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9<H1 CLASS="title">page_log</H1>
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ef416fc2 11<P>The <VAR>page_log</VAR> file lists each page that is sent to a
01ce6322 12printer. By default, each line contains the following information:</P>
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01ce6322 16printer user job-id date-time page-number num-copies job-billing job-originating-host-name job-name media sides<BR>
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01ce6322 20DeskJet root 2 [20/May/1999:19:21:05 +0000] 1 1 acme-123 localhost myjob letter one-sided<BR>
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01ce6322 22DeskJet root 2 [20/May/1999:19:21:05 +0000] 2 1 acme-123 localhost myjob letter one-sided<BR>
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26<p>The <a href="ref-cupsd_conf.html#PageLogFormat"><code>PageLogFormat</code></a>
27directive can be used to change this information.</p>
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ef416fc2 29<P>The <I>printer</I> field contains the name of the printer that
30printed the page. If you send a job to a printer class, this
31field will contain the name of the printer that was assigned the
32job.</P>
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34<P>The <I>user</I> field contains the name of the user (the IPP
35<CODE>requesting-user-name</CODE> attribute) that submitted this
36file for printing.</P>
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38<P>The <I>job-id</I> field contains the job number of the page
39being printed. Job numbers are reset to 1 whenever the spool
40directory (<VAR>/var/spool/cups</VAR>) is cleared, so don't
41depend on this number being unique!</P>
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43<P>The <I>date-time</I> field contains the date and time of when
44the page started printing. The format of this field is identical
45to the <I>data-time</I> field in the <VAR>access_log</VAR>
46file.</P>
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48<P>The <I>page-number</I> and <I>num-pages</I> fields contain the
49page number and number of copies being printed of that page. For
50printers that cannot produce copies on their own, the
51<I>num-pages</I> field will always be 1.</P>
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53<P>The <I>job-billing</I> field contains a copy of the
54<CODE>job-billing</CODE> attribute provided with the IPP
55<CODE>Create-Job</CODE> or <CODE>Print-Job</CODE> requests or "-"
56if none was provided.
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58<P>The <I>job-originating-host-name</I> field contains the hostname or IP
59address of the client that printed the job.</P>
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61<P>The <I>job-name</I> field contains a copy of the
62<CODE>job-name</CODE> attribute provided with the IPP
63<CODE>Create-Job</CODE> or <CODE>Print-Job</CODE> requests or "-"
64if none was provided.
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66<P>The <I>media</I> field contains a copy of the
67<CODE>media</CODE> attribute provided with the IPP
68<CODE>Create-Job</CODE> or <CODE>Print-Job</CODE> requests or "-"
69if none was provided.
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71<P>The <I>sides</I> field contains a copy of the
72<CODE>sides</CODE> attribute provided with the IPP
73<CODE>Create-Job</CODE> or <CODE>Print-Job</CODE> requests or "-"
74if none was provided.
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