Loading

The extended account log file

Introduction

For VarioPrint i-series, the account log file is extended with the items in this topic.

Canon reserves the right to make changes to the implementation of the items for the extended account log file.

Extended account log file items for VarioPrint i-series

Field

Unit

Description

Surfaceareablack

The area of black-only pages

Surfaceareacolor

The area of the colour pages

Pagelengthblack

m

The length in feed direction of the b/w pages

Pagelengthcolor

m

The length in feed direction of the colour pages

Inkblack

µl

Amount of black ink on black-only pages

Inkcolorcyan

µl

Amount of cyan ink on colour pages

Inkcolormagenta

µl

Amount of magenta ink on colour pages

Inkcoloryellow

µl

Amount of yellow ink on colour pages

Inkcolorblack

µl

Amount of black ink on colour pages

Colorgripliquid

µl

Amount of ColorGrip liquid. ColorGrip liquid is also known as 'primer'.

nofprintedsmallmicr

<num>

Number of sheets using MICR.

nofprintedlargemicr

<num>

Number of sheets using MICR.

nofprintedXLmicr

<num>

Number of sheets using MICR.

micr

µl

Amount of MICR ink

Example:

  1. The account information is logged on a ‘per job’ basis. The total figures for each job are logged.

  2. The account log file only contains the ink usage for the job contents. Ink used for cleaning, spit, purge, etc is not accounted.

  3. Floating point numbers are truncated to two decimals. For example: 0.019 m² becomes 0.01 m².

  4. When a job contains a mix of colour and b/w pages, the total black ink usage in the job is the sum of Inkblack and Inkcolorblack.

  5. New account information is logged in the first available fields in the .csv file. Therefore, when you import the .csv file in a spreadsheet programme, you have to scroll to the right of the sheet to find the new entries.

  6. The precision for surface area and length is extended to 0.01 m²/m to avoid logging ‘0’ for small jobs.

  7. The length is measured in the feed direction of the pages.

  8. The counter for ColorGrip liquid takes all pages into account, both colour and b/w pages.

  9. There is no relation between the billing counters and the accounting counters. The billing counters take all usage for ‘making the job’ into account, including maintenance, spit, etc. The accounting counters only take the actual job usage into account.

  10. Insert sheets are accounted as 1-sided black and white pages. No ink is accounted for insert sheets, only the surface area and the page length.