Re: [LI] postscript info needed.

["Gurunandan R. Bhat" <grbhat@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, Nikhil Datta wrote:

> I've set up a printer accounting system for my college using samba and a
> HP LaserJet 6 MP Postscript.
> 
> The accounting system itself is simple :

[snipped]

> However, If i elect to send 6 copies of a 6 page document from
> both applications, then *boom*. MS Word correctly (?) reports the number
> of pages in the document as 6*6=36, however wordpad shows up only 6, with
> no indication of the number of copies anywhere in the raw ps file.


SuSE 6.2 (and probably others ?) comes with a samba printer accounting
perl script in /usr/doc/packages/samba/examples/printer-accounting. I have
used it and dont remember facing the problem you describe. 

  


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