These both seem better left to the print subsystem. > 1) I've been trying to password the use of my two laser > printers so that > printing has to be assisted by my computer attendant (we are > losing too much > paper and toner to people clicking print five to ten times). > But, I have > not figured out how to force passwords on my samba printer (HP LJ1200 > running under cupsd and samba). Is it possible for me to require > administrator intervention?
Don't know about cups, but in LPRng there is a facility to have all jobs that enter a queue held, and an administrator can release whichever he/she chooses. No doubt cups has something equivalent. Also, some printers support this kind of thing themselves (enter a 4 digit pin to release a job, or somesuch). > 2) I would like to have a page based audit of printing as > well. Does samba > support that? I've also been curious to do a "pixel" based > audit whereby I > can estimate toner consumption. Again, this is probably better left to the print subsystem, which handles accounting, etc. I imagine you'd be looking at some kind of filter to interpret the PCL (or whatever) data the user submitted, and write the accounting info wherever you or cups want it. ~ Daniel ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is the property of Time Inc. or its affiliates. It may be legally privileged and/or confidential and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). No addressee should forward, print, copy, or otherwise reproduce this message in any manner that would allow it to be viewed by any individual not originally listed as a recipient. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized disclosure, dissemination, distribution, copying or the taking of any action in reliance on the information herein is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete this message. Thank you. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
