page_log redirection

[Dhritiman]

Hi,

Thanks a lot. Will let you know once I am done with it.

Regards,
Dhritiman



> On Feb 24, 2011, at 11:33 PM, Dhritiman wrote:
> > Hi,
> >=20
> > In our lab, we have a HP Lasertjet printer connected to 1 machine =
> (server) and it is shared with all other machines in the lab (clients). =
> We wanted to have a
> > simple page_log accounting scheme whereby we would have the number of =
> pages
> > printed by each user. The page_log file has all the info that we want. =
> Unfortunately the page_log s are distributed. That is when a client =
> machine
> > issues a print command, then the page_log information is logged in the =
> /var/log/cups/page_log file of the CLIENT machine rather than the server =
> machine. This
> > is a problem, as for accounting we would have to look at the logs in =
> all the
> > machines. We would rather have the logs in one machine (ie., the =
> server machine),
> > so that our accounting script can work on the page_log file on that =
> machine only.
>
> Make sure your client machines do not have local drivers (look in =
> /etc/cups/ppd).
>
> > Can cups be configured somehow, so that all the page_logs are logged =
> in the
> > server machine (where the printer is attached) ?
>
> Yes, when you use browsing or local "raw" queues pointing at the server, =
> all of the filtering (and thus all of the page logging) will happen on =
> the server.
>
> > ...
> > P.S.: As a different question, does cups provide any other facility =
> for page
> > accounting apart from page_log file ?
>
>
> There are several third-party add-ons for this (see =
> http://www.cups.org/links.php) and you can also query CUPS directly to =
> get the page counts and print options (although that requires you keep =
> more job history...)
>
> __________________________________________________
> Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair
>