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

[Sam Leathers]

Ok, that answers that question.

Thankyou very much for your help

Sam

Till Kamppeter wrote:

>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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