I have integrated a new printer to our print service.
Because I didn't find hp4100 as a template in the ifhp.conf
file I use the configuration part from our working
hp4050 printer ( I didn't have any problems with hp printers before):
a) printcap entry
D_RTL4
:lp=xxx.xx.xx.xxx%9100
:ifhp=model=hp4100
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/D_RTL4
:if=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp
:lf=log
:mx#0:sh:sf
#
[hp4050]
pcl
ps
text
pjl
pagecount
sync
status
file_output_match = [
*postscript* ps
*text* ps /usr/local/bin/a2ps -q --portrait --margin -1 -b -j
--center-title=\%s{f} -u --left-footer=\%s{n}@\%s{h} -M A4 -o-
]
#
The results of our test:
>>> the printer works right ... it prints what it has to print...
>>> the accounting filter gives "0 pages" as result for every print job
???
Really the integrated pagecounter counts the really printed pages...
If the next job starts, the pagecounter has the right value:
old_pagecounter + number_of_pages_from_the previous_job
???
It follows an example of status messages to 1 print job:
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
setting up printer at 13:02:10.948
getting sync using 'pjl' at 13:02:10.950
sync done at 13:02:11.974
getting pagecount using 'pjl' at 13:02:11.974
final pagecount 28 at 13:02:12.515
accounting at start, pagecount 28, pages 0 at 13:02:12.515
sending job file at 13:02:13.344
starting transfer at 13:02:13.344
initial job type 'text' at 13:02:13.344
final job type 'ps' at 13:02:13.345
job identified as 'ps', converter '/usr/local/bin/a2ps -q --portrait
--margin -1 -b -j --center-title=\%s{f} -u --left-footer=\%s{n}@\%s{h} -M
A4 -o- ' at 13:02:13.345
started converter '/usr/local/bin/a2ps' at 13:02:13.346
converter done, output 14224 bytes at 13:02:13.584
transferring 14 Kbytes at 13:02:13.585
71 percent done at 13:02:13.586
100 percent done at 13:02:13.586
finished writing file, cleaning up at 13:02:13.586
sent job file at 13:02:13.586
doing cleanup at 13:02:13.586
getting end using 'job' at 13:02:13.587
getting pagecount using 'pjl' at 13:02:17.401
final pagecount 28 at 13:02:17.814
accounting at end, pagecount 28, pages 0 at 13:02:17.814 <<<< pages 0
done at 13:02:19.297
MfG Margrit Lottmann
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