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Our Science Department Head forwarded Sue Scott's posting (below) to me =
for a response.
We recently surveyed peer schools in our state and I found no one with an =
unlimited color printing policy, as ours has been up to now. In fact, I =
found numerous schools that support NO color printing by students =
whatsoever. Others allow limited color printing before initiating a charge =
and still others charge from the first copy.
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What we're doing now: We're testing software (pcontrol from pcounter.com) =
that allows us to set very flexible controls and track usage by student. =
Our idea is that we'll establish norms and setup an account per students =
with "credits." Students will use one credit for each page of B&W printed =
and two or three credits for each page of color. When their credits get =
low, the student will receive a message to that effect. Ultimately, their =
account can be recharged with a debit to their financial account.=20
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In the meantime, we've put an administrative hold on all color printing, =
requiring a PC lab attendant to okay the printjob, and we've put a similar =
hold on B&W printing jobs of more than 10 pages.=20
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Our goal is to control runaway spending, mainly from student error or =
willful abuse (like printing off an entire state driver's licensing manual =
in color).=20
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Ron Ussery
Media Services Director
Brookstone School
440 Bradley Park Drive
Columbus, GA 31904
706-324-1392, ext. 1406
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We are currently evaluating our school-wide configuration of printers
and photocopiers and it would be helpful to hear from other schools
their policies around color printing and photocopying. =20
For example, we are a K-12 school and have networked color laser
printers available to all teachers on our K-5 campus but do not
currently have any networked color printers on our 6-12 campus. Our
guiding principle has been that younger kids produce more work in which
the color information is important but is not as crucial for most of the
work produced by older students. We have not taken the plunge into
color photocopying because of concerns about the cost and the challenges
of defining what kinds of things warrant the additional cost of being
copied in color.
It would be helpful to hear how other schools have answered these
questions.
Many thanks.
Sue Scott
Technology Director
St. Paul Academy and Summit School
1712 Randolph Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105
Phone: 651-696-1435
Fax: 651-698-6787
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