Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!dali.cs.montana.edu!rpi!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!uokmax!rob From: rob@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Robert K Shull) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: Query on LaserWriter accounting Message-ID: <1990Nov15.194542.20997@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> Date: 15 Nov 90 19:45:42 GMT References: <1624@beguine.UUCP> Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Lines: 17 In article <1624@beguine.UUCP> winborne@physics.unc.edu (George Winborne) writes: >We have a FastPath4 bridging Macs and Suns on Localtalk and Ether >respectively. We are using aufs and papif and trying to get lwsrv to work. > >How can we keep track of LaserWriter usage efficiently. Our printing is >George Winborne We use a locally written system that uses a daemon running on a Unix machine, a hacked lwsrv, and an init for the Macintosh. It forces everyone to give a Unix login name and password whenever they print. The drawback is that all files are spooled on the Unix machine (throught lwsrv) and some software doesn't like this (PageMaker 4.0, to be exact.) Robert -- Robert K. Shull rob@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu chinet!uokmax!rob