| | 189 | # In the lines below "%(printer)s" is automatically replaced |
| | 190 | # at run time with your printer's Fully Qualified Domain Name |
| | 191 | # for network printers. |
| | 192 | # e.g. myprinter.example.com |
| | 193 | # |
| | 194 | # Example : |
| | 195 | # |
| | 196 | # accounter: hardware(/usr/bin/snmpget -v1 -c public -Ov %(printer)s mib-2.43.10.2.1.4.1.1 | cut -f 2,2 -d " ") |
| | 197 | # |
| | 198 | # Another untested example, using npadmin : |
| | 199 | # |
| | 200 | # accounter: hardware(/usr/bin/npadmin --pagecount %(printer)s) |
| | 201 | # |
| | 202 | # Another example, for AppleTalk printers which works fine : |
| | 203 | # (You may need the pap CUPS backend installed, and copy the |
| | 204 | # pagecount.ps file from untested/netatalk into /etc or any |
| | 205 | # appropriate location) |
| | 206 | # |
| | 207 | # accounter: hardware(/usr/share/pykota/papwaitprinter.sh "MyPrinter:LaserWriter@*" && /usr/bin/pap -p "MyPrinter:LaserWriter@*" /usr/share/pykota/pagecount.ps 2>/dev/null | /bin/grep -v status | /bin/grep -v Connect | /usr/bin/tail -1) |
| | 208 | # |
| | 209 | # An example for parallel printers like the HP Laserjet 5MP : |
| | 210 | # |
| | 211 | # accounter: hardware(/bin/cat /usr/share/pykota/pagecount.pjl >/dev/lp0 && /usr/bin/head -2 </dev/lp0 | /usr/bin/tail -1) |
| | 212 | # |
| | 213 | # This value can be set either globally or per printer or both. |
| | 214 | # If both are defined, the printer option has priority. |
| | 215 | # |
| | 216 | # Some examples and comments provided by Bob Martel from csuohio.edu |
| | 217 | # |
| | 218 | # For several printers I could not get the page count using snmpget. I |
| | 219 | # resorted to snmpwalk: |
| | 220 | # |
| | 221 | # accounter: hardware(/opt/local/net-snmp/bin/snmpwalk -v 1 -Cc -c public %(printer)s | grep mib-2.43.10.2.1.4.1.1 | cut -d " " -f4) |
| | 222 | # |
| | 223 | # The last example is still more ugly, some of the printers only provided |
| | 224 | # their counters without names, but at least always on the same line: |
| | 225 | # |
| | 226 | # accounter: hardware(/opt/local/net-snmp/bin/snmpwalk -v 1 -Cc -c public -Ov %(printer)s | grep Counter32 | tail -2 | head -1 | cut -d " " -f2) |
| | 227 | # |
| | 228 | # An example using netcat and a preformatted PJL job which you can find |
| | 229 | # in the untested/pjl directory, which is sent to a JetDirect print |
| | 230 | # server on port 9100 : |
| | 231 | # |
| | 232 | # accounter: hardware(/bin/nc -w 2 %(printer)s 9100 </usr/share/pykota/pagecount.pjl | /usr/bin/tail -2) |
| | 233 | # |
| | 234 | # An example using the contributed pagecount.pl script which does |
| | 235 | # the same as above, but should work on more printers : |
| | 236 | # |
| | 237 | # accounter: hardware(/usr/share/pykota/pagecount.pl %(printer)s 9100) |
| | 238 | # |
| | 239 | # WARNING : In any case, when using an hardware accounter, please test the command line outside |
| | 240 | # of PyKota before. This will save you some headaches in case it doesn't work as expected. |
| | 241 | # |
| | 242 | # The waitprinter.sh is there to wait until the printer is idle again. |
| | 243 | # This should prevent a job to be sent to the printer while another one is |
| | 244 | # not yet finished (not all pages are printed, but the complete job is in |
| | 245 | # the printer) |
| | 246 | # |
| | 247 | # YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO BE SURE YOU HAVE A SCRIPT WHICH WAITS FOR THE |
| | 248 | # PRINTER BEING READY BEFORE ASKING FOR ITS INTERNAL PAGE COUNTER. |
| | 249 | # |
| | 250 | # PYKOTA INCLUDES SUCH SCRIPTS FOR SNMP AND APPLETALK PRINTERS, MORE TO COME |
| | 251 | # |
| | 252 | # SOME OF THE ABOVE EXAMPLES DON'T USE SUCH A SCRIPT, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED |
| | 253 | # |
| | 254 | # |
| 319 | | # How to query the hpmarketing printer for its page counter. |
| 320 | | # THIS IS ONLY USED IF YOU HAVE SET 'accounter' TO 'hardware' |
| 321 | | # JUST COMMENT IT OUT IF YOU USE ANY OTHER ACCOUNTING METHOD. |
