We eliminated all printers two years ago and switched to a copier/
printer. All teachers are set up to to "print" to a mailbox on the
copier. They must go to the copier and enter their password to print
out the item. The good part about this is that the teachers only
print the one item they really need. There are so many times you hit
print and then see something you want to change and then print all
over. I have the copier set to delete the item after 24 hours and
this keeps the mailbox from being full.
As for student printing we do not allow it at our school. The
students turn in assignments electronically through google docs or
through email. If there is a special project that a class needs to
print the final version the students save them on their jump drive and
work with our tech to print or the teacher prints the final version.
We have saved money by not purchasing ink and we use less paper.
Good luck,
Dorothy
Dorothy Bialke, Principal
St. Raphael's Catholic School
7301 Bass Lake Road
Crystal, MN 55428
763-504-9450 ext. 352
Visit us online:http://srsmn.org/
My Blog: http://dorothybialke.srsmn.org
On Aug 10, 2009, at 10:36 PM, Podchaski, Alex wrote:
> Our school is currently in the process of evaluating different
> printing/copying options as we face the expiration of leases and
> increasing print cartridge costs. I am looking to eliminate printers
> on campus and move toward networked copiers for most of our
> printing. We spent far too much on ink this year, and have a faculty/
> staff to printer ratio of that is way too low. We are looking into
> solutions such as eliminating printers, using copiers as our main
> output devices, going to access card readers so that you must swipe
> to print, and much more accounting than has ever been used before.
>
> I will be taking our fiscal case to our Green Team and Tech
> Committee to develop a final plan, but I welcome your thoughts and
> experiences in this matter. I have the data to show that we need to
> change, and I know where I want to go, but would appreciate your
> feedback on experience with any of these ideas and suggestions of
> devices.
>
> Alex J Podchaski
> Director of Technology
> Oak Knoll School<http://www.oakknoll.org/>
> 44 Blackburn Road
> Summit, NJ 07901
> 908-522-8159
>
>
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