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Gathering accounting and audit data about print jobs
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Chapter 17. Gathering accounting and audit data about print jobs InfoPrint Manager for Windows lets you gather accounting information about print jobs from two sources: v The InfoPrint Manager server (applies to all destination support systems (DSSs)). For more information, see Working with InfoPrint Manager 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 audit, accounting, and post-print accounting user-exit programs (applies only to the PSF DSSs). For more information, see Working with PSF Accounting and Audit User-Exit Programs. You should use information from these PSF audit 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 Manager server accounting information While all DSSs can store accounting information about the jobs processed, the information from some DSSs is more accurate than the information from others. All actual destination accounting logs are enabled through the server and actual destination log-accounting-data attribute. When you specify log-accountingdata=true, InfoPrint stores data into server accounting logs (one for each destination), which you can either view directly through your editor of choice (such as Notepad) from the command-line or by specifying the pdaccount command. The pdaccount command lets you obtain 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 (information for all print jobs) for a specified time period, instead of the summary data. How does the pdaccount command collect InfoPrint Manager accounting information? To activate InfoPrint Manager 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 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). 107