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List:       lprng
Subject:    Re: LPRng: Competitors
From:       Patrick Powell <papowell () astart ! com>
Date:       2003-12-18 1:08:51
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> From lprng@www.lprng.com Mon Dec 15 11:12:01 2003
> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 13:33:13 -0500 (EST)
> From: "David L. R. Houston" <dlrh@uvm.edu>
> To: lprng@lprng.com
> Subject: Re: LPRng: Competitors
>
> On Dec 12, 2003, Patrick Powell wrote:
>
> PP. 1. You can do quotas.
> PP. 2. You can do accounting.
> PP. 3. You can use the Samba interface and support SMB printing.
> PP. 
> PP. The problem with a 'general package' for doing this is that
> PP. each institution seems to have its own 'backend'.
> PP. 
> PP. I have solved this by using a set of Perl scripts to access the
> PP. backend databases, etc.
> PP. 
> PP. This is included with the LPRng Commercial Package.
>
> Interesting.  Not sure why this never seemed obvious to me.
>
> question:  any current or planned support for debit card systems?  (Very
> common way to pay for print @ higher-ed land.)
>
> 	David Houston
> 	CIT Client Services Coordinator
> 	University of Vermont

The problem here is getting at the debit card information.

The usual way that this has been solved is to set up a
database with the various things you want to pay for,
and have the debit card system mark them as paid.

You periodically (or you can use a DB trigger) check for
payment and then release the job if it has been marked paid.

Patrick

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