[Samba] page_count x number_of_copies

[Joachim Kieferle]

Fabiano Caixeta Duarte wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I have a samba print server which stores information about each job. To
> accomplish this, I have set 'printing = sysv' so I can use print command.
>
> Print command passes to a script some info including '%c' (page_count).
> The problem is that if someone sends more than one copy of the document,
> %c doesn't tell me so.
>
> It means that %c tells exactly the number of pages sent to the printer
> without doing the necessary math.
>
> How can I know the real amount of pages sent to the printer?
>
>   

Dear Fabiano,

we also had problems with the pagecount from Samba. At least some year 
ago on our printers it was more a job count.
Since those days we are using phpgcounter 
(http://www.pykota.com/software/pkpgcounter) and it has been very 
helpful. We run it as a cron-job every 3 mins. You'd have to preserve 
your printfiles by setting "PreserveJobFiles Yes" in cupsd.conf.

So - not directly an answer to a Samba question but some experience ....

Hope that helps,

Joachim