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Article #624Re: Cutting excessive student use of printer paper
From: Joshua Poulson
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1991 13:01
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1991 13:01
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In article <1991Jun12.123238.17236@ms.uky.edu> sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes: >What if someone installed a laser printer, and people actually used >it? > >- Find money to run the printer. >- Give users a quota, perhaps a daily quota. >- Restrict the type of usage allowed. >- Encourage students to use X based previewers. >- Tutor them in efficient usage of resources. >- Make them pay for their own use. > We have instituted a policy of allowing nothing but three-hole punched paper that is supplied by the department. Since no one is going to want that stuff too often except for homework assignments, it should work out. Also, we allow printing on a separate machine and printer with whatever paper you want for 10 cents a page. (We don't supply THAT paper). That works out for the most part. -- Joshua R. Poulson [Joshua.R.Poulson@cyber.Widener.EDU] "I speak only for myself, okay?" [poulson@cs.Widener.EDU] "It is better to play the game and lose than it is to argue about the instructions." (Me, 1991)
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Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!ox.com!hela!widener!poulson From: poulson@cs.widener.edu (Joshua Poulson) Subject: Re: Cutting excessive student use of printer paper Message-ID: <H6A-KRK@cs.widener.edu> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 91 13:01:13 GMT Organization: Widener Univ. Dept. of Computing Services Nntp-Posting-Host: dalembert.cs.widener.edu References: <1429@sol.deakin.OZ.AU> <1991Jun12.123238.17236@ms.uky.edu> Distribution: aus Lines: 24