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Hi Sue, We were also having a problem with excessive printing, mostly kids printing entire websites instead of selecting and printing. Also, they were impatient, so they would hit print 10 times before they realized they were printing to the wrong printer, etc. We contacted Ted Wisniewski at Plymouth State because he has authored print quota software that restricts users to a specified number of pages. He is willing to share it for free, unfortunately it didn't work with our system. His contact info is: Ted Wisniewski E-Mail: ted@mail.plymouth.edu | | Manager, Systems Group WEB: http://oz.plymouth.edu/~ted/ | | Information Technology Services | | Plymouth State University Phone: (603) 535-2661 | | Plymouth NH, 03264 Fax: (603) 535-2263 We are doing a 30 day free trial on some software now that seems to be working well-it's www.papercut.biz. The kids are only allowed to print 10 pages a day (you can set that however you like) then it resets the next day. Perhaps they would consider donating the software to your school in exchange for some good press since you are poorly funded. Their contact info is sales@papercut.biz. I know there are other programs out there also. Good luck. Elizabeth Strauss Media Generalist Pelham High School 85 Marsh Road Pelham, New Hampshire 03076-3159 bstrauss@pelhamsd.org 603-635-2115 -----Original Message----- From: School Library Media & Network Communications [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU]On Behalf Of Sue Fox Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 8:37 AM To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: TECH: Printing Policies I am having major problems!! First of all, I've about decided I'm running a computer lab, not a media center. The cartridges & paper do not come out of my budget, and we are a Title I school (very low socioeconomic) so I have not been charging for printing. However, I am going through about a case of paper a WEEK and a toner cartridge every 6 WEEKS. In spite of trying to police the printing (I try to keep an eye out for lyric printing, cheat codes, etc.), it is out of hand, though I admit that while I was doing the technology inventory my supervision level was way down. I bet I threw away a reem of paper yesterday that was "junk". I used to keep it as scratch paper, but there is too much of it. I am ready to disable the printers altogether and only allow printing of finished work. Maybe have students copy their work (internet articles & info) to disks and have them do all their work from the computer. In fact, out of frustration I just told about 6 kids I am not allowing any Internet printing, only finished work printing, and they all left! I brought this issue to my media/technology committee last fall, but no one had any ideas, and I was too new to this school to have a feel for where to go with this. Any suggestions are appreciated. Sue Fox Media Specialist McEvoy Middle School Macon, GA sfox.mcevoy@bibb.k12.ga.us -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------