Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uwm.edu!news From: news@uwm.edu (Net news owner) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: Charging for laser printer use. Message-ID: <9383@uwm.edu> Date: 7 Feb 91 00:11:27 GMT References: <1991Feb1.105657.3329@ducvax.auburn.edu> <9287@uwm.edu> Reply-To: shaub@vacs.uwp.wisc.edu (Jeffery Shaub) Organization: University of Wisconsin - Parkside Lines: 18 >printer like DEC LPS-20. It would be nice to have a some kind of >"smart card" -system to look whose print job is in turn.. But LPS-20 >_has_ a two-way connection, (if I am correct) so it would be quite >easy to do this?? From: shaub@vacs.uwp.wisc.edu (Jeffery Shaub) Path: vacs.uwp.wisc.edu!shaub The problem with the vendacard system is that the only info on the cards magnetic strip is how much credit the user has, so there is no way for the print queue to know who's card is in the Vendacard unit. Jeff -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Jeff Shaub - Computing Support Center shaub@vacs.uwp.wisc.edu - University of Wisconsin-Parkside - Kenosha, WI 53141