Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!van-bc!ubc-cs!alberta!dvinci!herald.usask.ca!dzubin From: dzubin@herald.usask.ca (Thomas Dzubin) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: Novell Print Charging (was ) Message-ID: <1990Mar16.150505.27261@dvinci.usask.ca> Date: 16 Mar 90 15:05:05 GMT References: <8337.25fe6351@qut.edu.au> Sender: news@dvinci.usask.ca Organization: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada Lines: 22 In article <8337.25fe6351@qut.edu.au> zlcbeowen@qut.edu.au writes: >graphics could be a little tricky. At this stage, we're only interested in >charging usage on an HP Laserjet II. Anyone care to write something ... ? > >Chris Owen >Library >Queensland University of Technology Here at our Humanities & Social Sciences computer lab (23 Mac & 23 IBMs) we have a little magnetic card reader hooked up to each laser printer which simulates a paper out signal when there is no card in the reader or when the card has run out of funds. The magnetic card doohicky debits the card a certain (settable) amount each time a page gets printed. We sell $5 and $10 cards and charge 20 cents per page for laser printing. ...it works really well...it is made by CCV systems of Toronto. B.T.W. The laser printers are hooked up to dedicated micros since hooking them up to our net would be a mess with this cash card system. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Dzubin, B.Sc. #include a.k.a. dzubin@herald.usask.ca Humanities & Social Sciences Computer Lab Manager. (306) 966-5507