[Samba] paid-for-print Kurt Pfeifle kpfeifle at danka.de Mon Jun 23 11:43:09 GMT 2003
[Samba] paid-for-print Julian Tzonev uli at naval-acad.bg Mon Jun 23 11:19:46 GMT 2003
Hi there, I'm newbie in Samba, so I beg for your excuse if my questions are stupid.
Is it possible to use Samba as a "paid-for-print" server?
Not "out-of-the-box". I'd know how to do it if you give me to days to fiddle with it.
If U know something about another free "paid-for-print" software, please let me know.
1. There is "printbill" -- now with initial, but still limited CUPS support: http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~daniel/software/printbill/
printbill is GPL and actively maintained and developed.
2. Then there is "pycota" -- developed for CUPS originally: http://www.librelogiciel.com/software/PyKota/action_Presentation
pycota is GPL in source code, and you can compile and setup yourself, but it is poorly documented. The author sells a pre-compiled version plus documentation and support under a "shareware" type license, I believe. pycota is actively maintained and developed.
This may sound a bit too unfriendly towards pycota. Let me put it straight:
to me pycota looks like the *first* choice for anybody needing external print accounting support in CUPS. (Future CUPS versions may have their built-in accounting capabilities improved)
3. Lastly, "printquota". It only supports LPRng: http://printquota.sourceforge.net/
printquota is GPL and actively maintained and developed.
10x in advance, -- Julian
Cheers, Kurt
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