How Usage Information Is Collected - Xerox 8830 User Manual

Job Accounting – Setup and Administration

How usage information is collected

Usage information is accrued in two ways:
•
The System account, which contains several subaccounts that accrue
total machine usage and total usage by certain kinds of jobs.
system account is (0). The System Administration password is required
to gain access to this account and its subaccounts. Refer to the
Account Definitions table for a description of each system subaccount.
• User account numbers, which are in the range 1 − 999999. Up to 100
user accounts ("parent accounts") can be created within this range.
For user subaccount numbers, the allowed range is 0 – 9999. Each parent
account can have up to 20 subaccounts within this range, plus one "account
totals" subaccount.
An account number is separated from its associated subaccounts by a
decimal point. For example, Account 123, subaccount 67, is entered as
If no subaccount is entered, subaccount 0 is assumed.
For user accounts, subaccount 0 (zero) is defined to be the "account totals"
subaccount. This is useful if, for example, you wish to assign an account to
a department, and assign subaccounts to entities within the department.
The total usage by all the subaccount entities will be accrued to the zero
subaccount, making it easy to determine the total usage by the department.
Up to 20 department members can be accommodated in this way.
Lead zeros in parent account and subaccount numbers are non-significant
and need not be entered, so 3, 03 or 0003 are all viewed as the same
account. For additional security, parent account and subaccount numbers
should be assigned as non-sequential numbers, randomly distributed
throughout the allowed ranges.
123.67
Account
0.0 [Reserved]
0.1 Total system usage from all sources and all
accounts, whether or not Job Accounting is enabled
The
0.2 [reserved]
0.3 Tracks media used by jobs with no account number
when Job Accounting is set to Optional, and all
media usage when Job Accounting is set to
Disabled. Also tracks media used for printing
system-generated prints, such as test prints,
configuration sheets, and error pages, when
submitted by or caused by a job with an invalid
account number.
0.4 [Reserved]
0.5 Total media usage for jobs printed under an invalid
job account number. Such usage only occurs if an
account number is deleted after a job is submitted,
but before it prints. Normally, no usage should
accrue.
0.6 Tracks the media usage consumed by the
surrounding white space on the page when plot-
nested jobs are printed. The user's account or
account 0.3, as appropriate, is charged for the
media area consumed by the actual plot-nested
images.
Allowable range for creation of up to 100 user
1−999999.*
accounts
* Each such user account may have up to 20
subaccounts, chosen from the range 1-9999. User
subaccount .0 is reserved for storing total usage for
that user account.
If a valid user account generates an error page, a
test print, or a configuration sheet, such usage is
also charged to the generating account.
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Account Definitions
Definitions