[baisl] Re: Printer Paper Waste
- From: Renee Ramig <rramig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "baisl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <baisl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 18:08:03 +0000
This reminds me of a rule we try to enforce –
No printing from web pages. The web is designed to be viewed online NOT
printed. That is why a single page on a screen will often print over 10 pages.
(Years ago, a student printed an encyclopedia “page”. The job ended up being
over 10,000 pages long. Luckily, the printer ran out of paper at about 800 ☺)
We ask students to copy / paste to a word processor before printing. This
doesn’t always happen, but if we see a wasteful job coming through, I remind
the students why we have this rule in place.
From: baisl-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:baisl-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Kristi Capra
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 10:02 AM
To: baisl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [baisl] Re: Printer Paper Waste
Hi,
Currently we charge .10 per page on our BW printer. However, there have been
two issues I have noticed:
-Some students don't know how to control printing from websites and wind up
printing 10 pages and throwing 9 of them away. which is a waste since I don't
charge for pages they don't need.
-Some students who do not have the cash will charge it to their student account
and run up a bill, which is hard to get them to pay as it accumulates.
I have only been here for 4 months, and I have dabbled in finding a print card
system, where students can only print if they have a card with cash on it, and
that gets charged. This will solve the above two issues: they pay for all pages
they print, whether needed or not (hopefully this makes them more careful) and
also eliminates this account charge system. My college library had this system.
So far I have not been able to find a company that can set this up and do not
know the cost. This is also particularly intriguing because there would then
not be loose cash in the library.
Let me know if anyone has this card system in their library, or another system
that may work better.
Thank you!
On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Elsa Ouvrard-Prettol
<eouvrard-prettol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:eouvrard-prettol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
wrote:
Mei,
We do not offer free unlimited printing, because of cost issues (started when
the budget crisis hit in 2009, so it's been like this for a good while now).
Rules are:
-if it's not for school, do not print it. If you print it anyways, it's 5 cents
a page.
-if it's for school and under 10 pages, print it for free. If it's over 10
pages, pages 11 and above are 5 cents a page.
5 cents a page - and that's for a B&W only printer. It'd be more expensive if
we had color printing.
Thank you,
Elsa Ouvrard-Prettol
Natomas Charter School
Sacramento, CA
Library and Media Instructor
Grades 6-12
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On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Mei Yang
<meiyang@xxxxxxxx<mailto:meiyang@xxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hello All,
We currently have unlimited free printing in the library for all students. In
the last couple months the amount of paper being used and wasted has been
incredible!. We're debating whether to implement some kind of copy management
software and are wondering what others are experiencing.
- Do you offer free unlimited printing in the library?
- If no, how do you manage student printing?
- If you use a print copy management system, what is it and what have
been the pro/cons?
Thanks for your feedback.
Mei
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Mei Yang
Saint Francis High School Library
1885 Miramonte Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94040
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Ms. Kristi L. Capra
Head Librarian
St. Mary's High School
5648 N. El Dorado St.
Stockton, CA 95207
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