NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #16/NN_1992_16.iso/spool/comp/protocol/appletal/2912

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From: Mark Andrew Hacker <[e-mail]>
Subject: Abusing laserwriters, help!
Organization: University of Technology, Sydney.
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 09:31:33 GMT
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I have had this problem for some years now, and everywhere I look there
is no real answers to the problem. In a University (or any institution)
where there are Laserwriters, students tend to abuse the right to print.

I need a workable solution to this problem. I am using Access Managed
Environment (AME) security software to discourage "outsiders" from using
our facilities. But, it's our own students who constantly print (we
printed in the last semester about 60,000 pages!).

The only product that had any hope was one called Printguard. This was
the best solution so far. It was a system of key-disk protection. You
gave (sold) the students key disks with say 50 prints on it. Each time
the Mac printed Printguard would ask for a key disk, and then deduct one
credit from it. This way we could give our students a set amount of
prints, and when used up they would have to purchase more credits
(disks). Problem, the company has "shelved" the project so far, and no
news on it ever getting finished.

Any ideas anyone? If someone has a product, I know they would make some
real money out it.

Thanks for thinking about this one.

.
Mark A. Hacker
Design Computing Unit
School of Design
University of Technology,Sydney.
Australia
Phone [phone] Fax [phone]
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