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Re: Cutting excessive student use of printer paper

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From: Matthew T. Russotto
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1991 20:02
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In article <IcLyeuu00j5uE1oo0c@andrew.cmu.edu> jb3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jon Allen Boone) writes:
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>I heard that at Penn State, they changed the laser printers so that
>they need to recieve verification before they print - this comes in
>the form of a card-reader which reads their venda-card and charges
>them $1 a page for printouts from the laser printers.  Sounds workable
>to me - though I've not too much information about it.

At $1 a page, I'll bet the local copy shops get a LOT of business.  Penn State
probably doesn't have to replace toner too often either...

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Matthew T. Russotto	russotto@eng.umd.edu	russotto@wam.umd.edu
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