Working with InfoPrint Manager 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.

In this section:

  1. How does the pdaccount command collect InfoPrint server accounting information?
  2. How do you manage the contents of the InfoPrint server accounting logs?
  3. Usage considerations by DSS for accounting information
Parent topic: Gathering accounting and auditing data about print jobs