[cups.general] How do I use IFHP filters with CUPS

[Jerome Alet]

On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 02:07:40PM -0500, Rob Tanner wrote:
> We do printer accounting using Lprng/IFHP and my interest is to 
> move to CUPS on our new printer server.  Right now, I depend on the 
> IFHP filter to kick off an accounting program and supply it with a 
> number of parameters, including the printer name, user id, and total 
> pages printed. 
> 
> Is it possible to replicate that functionality with CUPS, and can 
> anyone point me to a HOWTO that explains what I need to know? 

If you want something similar to ifhp, you could use accsnmp
(you'll find a link to it on http://www.cups.org/). Altough
it is limited to SNMP, I believe it does things similar to
what ifhp does.

On the same website you'll also find links to more complex
solutions as well.

hth

Jerome Alet