Papercut Scripting Help

[gopher_1999]

Hi

 

I want to limit users to a certain number of pages per week. I also want it to be in gray scale. I have altered the setting on the printer to only print gray scale but the only script I can find is for color per day. Anyone know how to change it to gray scale per week?

 

/*

* Daily color page limit

*

* Sometimes, a high price tag just isn't enough to discourage users from

* printing in color. This recipe imposes a fixed limit on the number of color

* pages a user can print per day.

*

* Imposing a color page quota is a better solution than separate balances for

* color and black & white. Separate balances are more confusing (two accounts

* to manage) and also can lead to waste. The user may for example run out of

* black and white credit, and therefore be forced to print in color wasting

* resources. This method (an overlayed color quota) solves these issues.

*/

function printJobHook(inputs, actions) {

 

// Modify this value to change the daily color page limit.

var MAX_COLOR_PAGES_PER_DAY = 20;

 

if (!inputs.job.isAnalysisComplete) {

return;

}

if (!inputs.job.isColor) {

// Not color so no need to check and apply any limits.

return;

}

 

var currentColorCount = inputs.user.getNumberProperty("color-per-day");

if (currentColorCount == null) currentColorCount = 0;

 

var currentDayIndex = inputs.job.date.toDateString();

var dayLastSeen = inputs.user.getProperty("color-day-last-seen");

if (dayLastSeen == null || dayLastSeen != currentDayIndex) {

// It's a new day. Reset the current count value to zero.

currentColorCount = 0;

}

 

currentColorCount += inputs.job.totalColorPages;

if (currentColorCount > MAX_COLOR_PAGES_PER_DAY) {

var deniedMessage = "This print job has been denied. You have exceeded"

+ " your daily limit of " + MAX_COLOR_PAGES_PER_DAY

+ " color pages per day. Please print in grayscale.";

 

actions.client.sendMessage(deniedMessage);

 

actions.job.cancelAndLog("This job was denied because you have exceeded"

+ " the daily color quota.");

 

return;

}

 

// If we're here, then it's OK for the job to proceed.

 

// Save the current daily count

actions.user.onCompletionSaveProperty("color-day-last-seen", currentDayIndex);

// Note: Set is used for simplicity (see "Rate limit by department"

// for use of increment).

actions.user.onCompletionSaveProperty("color-per-day", currentColorCount);

 

}

[Jawloms]

Why are you doing this via scripts? Can't you just give them credit which resets itself to (for example) £1 per week and charge them 5p per print?

[Katy]

If you want to limit grayscale quantities then you'd just remove this line:

 

if (!inputs.job.isColor) {
// Not color so no need to check and apply any limits.
[/color][color=#333333]return;
[/color][color=#333333]}[/color]

and to force it greyscale add in:

[color=#004499][font=monospace]actions[/font][/color][color=#666666][font=monospace].[/font][/color][color=black][font=monospace]job[/font][/color][color=#666666][font=monospace].[/font][/color][color=black][font=monospace]convertToGrayscale[/font][/color][color=#666666][font=monospace]([/font][/color][color=#666666][font=monospace])[/font][/color][color=#666666][font=monospace];
[/font][/color]

 

Edit: Give up trying to get it to format, stupid editor

Edited September 17, 2019 by Katy