[Year 12 IPM] OT - Printing Policy

Tue May 31 17:31:13 EST 2005

Hello Mark

Your policy looks good.

We have been using a similar product (PaperCut). The only concern we have is
one that you have covered in your policy (as we have), but we have found
hard to police, namely one student using another's account to print from -
this results in the legitimate user suddenly being unable to print. We have
basically pushed the line that this is yet another reason for keeping their
password to themselves (in other words 'stiff bikkies kid'). We have also
made some policy changes in Windows XP that make this more difficult to do.

A second 'concern' is just nuisance value and lasts for as long as it takes
the teacher and/or student to cotton on: if your account is empty and you
print, PaperCut doesn't tell you that you have no funds left. The desktop
appears to print but nothing comes out, so at first it seems that something
is broke! Many grumbles later one suddenly thinks to check the student's
print balance....

Regards
Robert T-A
Brighton SC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Kelly" <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au>
To: "Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management Teachers'
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Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 2:33 PM
Subject: [Year 12 IPM] OT - Printing Policy

> We're just about to turn on print charging for students with Gaia Print
>    Charger (better late than never). As I worked on our announcement to
> students, I wondered if other people had experience with such matters
> and can advise of things I have not anticipated.
>
> My draft policy is attached.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> --
> Mark Kelly
> Manager, Information Systems
> McKinnon Secondary College
> McKinnon Rd, McKinnon Victoria Australia
> 9578 0844  Fax 9578 9253
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