Where's the quota file?

[Matt]

> Anonymous wrote:
> > I've set up page limiting on one of my lab printers and now
> > I've reached the limit.
> > Where's the log file of how many pages I've printed and is
> > it editable?
>
> It is not in a log file. It is calculated "on the fly" for each
> new job, by processing the contents of the "/var/spool/cups/"
> directory with its "c0000*" files (control files).
>
> > In that case I can fool the quota system by lowering the number
> > of pages I've printed.
>
> You can also increase the quota. For this stop the cupsd, and
> edit "/etc/cups/printers.conf". Or use the commandline
>
>   lpdadmin -p printername \
>            -o job-quota-period=604800 \
>            -o job-page-limit=100 \
>            -o job-k-limit=1024
>
> This sets the quota periond to 604.800 seconds (a.k.a. 1 week),
> the max page number to 100 (during the last passed 604.800
> seconds) or 1 MByte of data (whatever is reached first). Modify
> as needed.
>
> See also this very good introduction:
>
>   http://printing.kde.org/documentation/tutorials/quotas.php
>

I tried that very technique and got nowhere!!! There has to be a better method for quota administation!