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From: stine@tigger.alisa.com
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: LaserWriter accounting
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Date: 6 Feb 91 20:54:48 GMT
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The simplest way to account for how many pages have been printed is to add
logic to the spooler controlling the printer to query the printer page count
at the beginning of the print job and again at the end of the print job.
Then subtract the first page count from the second and you have your
job page count.

Here's the PostScript you need to send to the LaserWriter to return the
current number of pages the printer has printed in its lifetime:

%%?BeginQuery: PageCount
statusdict begin pagecount end = flush
%%?EndQuery: unknown

The lines beginning with "%%" are for conformance with Adobe document
structuring conventions.

dave stine
Alisa Systems, Inc.
stine@tigger.alisa.com