On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 04:12:37PM +0100, Henrik Edlund wrote:
> 
> Most printers on the market today support the two MIBs needed, so this
> method seems to be the best option. The same general implementation would
> work with several printer models from different manufacturers, as long as
> the printer supports SNMP and mentioned MIBs properly.

Most (all ?) HP printers' internal counter is only updated in NVRAM 
every 10 impressions (pages), if you switch your printer Off at
count=19, it restarts at count=10

Also some HP printers reset their counter to 0 every time they are 
switched off.

This sucks !

<plug mode="shameless">

  PyKota, my print quota and accounting solution, can use ANY
  method of your choice to retrieve a job size.
  
</plug>

bye

Jerome Alet
-- 
"A non-free program is a predatory social system that keeps people 
in a state of domination and division, and uses the spoils to 
dominate more." - RMS

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