# Start, Usage

## Desktop icon or start menu item

You should use a desktop icon or a start menu item created by your administrator to start wxpqdic. The desktop icon or start menu item should contain the configuration required by the wxpqdic program.

## How to start the program manually

When running the program manually, you have to specify configuration information:

    wxpqdic -h host -p port -q queue -i interval

Host is the computer running the printqdi daemon. Port is the TCP port number the printqdi daemon is listening on. Queue is the name of the LPRng print queue you want to use. Interval is the refresh interval in seconds.

## Usage

### Information shown in the main window

The wxpqdic program shows the following information in the main window:

- Page limit
  The page limit valid for a user.
- Used pages from within the limit
  The number of pages already used within that limit.
- Personal print account
  Number of pages in an additional personal print account.
- Summary: Printing possible?
  You can print if at leat one of the following conditions is true:
  - You did not yet use the entire limit.
  - There is a positive number of pages in the personal print account.

On errors, an error message is shown in red color in the status line.

### Information update

Use the left button in the toolbar to update the information immediately.