[K12OSN] Print Management for K12LTSP

[Martin Woolley]

On Tuesday 28 November 2006 19:58, Ryan Hackl wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm just wondering if there is something for k12ltsp that would work as a
> print manager, allowing administrators to limit (or track) the number of
> pages that users print.  For instance, does PyKota have an RPM that would
> be easy to implement in k12ltsp?
>
> This would greatly help schools in our area start to control the amount of
> 'wasted' paper that is currently printed by users...

Pykota is not that difficult to implement.  There is a dependancy issue, which 
is not (IMHO) covered well in Jerome Alets documentation.  These are covered 
in my install log here http://www.openhgs.org.uk/it.cgi/PyKota.  I have 
recently upgraded our site to the latest version and there are more 
dependancy issues, which are detailed in the update log 
www.openhgs.org.uk/it.cgi/Skinner (the final section).

We have seen a significant drop in paper usage since I implemented PyKota, 
almost 2 years ago.

A recent posting to the PyKota mailing list, RPMS will be available soon 
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.printing.pykota.user/4374/match=rpms

You can also use the standard CUPS printer quota facility to limit the number 
of pages printed.  For example, the command :
lpadmin -p colour20 -o job-quota-period=86400 -o job-page-limit=5
limits every user to 5 pages per day on printer colour20.  However, you cannot 
control individual users or groups of users using these CUPS features 
(AFAIK), so PyKota is a far superior solution.
-- 
Regards
Martin Woolley
ICT Support
Handsworth Grammar School
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