Michael, The printer/scanner has a USB port on it where flash drives can be inserted. The scanner saves the pdf to the flash drive.
On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Michael Airhart <[email protected]>wrote: > Tom, > > The Scan to PDF is an important function. Where do you have the PDF > files being sent? Does it just email them to the user or do you have > an open file share it drops them on? I bought the Okidata MB491LP and > love it so far, but am still tweaking the functions. > > I am going to trial "Paper Cut". > http://www.papercut.com/ > > I have emailed their sales department about trying to get something in > between their Education and SME (small-medium enterprise) pricing. I > mentioned the Coworking model and that we have 4,600 of us here all > sharing ideas and we would all love to have a simple and affordable > solution. No word yet, so please feel free to review their website > and email them the same encouragement for Coworking Model prices. > > Tech Stuff: I am going to fire up a small (micro-ATX form factor) PC > to run it on. I am not sure which of their supported operating > systems I will run, likely a Linux variation since that is free. I > will put the PaperCut into it's invisible pass-thru mode to start so I > can see who is printing the most. As I learn more I will report back > trying to focus on "actionable" information. > > I really hope we get some more posts with the DETAILS of their > solution that we could all learn from and put into practice. I have a > hard time thinking that someone out there doesn't already have a very > solid way of doing this today that doesn't cost $5,000+. We do not > anticipate charging per-page to print unless someone was really > abusing the printer privilege and costing a lot of money. > > Thank you all for sharing! > > Michael > > > On Mar 8, 8:49 am, Tom Brandt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Fabrizio, > > > > I'm one of the people who runs Workantile in Ann Arbor. It's always great > > to see another coworking community opening in Michigan. Good luck! > > > > As for printing, we have a Brother DCP-8085DN connected to the network > that > > people use. We supply the paper, but ask that people who print a lot > bring > > in a package of paper to replace what they use. > > > > The most used feature of the printer, however, is the scan-to-pdf feature > > it has. > > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- twb member, Workantile <http://workantile.com/> @twbrandt -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
