Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!goanna!minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au!otto!t891368 From: t891368@otto.bf.rmit.oz.au (Mark) Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy Subject: Re: Cutting excessive student use of printer paper Message-ID: Date: 28 Jun 91 09:08:09 GMT References: <91173.113646ELE@psuvm.psu.edu> Sender: usenet@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Njuiz noveles nova newes) Organization: Faculty of Business, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia 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 $1 a page for printouts from the laser printers. Sounds workable >to me - though I've not too much information about it. Ouch. We have a charge of 10 cents per page. Thats in Australian dollars too. (One Au$ = approx US$0.75) Mark mark@otto.bf.rmit.oz.au