FitPlot: Usage & Commands: Tracking print jobs

Tracking your print jobs

Since the 2.7 version FitPlot is able to produce a log reporting a record for each print job sent by itself.
The log is composed by two TSV text files (TSV means tab separated values), the first one, FitPlot_Jobs_log.txt contains the following fields:



id number
printer name
size width
size height
unit of measure
date and time of print
# copies
# pages
FitPlot file name

Each record in this file represents a print job, in other words it shows the composed FitPlot document being printed.
Because a document can be filled with more than just a single image, the second file, FitPlot_Images_log.txt, will contain a record for each image being printed. As you can see below, each image has an id number that is related with the id number in the FitPlot_Jobs_log.txt file, so you can easily know which images were printed in each job.



id number
image name
image size width
image size height
# of reproduction of the image

These files are there to be imported in a database app, such as FileMakerPro®. For example, you can use them in an invoicing program (if you are a print service) or obtain statistics about paper consumption etc.. The log files are produced by default and you find them in your user /Library/Application Support/com.pamarcu.fitPlot/Logs/ folder.

I'm working, however, on a simple application to view/edit log files and here's the first screenshot.
The jobs table (left) shows the print jobs performed. The images table (on the right), shows which images were included in the currently selected job.

As soon as it will be ready, I'll publish it for download. In the meanwhile, I wait your suggestions to improve this brand new aspect of FitPlot.

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