BizHub Copiers. We have 30 networked laser printers and 8 Admin
printers. This does not include paper or staples and the occasional
repair of the printers. The only maintenance contract is for the
copiers and that is included in the lease.
Fred Austin
Technology Director
The Oakwood School
Greenville, NC
On Feb 23, 2010, at 12:57 PM, Ademola Popoola wrote:
> Laser printer in every classroom? Yikes!! Makes me wonder how much
> these
> schools budget for printer supply costs.
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Fred Austin
> <faustin@theoakwoodschool.org>wrote:
>
>> Brandon
>>
>> We have evolved our printing plan into this structure:
>> There is a high volume BizHub Color Copier networked in each
>> division.
>> Each classroom does have a B&W laser.
>> One of the Media Centers has a Color Laser.
>> Each administrator (except me) has one in their office.
>>
>> We utilize this strategy:
>> Use the copiers for most of your printing needs.
>> The classroom printers are to be used sparingly.
>> The Media Center is for use by the science lab next door for color
>> printing, where the copier is generally not available to students
>> in that
>> building or for backup when the BizHub is busy/down.
>> The administrators still use the BizHubs unless confidential (we
>> could use
>> a security locking feature on BizHub - but as Tim responded that's
>> another
>> story)
>> We also emphasize the use of digital documents rather than hard
>> copies on
>> paper.
>>
>> Successfully, we have cut down on our laser toner use to 25% of
>> what it was
>> 5 years ago. The cost of the toner for the BizHubs are built in to
>> the
>> maintenance agreement, but is a mere fraction of what the laser
>> toner is. We
>> are working on paper usage and are managing smaller percentage of
>> reductions
>> each year. We are a PK-12 school that is 1:1 laptop from G4-12.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Fred Austin
>> Technology Director
>> The Oakwood School
>> A PreK-12 Independent Day School
>> Greenville, NC
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Feb 23, 2010, at 10:54 AM, Brandon Watkins wrote:
>>
>> Hello Everyone,
>>>
>>> We are trying to come up with a new printing strategy for our PK-12
>>> school.
>>> We currently have a mixture of b/w laser and many inkjets, all
>>> teachers
>>> have
>>> a printer in their classroom and each building has several laser
>>> printers
>>> that can be printed to.
>>>
>>> Would like to know what other schools are doing as far as printing
>>> strategies go?
>>> Any input would be helpful.
>>>
>>> Thank You,
>>>
>>> Brandon Watkins
>>> Director of Technology
>>> The Independent School
>>>
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