I have seen a similar pattern with a Xerox N* printer. We ended up not having to do accounting on that particular printer, but I figured I would let you know I have seen the same problem.
Thanks, Phil Moses On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Alessandra La Spina wrote: > > I'm trying to get accounting on the network printer Xerox N2125. > My linux box now is a RedHat 7.1 and I installed LPRng-3.7.4-22 and ifhp-3.4.4-2 > I have problems to get the right pagecount at the end of the job (it > results to be the same as at the start of the job): this is a piece of the acct file: > > START 'A=root@cesaro+442' 'P=cdc4n' 'n=root' 'H=cesaro.dm.unipi.it' 'D=1015856729' > filestart '-q31446' '-p175397' '-t2002-03-11-15:25:29.867' '-Aroot@cesaro+442' >'-nroot' '-Pcdc4n' > fileend '-b0' '-T2' '-q31446' '-p175397' '-t2002-03-11-15:25:31.870' >'-Aroot@cesaro+442' '-nroot' '-Pcdc4n' > END 't=3' 'p=0' 's=175397' 'q=175397' 'D=1015856732' 'A=root@cesaro+442' 'P=cdc4n' >'n=root' 'H=cesaro.dm.unipi.it' 'S=1015856729' > > My printcap.local file is: > > cdc4n:\ > :sh:\ > :ml=0:\ > :mx=0:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/cdc4n:\ > :af=acct:\ > :as=|/usr/libexec/filters/accounting.pl start:\ > :ae=|/usr/libexec/filters/accounting.pl end:\ > :lp=cdc4%9100:\ > :lpd_bounce=true:\ > :ifhp=if_option=pagecount,of_options=pagecount,debug=3:\ > :if=/usr/lib/lpfilters/ifhp: > > > P.Powell suggested me to add the debug=3 option and I obtained the stuff > you find in attachment (this doesn't seems to help me). Does anyone know > why I obtain the same pagecount at the start and at the end of the job ? > > (Anyway,the job has been printed correctly and if I print another job > I see the pagecount has been increased by the number of pages of > the previous job) > > > > > Alessandra La Spina > > > > > > -- > > ========================================= > Alessandra La Spina > Dipartimento di Matematica > Universita' di Pisa > > tel. +39-050-844263 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www: http://www.dm.unipi.it/cdc/index.html > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
