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From: iyermish@sjuphil.uucp (I. Yermish)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Counting pages printed on a laser printer
Message-ID: <1991Feb5.001611.15551@sjuphil.uucp>
Date: 5 Feb 91 00:16:11 GMT
References: <1991Feb4.134324.38415@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Reply-To: iyermish@sjuphil.UUCP (I. Yermish)
Organization: Saint Joseph's University
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In article <1991Feb4.134324.38415@eagle.wesleyan.edu> erosser@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Evan Rosser) writes:
>
>We have several public Novell networks around campus with laser printers
>attached directly to the file server.  Students generally use the GUEST account
>for word processing and course work.  We are interested in finding some
>solution for counting the number of pages printed by each user for billing
>purposes. With our old network software, a banner page for each print job with
>the name and number of pages printed.
>
>We are using capture with the /NAM qualifier and banners to identify output,
>but haven't been able to find a way to count the pages. Accounting doesn't seem
>to be the solution, primarily because all students use GUEST and we aren't
>capable of maintaining hundreds of student accounts.
>
>Has anyone else run into this difficulty in public labs?  Any suggestions?
>
>___________________________________________________________
>Evan Rosser                           Box 5166            
>erosser@eagle.wesleyan.edu            Wesleyan Station    
>erosser@wesleyan.bitnet               Middletown, CT 06459-5166


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