Technical data

When a print job has been completed successfully, the print symbiont sends
a request to the job controller to insert certain accounting data fields into
the accounting log file. For successful jobs and jobs terminated by the
DELETE/ENTRY command, the accounting file also includes the following
message:
%SYSTEM-S-NORMAL, normal successful completion
If the print job terminates abnormally, the information the print symbiont
supplies in the accounting log may be incomplete. To filter out such jobs, count
only the jobs that receive the successful completion status message. Any of the
following may cause the job to terminate abnormally:
• STOP/QUEUE/RESET command
• Symbiont crash
• Printer crash
• Network connection lost
9.2 Accounting Information Supplied by the Job Controller
The job controller supplies the following information in the accounting file for
print jobs:
• Username
User name of the user who submitted the print job.
• Account
Account name of the user who submitted the print job.
• UIC (user identification code)
UIC of the user who submitted the print job.
• Process ID
Process ID of the user who submitted the print job.
• Start Time
The time the print job reached the top of the device queue (not necessarily
the time that the print job actually began to print).
• Finish Time
The time the job finished printing.
• Elapsed Time
9–2 Charging Users for Printer Resources