When I worked in a high school, an advantage to not using a print server at the time (NT 4 and Win 2000) was the fact that I could localize printing to the room the computer is in very easily, by limiting which printers were installed on the computer. To my knowledge, there isn't anyway to do that with a Windows print server and printer sharing.
Oh, and it became quite important to localize printing when I had some students printing to other rooms when they weren't in that room. -Jonathan On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 10:48, Kennedy, Jim <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I hate to toss such a generic question out there but I have zero > experience in this > > area. We are putting up a new building this summer, replacing our larges > which > > would be the High School. We have always just used network attached > printers and > > let the users run free. Less hassle for us but probably not the most cost > effective way > > to do it. So I am thinking 2008 R2 print server and some sort of usage > monitoring software. > > > > Any ideas on suggested software to monitor all of this, or any ideas on a > better design? > > Not trying to be facetious or rude - just trying to stimulate some thought. > > This is a high school; can we make the assumption that everyone has a > computer, and most likely a portable? > > Why print? Why not keep everything electronic? > > It *would* be a radical move, and probably not easily accepted by some > of the older staff, but I think in this specific environment, unless > there are regulatory requirements for it, this might be a useful > approach. > > Kurt > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
