[WinMac] LaserWriter Page Count

Romeyn Prescott(prescor[at]potsdam.edu)
Thu, 12 Aug 1999 13:00:13 -0500

I'm developing a printer page accounting system, and need to count
the number of PRINTED pages in a postscript file. I intercept this
file when the client "prints" it, and then send it onto the
destination printer. Is there any 'form feed' command or 'end of
page' command I can "count" in a PS document to do this page count?

Alternatively, are there commands I can send to an Apple LaserWriter
to have it send back the current page count? With HP printers I can
send the command '@PJL INFO PAGECOUNT' to the JetDirect card before
and after a print job has been printed, to determine the number of
pages printed, Apple seems to provide no such mechanism.

Thanks in advance,
>...ROMeyn

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