many models show this) > 2. Who prints how many pages > 3. Who printed what document and how many copies (the possibility to > see the actual document as well since we feel sometimes the > infrastructure is abused leading to high cost of consumables) > 4. Access control (who is provided permission to print to what printer) > 5. Logs of who printed what and when. > > We would like to have have a strategy in place so that we are in a > better position to make the required buying decisions in terms of > hardware and software. Also it would be preferable of the software > solutions were low cost/open source. > > Could anyone provide me any hints / links / experiences (if anyone has > already implemented this) etc. > > Thanks in advance > > Kunal. > > >
