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From: erosser@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Evan Rosser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Counting pages printed on a laser printer
Message-ID: <1991Feb4.134324.38415@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Date: 4 Feb 91 18:43:24 GMT
Organization: Wesleyan University
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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?

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