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> From: Alessandra La Spina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: LPRng: XeroxN2125 and pagecount (2) 
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> 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
>

AHHH!!!  This makes sense now.

The problem is that the ifhp filter is not getting the 'true end of job'
from the printer.  This is due to the printer sending back 'I am done'
and the paper not having started moving.

I suggest throwing rocks or yelling at Xerox to tell you the magic
PostSCript or whatever command to tell the printer to not report end
of job until the job is finished.

Patrick

Patrick Powell                 Astart Technologies,
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Network and System             San Diego, CA 92123
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LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.lprng.com)

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