I remember we disuaded from teachers from doing that with some really crappy printers. Laserjet 1100XL's. Specifically designed to annoy...
Seriously, it was a consideration, of using a low end printer in the room that was really pretty slow that would encourage teachers to use better equipment. On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Kennedy, Jim <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I am just getting started, but so far the same permissions seem to apply > for installing a printer connection from a print server as are needed to > install the printer locally. Students don’t have that ability, heck the > teachers don’t either. For exactly the reasons you describe. But again I am > just starting to look at this and test but my regular limited account could > not install a printer from my test print server. > > > > As to the other questions raised in a couple of other emails. We are > looking to find out who is printing and how much. For example we know a > teacher will walk up to the copier and scan a document to PDF. Then go back > to her room and print a hundred of them, rather than copy a hundred of them > at the copier which is much cheaper. Or they won’t plan ahead and send them > over to our full time printing shop which can do all of this much easier. So > yes there is a reason for it and it is a mandate from management. > > > > As for going 100 percent electronic, we have done an outstanding job of > that. Most testing is electronic for example. But 100 percent electronic is > a pipe dream. It is a light at the end of the tunnel that you can and should > keep chasing. But the reality is people do need to print from time to time. > > > > > > *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, May 03, 2010 2:52 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Print Server suggestions > > > > 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/> ~
