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Use the Account log file
Account log file
For every finished print request an account record is created. A print request is considered
finished when all printing or scanning activities are successfully finished or aborted. When a job
is printed in parts, each part is logged as a separate record in the account log file.
When no requests are executed for one or more days, the account log files for these days contain
only the heading record.
The record is stored in an account log file on the PRISMAsync with file name and contents. The
syntax of the account log files is described in the next sections.
When a request is active when a power failure or controller MRE (such as 11504) occurs, no
account log record is created for that request. This can even occur when all sheets are delivered.
There is one active account log file. There can be multiple inactive account log files. The active
account log file is the one to which the record for each request is added.
The active account log file begins at 00:00 hours and is active for one day. After one day, the
account log file becomes inactive and another active file is created. A maximum of 99 inactive
account log files is saved. When more then 99 inactive account log files are present, the oldest
account log file will be deleted.
If the PRISMAsync is not powered on during a day, the controller does not create an account log
file for that day.
When the serial number of the print engine is at its factory default (i.e. 0), no account log file is
created.
All account log files can be extracted multiple times from the PRISMAsync via the Settings Editor.
The account log files can be found via an URL. The URL has the format: http://<printername>/
accounting/<accountlogfile>.
The account log files can be downloaded with the command: HTTP GET. This interface is
intended for applications that process account log files automatically.
When a non-active request is deleted, partially finished copy sets of that request are not logged.
The following time stamps are included in the account log file for each print job is:
• Start time
The start time is set when the first sheet of the job is sent to the print engine.
Any time required to handle one or more start contradictions are not included in the start time.
When there is a start contradiction, the job is not considered to be active. A start contradiction
can be: paper not present.
• Ready time
The ready time is the time when the job is removed from the 'Scheduled jobs queue'.
• Active time
The job is considered active between the time that a job starts processing and stops
processing. For example, a job can stop processing due to 'Out of paper'. When the paper is
refilled, the job starts processing again.
The active time is the sum of all times that the job was processing. This way, only the time at
which the job is actually being processed by the system is counted.
A job is allowed to stop at either sheet or set boundary. When the job is stopped, the job can
be removed and the account information can be collected.
• Idle time
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