[Samba] paid-for-print

[Kurt Pfeifle]

> [Samba] paid-for-print
> Kurt Pfeifle kpfeifle at danka.de
> Mon Jun 23 11:43:09 GMT 2003
> 
> 
>> [Samba] paid-for-print
>> Julian Tzonev uli at naval-acad.bg
>> Mon Jun 23 11:19:46 GMT 2003
>> 
>> 
>> Hi there,
>> I'm newbie in Samba, so I beg for your excuse if my questions are
>> stupid.
>> 
>> Is it possible to use Samba as a "paid-for-print" server?
> 
> Not "out-of-the-box". I'd know how to do it if you give me to
> days to fiddle with it.
> 
>> If U know something about another free "paid-for-print" software, please
>> let me know.
>> 
> 
> 1. There is "printbill" -- now with initial, but still limited CUPS support:
>     http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~daniel/software/printbill/
> 
> printbill is GPL and actively maintained and developed.
> 
> 
> 2. Then there is "pycota" -- developed for CUPS originally:
>     http://www.librelogiciel.com/software/PyKota/action_Presentation
> 
> pycota is GPL in source code, and you can compile and setup yourself, but
> it is poorly documented. The author sells a pre-compiled version plus
> documentation and support under a "shareware" type license, I believe.
> pycota is actively maintained and developed.

This may sound a bit too unfriendly towards pycota. Let me put it
straight:

to me pycota looks like the *first* choice for anybody needing
external print accounting support in CUPS. (Future CUPS versions
may have their built-in accounting capabilities improved)

> 3. Lastly, "printquota". It only supports LPRng:
>     http://printquota.sourceforge.net/
> 
> printquota is GPL and actively maintained and developed.
> 
>> 10x in advance,
>> --
>> Julian
>> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Kurt
>