On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 11:20:21AM +0100, Henrik Edlund wrote: > > JA> This is not correct (I understand you may not need it though) : even > JA> with only ghostview you can know in advance how many pages there are > JA> in your document, and so its cost. > > But there is no way to notify a user of this via the lp protocol and offer > a yes/no question.
right. I meant (I sent incomplete messages all the time) it's possible and may be useful to have an external command to do this, which is what PyKota does, or have a dedicated print queue set up for this, which is what PrintBill does IIRC > Also, our students do not have much choice. All printers are the same > brand and they have default printes defined depending on workstation and > lab. ok. 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
