[CALIBK12] Print Management Dilemma

[Sarah Bosler]

OK Thanks to all who have sent me info on print management systems in the
past. Due to problems with kids printing too much unnecessary, non-school
related, or excessive (25 pages of a Wikipedia article) printing, I have
resolved to figure out a way to cut down on printing.

Our paper is paid for by Title I and black and white printing is free for
students. I am under the impression that I cannot charge for printing,
especially if it's paid for by Title I.In general I always instruct classes
who come in for research to either email links/articles to themselves or
copy and paste pieces they need to a Word doc. I also remind students that
they should only be printing school-related things. We get very busy after
school so it's very hard to manage this (about 150 kids come to our tutoring
program after school each day on average)
I tried to set up trials for PCounter and VendPrint and both not only
required lots of time and mental gymnastics from my site IT guy but also I
found were not very user friendly on the admin end. Teachers have a lot of
restrictions at my site on installing programs, etc. In the end all these
programs would do is give students an allotment of prints and let them know
with a popup how many pages are printing. (Not much for how pricy these
programs are!)

SO, I'd like your advice. How do you manage printing? What are the legal
issues involved in charging for printing? If I buy my own paper with library
monies I imagine I could charge. Do you require copy/paste to Word, do you
allow printing from the web? (I'd hate to restrict that)

All I know is that we have exhausted our entire year's worth of paper twice
this year and much of it is getting wasted. Help!

Thanks for listening...I'd love to hear your solutions.


-- 
Sarah Bosler, Teacher Librarian
Chaffey Joint Union High School District
Montclair High School
4725 Benito Street
Montclair, CA 91791
909-621-6781 Ext. 2065
http://mohigh.com
http://mohigh.weebly.com

"Well-behaved women rarely make history" - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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