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We here at Castleton State College are trying to figure out a way to charge
students back for laser printing.  We have both macs and pc's ; some of our
lasers are connected to our vax server; some are on appletalk networks.  Our
dream system would allow the student to either enter a code or zip an id
through a reader and be automatically charged for the laserprints from some
sort of a declining balance type system.  The closest thing I have found so far
is a device that attaches to the laser printer which takes coins.  The laser
won't print untill the enough coins to cover the print job are inserted.  The
only problem with this system occurs when two people send a print job at once.
Since the device has no idea which print job is which, students would have to
just put money in and hope they were paying for their print job.  That is
almost completely unacceptable to us.  I was curious how (and if ) laser prints
were being charged for on your campuses, and what sort of system you were
using.  Your response will be greatly appreciated.
I thank you for your time and help in advance.

Jim Pinkerton, Research Assistant, Computing Services, Castleton State College,
Castleton,  Vermont   USA.