Ricoh InfoPrint Manager for AIX, Manual

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Chapter 8. Gathering accounting and auditing data about print
jobs
InfoPrint allows you to gather accounting information about print jobs from two
sources:
v
The InfoPrint Manager AIX server that applies to all device support systems
(DSS). For more information, see “Working with InfoPrint AIX server accounting
information.”
You should use accounting information from the InfoPrint Manager if you:
– need to track accounting information for all types of InfoPrint DSSs.
– want to take advantage of the
pdaccount command to summarize data in a
spread sheet program.
v
The PSF auditing and accounting user-exit programs (applies only to PSF,
Generalized FAX, and Email DSSs). For more information, see “Working with
PSF accounting, post-print accounting, and auditing user-exit programs” on page
104.
You should use accounting information from the PSF auditing and accounting
user-exit programs if you:
– use only PSF attached printers.
– need more detailed information than that provided by the
pdaccount
command.
Working with InfoPrint AIX server accounting information
While all DSSs can store information about jobs processed, some DSSs are more
accurate than others. All actual destination accounting logs are enabled through the
server and actual destination
log-accounting-data attribute. When you specify
log-accounting-data=true
, InfoPrint stores data into server accounting logs (one
for each destination), which you can either view directly from the command-line or
through the
pdaccount command. The pdaccount command lets you create views
of summary information in a comma-delimited format
(
Printer1,12997,1989787763
). This information can be saved in a file, which can be
imported into a spread sheet to calculate the cost of consumables, the usage rate of
printers, or the cost of printing by individual user. The summary information
includes both the total pages and total octets (the number of bytes) printed, either
by destination or by user as requested for a specified time period. You can also
obtain the complete accounting records for a specified time period, instead of the
summary data.
How does the pdaccount command collect InfoPrint AIX
server accounting information?
To activate InfoPrint AIX server account log support, you must change the
log-accounting-data
value. By default, the InfoPrint Manager value is
log-accounting-data=false
, and the actual destination default is to use the server
setting. As a result, you must set the
log-accounting-data
attribute as follows:
v
To activate accounting for all destinations on a server:
Set the server's
log-accounting-data attribute to True (if an actual destination
hasn't specified this attribute, the server's log-accounting-data attribute is used).
v
To activate accounting for a specific actual destination:
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