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From: cie590l@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au (Hadgraft)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Charging for laser printer use.
Message-ID: <1991Feb12.092821.86297@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 11 Feb 91 22:28:21 GMT
References: <1991Feb1.105657.3329@ducvax.auburn.edu>
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In article <1991Feb1.105657.3329@ducvax.auburn.edu>, spowers@ducvax.auburn.edu writes:
>
> A question:
> Does anyone have any experience with charging for laser printer use in a
> university computer lab setting?  In particular: how do _you_ do it, does you
> use or know about VendaCard, is charging successful or not?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
I've been pondering this one for a while. It seems that any solution will cost a
reasonable amount of money. What does VendaCard cost? $1,000 - $2,000 ? To that
must be added the cost of a terminal or workstation if the print queue is to be
always visible. Perhaps it's easier and cheaper to just charge all users
$10/year (or something similar).
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