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I received lots of responses about schools who charge for printing...
mainly to help students be selective, a worthy goal. I wish I could charge
a minimum amount...but how do you do it if there are 50 printers around the
school? It seems you can only charge if access to printing is limited to
the library and maybe one lab. Then you can set the library policy and
perhaps by having a printer at the desk, control it. But if there is access
everywhere and everyone is not consistent in charging, and if there are
many models of printers, then you marginalize the library by charging.
Students will choose other places to do their research.
I had hoped there was software allowing students to enter an ID number
everytime they printed, but I have been told by my tech people that the
progams are expensive and we would have to have different software for the
different printers in the building. It seems in this scenario, that all you
can do is ignore the stacks of paper and unclaimed stuff, consoling
yourself that it is not all that expensive. s
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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: Floyd C Pentlin [SMTP:fpentlin@lsnhs.leesummit.k12.mo.us]
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 11:49 AM
To: SARAH PECKHAM
Subject: Re: Charge for printing
Sarah - I, too, charge for printing. Indeed, I could easily withstand the
cost of supplying paper and toner for the students -- but that does nothing
to encourage the students to think about what they are printing. No matter
how many times we went over it, students still needed all 20 pages from a
Web site -- and then walked off without picking them up. Our compromise is
that student individual work is free, but information printing costs $.5
per page - a very moderate cost at 20 pages per $1. Floyd
>Like other librarians, I was getting bent out of shape by the reams of
>paper flying out of the library printers. My ecological, "waste-not" red
>flags were up. But when I investigated the actual cost I was surprised. I
>was informed by our school business office that a sheet of paper costs
>$.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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Floyd Pentlin, Library Media Specialist VOICE:
816-251-8516
Lee's Summit North HS, 901 NE Douglas FAX:
816-251-8596
Lee's Summit, MO 64086 fpentlin@garfield.leesummit.k12.
mo.us
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