Re: Charge for printing

[SARAH PECKHAM <speckham@MARIAN.CREIGHTON.EDU>]

Like other librarians, I was getting bent out of shape by the reams of
paper flying out of the library printers. My ecological, "waste-not" red
flags were up. But when I investigated the actual cost I was surprised. I
was informed by our school business office that a sheet of paper costs
$.00461, thus a hundred sheets only costs 46 cents. Printer ink for my ink
jet printer costs around $25.00 and I replace it about once a month which
is only 250.00/year.  Costs for the laser printer is 100.00/cartidge and
that lasts about four months. Am I correct in my figures? At this price,
the library can easily provide paper in the budget for students to print
what they need. sarah


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                Sarah Peckham, Library Media Specialist
                Marian High School
                7400 Military Ave
                Omaha, NE 68134
                1-402-571-0619
                speckham@marian.creighton.edu
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-----Original Message-----
From:   Donna Steel Cook [SMTP:donnacook@MAILCITY.COM]
Sent:   Tuesday, March 30, 1999 6:41 PM
To:     LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject:        Re: Charge for printing

Jane and LM_NET buddies:  this year my library instituted a copying and
printing policy that has worked just fine.  The first page or copy every
day for every student is free.  Each page or copy after that is 10".  If a
student needs another copy or page, and a friend or acquaintance will stand
beside him to give him or her their free page (pronoun grammar just lost
out to brevity), then he can have two free pages or as many free pages as
friends he can round up. It is plain to the students that we are not trying
to make money, but there is a "governor" on the copy and printing, and the
compulsive copiers are certainly restrained.  However, when a student needs
a copy, she can have her one free copy or printout every day so that books
and magazines are not damaged.  Students have been just great about paying
up.  I tried at first to ration paper to the printers, but I've learned
that isn't necessary.
     So, it doesn't have to be "to charge or not to charge."  It can be a
combination:  no charge for one, but two or more costs a dime.
---
Donna Cook, Nacogdoches, Texas :
Teacher/Librarian Central High;
District Coordinator, Central ISD;
Library Consultant, Douglass ISD;
"Minister of Information" First
   Baptist Church, Nacogdoches




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