> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Dec 15 11:12:01 2003 > Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 13:33:13 -0500 (EST) > From: "David L. R. Houston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: LPRng: Competitors > > On Dec 12, 2003, Patrick Powell wrote: > > PP. 1. You can do quotas. > PP. 2. You can do accounting. > PP. 3. You can use the Samba interface and support SMB printing. > PP. > PP. The problem with a 'general package' for doing this is that > PP. each institution seems to have its own 'backend'. > PP. > PP. I have solved this by using a set of Perl scripts to access the > PP. backend databases, etc. > PP. > PP. This is included with the LPRng Commercial Package. > > Interesting. Not sure why this never seemed obvious to me. > > question: any current or planned support for debit card systems? (Very > common way to pay for print @ higher-ed land.) > > David Houston > CIT Client Services Coordinator > University of Vermont
The problem here is getting at the debit card information. The usual way that this has been solved is to set up a database with the various things you want to pay for, and have the debit card system mark them as paid. You periodically (or you can use a DB trigger) check for payment and then release the job if it has been marked paid. Patrick ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
