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Subject:    Re: LPRng: Name of printed document
From:       Rick Cochran <rcc2 () cornell ! edu>
Date:       2003-10-14 15:05:01
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If you're using PostScript, the document name is usually included in a 
PostScript comment toward the begining of the file.

It may also be included in some PJL code at the begining of the file whether you 
are using PostScript or not.

-Rick

Jonny Berthiaume wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> I would like to know if there is a way to obtain the name of the 
> document printed. I mean, I know that each document printed is assigned 
> to a job (process) but I would like to know the original name of the 
> document printed.
> 
> What I intend to do is to log those names in a database to know who has 
> printed each document. (By the way, every printer will be defined on my 
> linux server and all printing jobs will be associated to a spool on this 
> server) In that way, I will know how many people will have printed a 
> specific document and so on.
> 
> If you think there is another way to distinguish a document from another 
> by using another checking method just feel free to tell me, I will 
> greatly welcome your idea.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance for your replies,
> 
> Jonny
> 

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|Rick Cochran                                   phone: 607-255-7618|
|Cornell CIT - Systems & Operations - Net-Print   FAX: 607-255-8521|
|730 Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853        email: rcc2@cornell.edu|


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