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We use the VendaCard units (as does the Library for photocopying)
and have found them to be reliable but expensive!  You have to
buy a unit to dispense the vendorcard (and add "credit" to it)
at a hefty cost (I believe in the $1500-$2000 range).  Then you
must buy a unit for each printer (and dedicate a printer to the
task, pretty much) at a cost of $1100 each.  There there is a
maintenance fee ($200 per unit, per year) and the cost of supplies
(i.e., cards which you can largely recover by charging around
$.50 a card and the students keep re-charging them).  We are
charging $.15 a sheet and I think losing money when everything
is factored in (toner cartridges, paper) so we'll be reviewing
the amount shortly.  We don't expect to recover the cost of the
vending units although it would be nice.

For more information, contact XCP, 40 Elm St. Dryden, NY 13053-0819
1-800-647-7020 for your local contact information. (In NY, 1-607-
844-9143).

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