Simple accounting filter/backend (With Perl or another script language)

Helge Blischke H.Blischke at srz-berlin.de
Mon Jun 14 04:49:27 PDT 2004


Nayco wrote:
> 
> Nayco wrote:
> > 'llo, all !
> >
> > I'm trying to write a perl script to incorporate as a backend or filter to do simple page accounting (...And no, Pykota doesn't fit my needs ;-)) to a MySql database.[...]
> 
> I forgot: Shouldn't I use a filter instead of a backend to do the same task ?
> I want this script to be easy to pipe into cups, so an operator can add a printer without a 3 months learning ;-)

What about using Ghostscript's bbox device within such a filter?
It would work even for non-DSC-compliant jobs.

Helge


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