page_log, "total"

[Helge Blischke]

ryan at stat.berkeley.edu wrote:
> 
> Sometimes the page log says "total" instead of the number of pages in a
> job. Does this mean that the number in the numcopies field then represents the total number of pages for that job?
> 
> lp user1 2113 [08/Oct/2004:15:09:23 +0800] total 1 - localhost
> lp user1 2113 [08/Oct/2004:15:09:33 +0800] total 1 - localhost
> lp user1 2113 [08/Oct/2004:15:09:43 +0800] total 1 - localhost
> lp user2 2114 [08/Oct/2004:15:11:05 +0800] total 1 - host1
> lp user2 2114 [08/Oct/2004:15:11:15 +0800] total 1 - host1
> lp user2 2115 [08/Oct/2004:16:03:32 +0800] total 0 - host2
> lp user2 2115 [08/Oct/2004:16:03:42 +0800] total 1 - host2
> 
> Did job 2113 print 1 page or 3?
> Did job 2114 print 1 page or 2?
> And what is up with job 2115? 0 pages or 1?
> 
> I guess this all boils down to why cups uses 'total' rather than the
> traditional page count. If the backend or filter sends cups 'total',
> shouldn't it enter the info in the page log in a consistent manner?
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> Ryan

The only place I found where this "total" is emetted is the IPP backend
which reports the total job-media-sheets-completed attribute. I've not
(yet) digged further into this isue.

Helge

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