Toner inventory Database

[webman]

Anyway we can make better use of screen real estate? There's a lot of useless space to the left and right of the Install consumable Consumable stock columns.

 

Hi. Yes, you can change the code in one file to adjust these to suit your needs. Open index.php, and look near the bottom (lines 72-78).

 

You will see references to grid_5 suffix_1 and grid_6. These classes determine the width on the page that each one takes up. It's based on a grid system, with 12 imaginary columns to work from in total. So if you used grid_6 classes on both columns, each would take up half of the width of the container. Or you could have a grid_5 for the consumables and a grid_7 for the stock. As long as the grid_X numbers add up to 12, you should be fine.

[jonwitts]

@webman I have just installed PrintMaster today - great product!

 

I have a couple of queries / suggestions for slight changes...

 

1.) (and I think it has been mentioned before) the ability to track more than just toners; i.e. Drum / Fuser Units etc.

2.) it would be really useful (I think at least ;-) ) if the Models page were to show a count of printers for each model, in the same way the manufacturer page shows a count of printers.

3.) Per-consumable critical / warning / OK levels. If I have only one of a particular model I may be happy to only have one consumable on the shelf; but if I have ten of this model I may consider four toners to be critical...

 

Thanks again for your work on this; great script!

 

Jon

[webman]

Hi Jon, thanks for your message and checking out PrintMaster

 

Your number 1 and 3 suggestions have already been mentioned before. This additional request though has given them extra weight to help them gain more priority for the next round of changes! Number 2 is a good idea as well and rather easy to do.

 

Thanks again!

Craig.

[fiza]

@webman - looking forward to the next round of changes. Please don't forget my charge back ticks

[jonwitts]

@webman

2.) it would be really useful (I think at least ;-) ) if the Models page were to show a count of printers for each model, in the same way the manufacturer page shows a count of printers.

 

Taking my request #2 a bit further; it would also be really handy to see total printers in the system which use each consumable on the consumables page. Certainly if request #3 was to come into play, this would help in deciding what the per-consumable critical / warning levels should be.

 

Thanks,

Jon

[webman]

@webman - looking forward to the next round of changes. Please don't forget my charge back ticks

 

I'll try not to

 

Taking my request #2 a bit further; it would also be really handy to see total printers in the system which use each consumable on the consumables page. Certainly if request #3 was to come into play, this would help in deciding what the per-consumable critical / warning levels should be.

 

Thanks,

Jon

 

Thanks - that's another great idea! I can definitely see how that would help Another one added to the list.

Edited January 15, 2014 by webman

[pawel]

Hi,

 

I would suggest adding the number of pages printed on the printer when replacing toner

such exchanges at the counter 22569 pages

 

Regards

[clodhopper]

Hi,

 

I would suggest adding the number of pages printed on the printer when replacing toner

such exchanges at the counter 22569 pages

 

Regards

 

Think this is a really nice feature to add as it would allow users to see how many pages they're actually getting from a toner

[featured_spectre]

In theory printers should tell you this if they have an admin page, if they dont then yes, a good feature to add

[bwestlake]

we have a magical cupboard that when you look into it you can see if we are getting low on a cartridge we then order some more

[featured_spectre]

we have a magical cupboard that when you look into it you can see if we are getting low on a cartridge we then order some more

 

Didn't realise your cupboard could give you printing statistics...

[bwestlake]

Naa that's what papercuts for

[webman]

Happy half-term everyone! I've just made PrintMaster version 1.4.0 available.

 

• Download zip
  
• Read the changes
  
• Read the upgrade instructions
  

[clodhopper]

Downloaded & installed :-)

 

Really useful updated, thanks for all your hard work on this

[fiza]

@webman

I have copied the relevant files over.

I have run upgrade.php successfully

 

I am confused at the next bit.

 

•Copy inc/config/config.default.php to inc/config/config.php .

 

does that mean copy the contents of config.default.php to config.php?

 

I don't seem to have a config folder. I have a config and init file sitting loose in the inc folder.

 

Have I gone wrong somewhere? It all seems to be working since the last upgrade.

Your assistance would be appreciated.

