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| 3 | <chapter> |
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| 4 | <title id="pykotme">Get print quotes before printing for real</title> |
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| 5 | <para>Last modified on $Date$</para> |
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| 6 | |
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| 7 | <para> |
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| 8 | PyKota features a print quote generator, named <application>pykotme</application>. |
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| 9 | This command line tool can be used to learn in advance how much a print job |
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| 10 | will cost to you if you really send it to a printer. |
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| 11 | You can then decide if printing your document is a good idea or not, and do it |
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| 12 | knowingly. |
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| 13 | </para> |
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| 14 | |
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| 15 | <para> |
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| 16 | To get a print quote, you have to launch <application>pykotme</application> |
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| 17 | from the command line, passing your print job's content in the PostScript |
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| 18 | format, either in the form of one or more file names on the command line, |
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| 19 | or on its standard input (i.e. in a shell pipe or redirection). |
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| 20 | </para> |
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| 21 | |
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| 22 | <para> |
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| 23 | Without any command line argument, <application>pykotme</application> |
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| 24 | automatically reads your job's data from its standard input. |
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| 25 | </para> |
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| 26 | |
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| 27 | <para> |
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| 28 | By default, <application>pykotme</application> |
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| 29 | will display a quote for your job on all printers. You can restrict |
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| 30 | this by using the <literal>-p | --printer</literal> command line |
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| 31 | option followed with either a printer's name or a wildcard |
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| 32 | which will be used to search all printers which name matches. |
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| 33 | </para> |
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| 34 | |
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| 35 | <sect1> |
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| 36 | <title>Examples</title> |
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| 37 | <para> |
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| 38 | Here are some examples of <application>pykotme</application> usage. |
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| 39 | </para> |
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| 40 | |
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| 41 | <para> |
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| 42 | The simplest form : |
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| 43 | <screen> |
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| 44 | port50-2:~$ pykotme pykota.ps |
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| 45 | Your account balance : 16.25 |
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| 46 | Job size : 22 pages |
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| 47 | Cost on printer apple : 1.35 |
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| 48 | port50-2:~$ |
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| 49 | </screen> |
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| 50 | </para> |
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| 51 | |
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| 52 | <para> |
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| 53 | More complex, with printer name wildcard and within a pipe : |
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| 54 | <screen> |
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| 55 | port50-2:~$ a2ps -o - pykota/README | pykotme --printer "a*" |
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| 56 | [pykota/README (plain): 6 pages on 3 sheets] |
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| 57 | [Total: 6 pages on 3 sheets] sent to the standard output |
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| 58 | Your account balance : 16.25 |
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| 59 | Job size : 3 pages |
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| 60 | Cost on printer apple : 0.40 |
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| 61 | port50-2:~$ |
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| 62 | </screen> |
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| 63 | </para> |
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| 64 | </sect1> |
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[1101] | 65 | |
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| 66 | <sect1> |
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| 67 | <title>Reference</title> |
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| 68 | <para> |
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| 69 | <cmdsynopsis> |
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| 70 | <command>pykotme</command> |
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| 71 | <group choice="opt"><arg>-v</arg><arg>--version</arg></group> |
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| 72 | <group choice="opt"><arg>-h</arg><arg>--help</arg></group> |
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| 73 | <group choice="opt"> |
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| 74 | <arg>-P <replaceable>printername</replaceable></arg> |
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| 75 | <arg>--printer <replaceable>printername</replaceable></arg> |
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| 76 | </group> |
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| 77 | <group choice="opt"> |
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| 78 | <arg><replaceable>filename1</replaceable></arg> |
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| 79 | <arg><replaceable>filename2</replaceable></arg> |
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| 80 | <arg><replaceable>...</replaceable></arg> |
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| 81 | <arg><replaceable>filenameN</replaceable></arg> |
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| 82 | </group> |
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| 83 | </cmdsynopsis> |
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| 84 | </para> |
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| 85 | </sect1> |
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[1099] | 86 | </chapter> |
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| 87 | |
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| 88 | <!-- |
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| 89 | |
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| 90 | $Log$ |
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[1101] | 91 | Revision 1.2 2003/07/25 13:10:58 jalet |
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| 92 | Improved documentation |
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| 93 | |
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[1099] | 94 | Revision 1.1 2003/07/25 10:41:30 jalet |
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| 95 | Better documentation. |
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| 96 | pykotme now displays the current user's account balance. |
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| 97 | Some test changed in ldap module. |
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| 98 | |
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| 99 | |
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| 100 | --> |
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