Hi all,
I have a print accounting system successfully running using the hardware
pagecounter on an HP4000N. What I'm curious about is how one could
determine the number of pages in a print job through software to limit the
maximum job size in the spool, before the job is sent to the printer?
If the job is sent in postscript, for which code do you search the file
(I'm not familiar with postscript code)? I've read the LPRng/ifhp FAQs
thoroughly and have noted that counting pages in this way can be decieved
using clever postscript coding, but I doubt that would happen in my
situation.
Also, are there semi-reliable means for estimating PCL print jobs as well?
Note that the actual page count will be determined with the hardware
counter in this scenario - I'm just curious about estimates.
Thanks,
Luke Bakken
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