> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jul 23 15:19:14 2004
> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 11:23:44 -0700
> From: Ron Parachoniak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: LPRng: Xerox Phaser 8400
>
> Can anyone tell me if this printer works well under LPRng when page
> accounting is needed? If you do have it working could you share the
> relevant info needed to get accounting working? Is there any way to
> account for B/W vs colour separately? Thanks.
>
> --
> Ron
>
> Ron D. Parachoniak UBC Physics & Astronomy Dept Ph. (604)
838-6437
> System Manager 6224 Agricultural Road Fax (604)
822-5324
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z1
I believe it does. I would recommend using the SNMP method to get the
actual page counts, etc. If you look at the MIB for the printer,
MMmmm... well, if you beat on Xerox and get the MIB for the printer,
you will find that it has information about the number of color
pages, mono pages, etc.
I don't happen to have a 8400, but I have tried this on the 8200, and
got the following information.
h110: {239} % snmp_printer_status -h 10.0.0.76
STATUS= Phaser 8200DP Ready To Print.
DEVICESTATUS= unknown
DEVICEDESCR= Tektronix, Inc., Phaser 8200DP,
(14.54/14.24.12.14.2001/14.60/3.106), LTH037137
PRINTERSTATUS= idle
PRTMARKERLIFECOUNT= 14656
STATUS= Phaser 8200DP Ready To Print.
DEVICESTATUS= unknown
DEVICEDESCR= Tektronix, Inc., Phaser 8200DP,
(14.54/14.24.12.14.2001/14.60/3.106), LTH037137
PRINTERSTATUS= idle
PRTMARKERLIFECOUNT= 14656
PAGECOUNT= 14656
STATUS= Phaser 8200DP Ready To Print.
DEVICESTATUS= unknown
DEVICEDESCR= Tektronix, Inc., Phaser 8200DP,
(14.54/14.24.12.14.2001/14.60/3.106), LTH037137
PRINTERSTATUS= idle
PRTMARKERLIFECOUNT= 14656
PAGECOUNT= 14656
The prtMarkerLifecount MIB entry gives the total number of pages printed
on the printer.
You can then record the starting and ending values of this entry and
calculate
the total number of pages.
Patrick
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