Re: [cups-devel] Virtual Printer for page counting (Qt Client Server program

I belive you need a printer server & client setup.  Try CUPS.
Cups is modular printing system which allows a computer to act as a printer
server.  It can accept print jobs from clients, process them, and send them
to the appropriate printer.
More details can be accessed over net.

On Nov 24, 2016 6:29 AM, "Jörn-Ingo Weigert" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear list,
>
> I am in the process of writing a client / server program for managing a
> cyber cafe using Qt 5.7 framework.
> Now I am stuck on managing the printing accounting, especially there are
> some basic questions, I hope someone could give me the right directions:
>
> 1. Can I create a fake / virtual printer on the client pc, but redirect the
> print internally to an existing network printer which are served by the
> server? The server could be based on Windows or Linux OS.
> If yes, what is the easiest way to do so?
>
> 2. If a "virtual printer" is not possible, how can I hook on an existing
> printer on client pc to be able to a) show a custom print preview dialog
> with showing up printing costs/ sum to pay etc. Is this possible for any
> printer type served by the server?
>
> I just want to be sure that a customer on a client pc are not able to
> bypass the (ac-)counting of printjobs as required by my client.
>
> I hope I can describe my problem, if not please ask.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jörn-Ingo Weigert
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