| 322 | | # (it would be ignored anyway) |
| 323 | | # |
| 324 | | # In the lines below "%(printer)s" is automatically replaced |
| 325 | | # at run time with your printer's Fully Qualified Domain Name |
| 326 | | # for network printers. |
| 327 | | # e.g. myprinter.example.com |
| 328 | | # |
| 329 | | # Only value supported is : external(... your command here...) |
| 330 | | # |
| 331 | | # Example : |
| 332 | | # |
| 333 | | # requester: external(/usr/bin/snmpget -v1 -c public -Ov %(printer)s mib-2.43.10.2.1.4.1.1 | cut -f 2,2 -d " ") |
| 334 | | # |
| 335 | | # Another untested example, using npadmin : |
| 336 | | # |
| 337 | | # requester: external(/usr/bin/npadmin --pagecount %(printer)s) |
| 338 | | # |
| 339 | | # Another example, for AppleTalk printers which works fine : |
| 340 | | # (You may need the pap CUPS backend installed, and copy the |
| 341 | | # pagecount.ps file from untested/netatalk into /etc or any |
| 342 | | # appropriate location) |
| 343 | | # |
| 344 | | # requester: external(/usr/share/pykota/papwaitprinter.sh "MyPrinter:LaserWriter@*" && /usr/bin/pap -p "MyPrinter:LaserWriter@*" /usr/share/pykota/pagecount.ps 2>/dev/null | /bin/grep -v status | /bin/grep -v Connect | /usr/bin/tail -1) |
| 345 | | # |
| 346 | | # An example for parallel printers like the HP Laserjet 5MP : |
| 347 | | # |
| 348 | | # requester: external(/bin/cat /usr/share/pykota/pagecount.pjl >/dev/lp0 && /usr/bin/head -2 </dev/lp0 | /usr/bin/tail -1) |
| 349 | | # |
| 350 | | # This value can be set either globally or per printer or both. |
| 351 | | # If both are defined, the printer option has priority. |
| 352 | | # |
| 353 | | # Some examples and comments provided by Bob Martel from csuohio.edu |
| 354 | | # |
| 355 | | # For several printers I could not get the page count using snmpget. I |
| 356 | | # resorted to snmpwalk: |
| 357 | | # |
| 358 | | # requester: external(/opt/local/net-snmp/bin/snmpwalk -v 1 -Cc -c public %(printer)s | grep mib-2.43.10.2.1.4.1.1 | cut -d " " -f4) |
| 359 | | # |
| 360 | | # The last example is still more ugly, some of the printers only provided |
| 361 | | # their counters without names, but at least always on the same line: |
| 362 | | # |
| 363 | | # requester: external(/opt/local/net-snmp/bin/snmpwalk -v 1 -Cc -c public -Ov %(printer)s | grep Counter32 | tail -2 | head -1 | cut -d " " -f2) |
| 364 | | # |
| 365 | | # An example using netcat and a preformatted PJL job which you can find |
| 366 | | # in the untested/pjl directory, which is sent to a JetDirect print |
| 367 | | # server on port 9100 : |
| 368 | | # |
| 369 | | # requester: external(/bin/nc -w 2 %(printer)s 9100 </usr/share/pykota/pagecount.pjl | /usr/bin/tail -2) |
| 370 | | # |
| 371 | | # An example using the contributed pagecount.pl script which does |
| 372 | | # the same as above, but should work on more printers : |
| 373 | | # |
| 374 | | # requester: external(/usr/share/pykota/pagecount.pl %(printer)s 9100) |
| 375 | | # |
| 376 | | # WARNING : In any case, when using an external requester, please test the command line outside |
| 377 | | # of PyKota before. This will save you some headaches in case it doesn't work as expected. |
| 378 | | # |
| 379 | | # The waitprinter.sh is there to wait until the printer is idle again. |
| 380 | | # This should prevent a job to be sent to the printer while another one is |
| 381 | | # not yet finished (not all pages are printed, but the complete job is in |
| 382 | | # the printer) |
| 383 | | # |
| 384 | | # YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO BE SURE YOU HAVE A SCRIPT WHICH WAITS FOR THE |
| 385 | | # PRINTER BEING READY BEFORE ASKING FOR ITS INTERNAL PAGE COUNTER. |
| 386 | | # |
| 387 | | # PYKOTA INCLUDES SUCH SCRIPTS FOR SNMP AND APPLETALK PRINTERS, MORE TO COME |
| 388 | | # |
| 389 | | # default value |
| 390 | | requester: external(/usr/share/pykota/waitprinter.sh %(printer)s && /usr/bin/snmpget -v1 -c public -Ov %(printer)s mib-2.43.10.2.1.4.1.1 | cut -f 2,2 -d " ") |
