Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sample.eng.ohio-state.edu!purdue!haven.umd.edu!mimsy!mojo!russotto From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy Subject: Re: Cutting excessive student use of printer paper Message-ID: <1991Jun20.200247.29358@eng.umd.edu> Date: 20 Jun 91 20:02:47 GMT References: Sender: news@eng.umd.edu (C-News) Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity of Uniland, College Park Lines: 14 In article jb3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jon Allen Boone) writes: > >I heard that at Penn State, they changed the laser printers so that >they need to recieve verification before they print - this comes in >the form of a card-reader which reads their venda-card and charges >them $1 a page for printouts from the laser printers. Sounds workable >to me - though I've not too much information about it. At $1 a page, I'll bet the local copy shops get a LOT of business. Penn State probably doesn't have to replace toner too often either... -- Matthew T. Russotto russotto@eng.umd.edu russotto@wam.umd.edu .sig under construction, like the rest of this campus.