[cups] empty page_log file

[Spike]

thanks Brian and Johannes.

@Brian, I was so confused by it that I "regarded it as empty", but you're
totally right and thanks for mentioning MaxLogSize 0, that's definitely a
better choice

@Johannes, thanks for all the info, it was very helpful. Indeed I tested
commenting out hpps from the ppd and printing works fine on the HP LaserJet
Pro MFP m225dw .

I do accounting through cups and page_log so I don't care as much for HP's
internal accounting, but the econ mode is often used for draft docs and I'd
like to figure out a solution to keep it.

Given that the filter is in python I'm wondering how hard is it to add
support for PAGE info, especially since the same info seems already written
to STDOUT as part of the HPAccountingInfo section:

https://github.com/twaugh/hplip/blob/master/prnt/filters/hpps#L202

does anybody have any example of what it takes to write to the page_log? I
looked at other filters in /usr/lib/cups/filter and "textonly" has a bunch
of echo "PAGE...." . is that it?

thanks,

Spike

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 2:49 AM, Johannes Meixner <jsmeix at suse.de> wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> On May 23 16:34 Spike wrote (excerpt):
>
>> https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/249113
>>
> ...
>
>> *cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 hpps"
>>
>
> For some info about HP's hpps filter from my point of view
> you may also have a look at what I wrote in
> https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/263150
>
> If you have regular PostScript printers see
> in particular what I wrote at
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424539
> regarding hpps and regular PostScript printers.
>
> Regarding if your HP M401dne and HP M225dw
> are actually regular PostScript printers go to
> http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/combined.html
> and follow the links to your models:
>
> According to
>
> http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/laserjet/hp_laserjet_400_m401dne.html
> the HP LaserJet 400 m401dne belongs to the
>   APDK device class(es): Postscript
> which means it should be a regular PostScript printer.
>
> According to
>
> http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/laserjet/hp_laserjet_pro_mfp_m225dw.html
> the HP LaserJet Pro MFP m225dw
>   REQUIRES a downloadable driver plug-in
> which could mean it is a weak device that cannot
> work as a regular printer but it also belongs to the
>   APDK device class(es): Postscript
> which indicates that the plain printer unit
> works as a regular PostScript printer and the
> downloadable driver plug-in is only needed for
> other functionality - in
> http://hplipopensource.com/node/309
> there is a link to
> http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/plugin.html
> where for the HP LaserJet Pro MFP m225dw
> the downloadable driver plug-in is only needed for
>   1.Scanning support. 2.Faxing support.
>
> You may also have a look at the section about
> "Printer plus Scanner all-in-one devices" in
> https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Printer_buying_guide
>
>
> Kind Regards
> Johannes Meixner
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