[cups.development] Pages to be printed

[p.mdriyaz at gmail.com]

Hi,
This solution would'nt work because the file could be of any format. But ,after looking at pykota i am planning to configure it and give it a try.

Thanks for your help.
-Riyaz

Jerome Alet wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 05:11:44AM +0000, p.mdriyaz at gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > I have one more question.. is it possible to determine the number
> > of pages  that will be printed before the printing takes place??
> >
> > The reason i am asking this is because we need to have a per user
> > quota based on pages. To implement this we need to determine the
> > number of pages before printing it.
>
> I'd suggest you use the pkpgcounter command which is part
> of PyKota (http://www.librelogiciel.com/software/PyKota/action_Presentation)
>
> pkpgcounter doesn't need a complete PyKota configuration, you
> just have to install the files, but don't need to create any
> database or modify the default configuration
>
> pkpgcounter can count pages in PostScript (DSC compliant and binary),
> PCL5 (up to 5), PCL6 (aka PCLXL), PDF, and ESC/P2
>
> you can use it either in a pipe or with filenames as arguments,
> or both
>
> hoping this helps
>
> Jerome Alet
>