Changeset 2478 for pykota/trunk/README
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r2471 r2478 1 1 # $Id$ 2 2 3 PyKota - Print Quota for CUPS and LPRng3 PyKota - Print Quotas for CUPS and LPRng 4 4 5 5 (c) 2003-2004 Jerome Alet <alet@librelogiciel.com> … … 45 45 - Supports both CUPS and LPRng as the printing system. 46 46 NB : LPRng is only supported with versions 47 of PyKota <= v1.22HotFix1, but support for LPRng 48 may be reintroduced at a later date. 47 of PyKota <= v1.22HotFix1, but support for LPRng 48 may be reintroduced at a later date. 49 This version DOES NOT support LPRng ! 49 50 50 51 Databases : … … 335 336 You need to have the following tools installed on the CUPS Server : 336 337 337 - CUPS (http://www.cups.org) or LPRng (http://www.lprng.com)338 - CUPS (http://www.cups.org) 338 339 - Python v2.1 or above (http://www.python.org) 339 340 - eGenix' mxDateTime Python extension (http://www.egenix.com) … … 600 601 - LPRng Printing System : 601 602 602 For each printer on which you want to use PyKota : 603 604 Modify the printer's entry in /etc/printcap : you have to add 605 the three following lines : 606 607 :achk=true:\ 608 :as=/usr/share/pykota/lprngpykota:\ 609 :ae=/usr/share/pykota/lprngpykota:\ 610 611 This will tell LPRng to activate accounting, and use the lprngpykota 612 accounting filter both at the start and at the end of printing. 613 614 When all modifications are done, just save the /etc/printcap file and 615 restart LPRng : 616 617 $ /etc/init.d/lprng restart 618 619 or : 620 621 $ /etc/rc.d/init.d/lprng restart 622 623 or any similar command depending on your operating system. 603 IMPORTANT : This release of PyKota DOES NOT support LPRng. 604 605 If you want to use PyKota with LPRng, you have to download 606 an earlier release of PyKota, for example v1.22HotFix1. 624 607 625 608 Now you can begin to populate the PyKota's database with printers, … … 666 649 to obtain a similar result (warning message when quota is low). 667 650 668 Restart CUPS or LPRng, for example under Debian GNU/Linux systems :651 Restart CUPS, for example under Debian GNU/Linux systems : 669 652 670 653 $ /etc/init.d/cupsys restart 671 654 672 or :673 674 $ /etc/init.d/lprng restart675 676 655 Your users now should be able to print but not exceed their 677 656 printing quota.