[clodhopper]

I just copied the bits about database username etc from the old file to the new one & it was fine, well that was once I found out what the default port for mysql was (3306 by the way) :-)

[fiza]

On the changes 'chargeback' is listed but I cant see where it is implemented.

[webman]

Hi @fiza, have you copied everything over?

 

Your inc folder should look like this. You can safely copy all of the files from the zip onto your installation.

 

The change to the configuration makes it a bit more flexible, future upgrades will be easier, and allows features to be turned on and off. It just takes a little copying & editing this one time.

 

To answer your question - yes. Once you have inc/config/config.default.php, copy this file (same folder, inc/config) and name it config.php. Edit the database entries in there, using your existing inc/init.php file as a reference. Once you've done that, delete inc/init.php and inc/config.php. For safety, you could just move or rename these until you're happy it's working.

 

The chargeback functionality will get enabled by default via the new config file. To confirm this, you should see a "Chargeback" checkbox on the consumable add/edit pages, and a money icon in the consumable list and report page.

[ticker]

followed the instructions but i keep getting this message do i need to do something extra.

 

Warning: require_once(C:\wamp\www\printmaster\inc/config/config.default.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\wamp\www\printmaster\inc\core.php on line 59

 

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'C:\wamp\www\printmaster\inc/config/config.default.php' (include_path='.;C:\php5\pear') in C:\wamp\www\printmaster\inc\core.php on line 59

[fiza]

followed the instructions but i keep getting this message do i need to do something extra.

 

Warning: require_once(C:\wamp\www\printmaster\inc/config/config.default.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\wamp\www\printmaster\inc\core.php on line 59

 

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'C:\wamp\www\printmaster\inc/config/config.default.php' (include_path='.;C:\php5\pear') in C:\wamp\www\printmaster\inc\core.php on line 59

@webman - I get exactly the same error. I copied the config.default.php, changed the database lines to match. renamed the old config file and renamed the init file.

[webman]

Do you guys still have the config.default.php file in your inc/config folder? You should have both config.default.php and your own config.php as well. This means that new config vars can be added and features can be enabled with updates without interfering with your local configuration file.

[fiza]

@webman - finally got it all working!!! My fault I did things too quickly. Beauty of VM I can roll back!!! Awesome update. Thanks

 

@ticker - This is what I did - Copied all files across. This created a new config folder in which was config.default.php. I made a copy of this and called it config.php. I amended config.php with my database details. I then ran the upgrade. I then renamed inc\init.php and inc\config.php. Ran it and it all works with the new options of chargeback and consumable types.

[ticker]

@webman - I get exactly the same error. I copied the config.default.php, changed the database lines to match. renamed the old config file and renamed the init file.

 

Got this working now, in the core.php i had to change this // Paths and URLs

define('DOC_ROOT', realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../'));

define('URL_ROOT', str_replace('\\', '/', substr(DOC_ROOT, strlen(realpath($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']))) . '/'));

To this

// Paths and URLs

define('DOC_ROOT', realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../'));

define('URL_ROOT', '/printmaster/');

Just copied the stuff out of config.default.php to config.php make sure that the old info in config.php is deleted

I then renamed init.php and config.php in \inc to init-old and config-old

I then left the original config.default.php in the \inc\config folder

so i have both config.php with the database settings and config.default.php in the \inc\config

refreshed the printmaster site and now got the charge back checkbox etc.

[fiza]

@webman - Thank you for the chargeback option. Slight issue I now have is that the chargeback is related to the consumable rather than the printer. In our environment we have certain printer consumables we pay for ie in all the IT rooms. These don't have a chargeback. The same printer may be in Science where we do charge. It would be awesome if the chargeback could be linked to the printer instead.

[webman]

Glad you got it working

 

Re: chargeback - OK, I see! I think I might have misunderstood the way it should have worked, or just forgot when I came round to doing it. I think I can easily add the option to printers though. Then, the chargeback option will be available for both printers and consumables - the choice will be yours. I will make this clear on the reports page by moving the icon next to the printer or consumable - depending on which one it is.

 

Would that work for you?