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From: sstanfie@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (skot)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: printer accounting
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Date: 2 Feb 90 20:32:10 GMT
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We need a way to set up accounting for the NeXT Laser Printer.

Since the Information Systems dept. can't afford to let people print for 
free, they've come up with the following scheme.  A student purchases
a card ($10) good for 400 pages.  To print, the user must go to the lab
monitor, get the printer paper tray, print, then have the monitor count
the number of pages used, then decrement the value of the card.  Kludge.

Vendacard came up with an electronic credit-card type way for mac's and
hp's but the architecture of the NeXT laser printer doesn't lend itself to
this method.

Is there a way to do this kind of accounting through software?  It seems
that if np, or lpr knew how many pages were being printed, some hack could be
done.  

Thanks!

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