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- From: drew@phantom.gatech.edu (Drew Gonzi)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
- Subject: Re: Printer accounting/monitoring
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 09:04:30 -0500
- Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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- greimann@pecan.cns.udel.edu (J. Brandon Greimann) writes:
-
- > I was wondering if there is any way on the NeXT to monitor and/or
- >regulate printer use? Basically, I want to be able to keep a log of who
- >uses the printer and how many pages the documents are. If possible, I'd
- >also like to be able to regulate who is allowed to use the printer. Any
- >help on this would be appreciated...
-
- Sure .... Read the man page on printcap(5). One of the things
- you can specify is a flag: ...:af account_file: Basically if this
- file exists and is writable, Every file printed on the printer will be logged
- after completion of the job.
-
- The entries are in the format:
-
- #pages host:user
-
- Unfortunately, there is no timestamp.
- --
- Drew Gonczi
- Systems Analyst I
- Office of Information Technology
- drew.gonczi@oit.gatech.edu
-