[cups.general] Pages unknown for foomatic ppd's

[Till Kamppeter]

The page accounting of foomatic-rip only works with non-PostScript
printers. on PostScript printers it is simply ignored.

   Till

Sam Leathers wrote:
> Thankyou for your quick response. I checked /etc/foomatic/filter.conf, 
> and it was disabled, so I enabled it, restarted cups, and still has 
> unknown for the page count. It does work fine with the manufacturer 
> driver though.
> 
> Sam
> 
> Till Kamppeter wrote:
> 
>> Use the manufacturer's PPD file:
>>
>> http://openprinting.org/foomatic-db/db/source/PPD/HP/mono_laser/HP_LaserJet_4000_Series.ppd
>>
>> For non-PostScript printers check whether page accounting with Foomatic
>> is perhaps disabled in the file /etc/foomatic/filters.conf and enable
>> it. Debian and Ubuntu for example disable it by default.
>>
>>   Till
>>
>> Sam Leathers wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> The page count shows unknown in the job list and the job isn't written 
>>> to page_log with the HP LaserJet 4000 Foomatic/Postscript (recommended) 
>>> ppd. Any suggestions?
>>>    
>>>
>>
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