We've used PaperCut (http://www.papercut.com/) in the past.
No complaints with it really. AD integration was straight forward and
installation/configuration in general wasn't too problematic.
-Brian
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Brian Adams
Technical Director
Department of Theatre
THR/WRAC Technology Pod Leader
Lead Developer
College of Arts and Letters
Michigan State University
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Jon Galbreath <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> One of the offices in the International Center has a bunch
> of computers that are set up for their visiting people. We’ve recently
> moved to handing out temporary, limited accounts rather than a shared ID for
> better accountability. As part of this, the printer in that room quit and
> they’re interested in replacing it. With the anonymous access, it was
> quickly abused and it was burning toner and paper at a crazy rate.
>
> They were looking at NetPrint and just buying 500 tokens for
> each participant at the start of the semester and once gone, they’d be on
> their own to purchase more. I’ve tried contacting ATS about NetPrint and
> the feasibility of having them install a capable printer, but never seem to
> get a response.
>
> If NetPrint isn’t a viable option, is there some other solution that could
> allow for per-page accounting? I’m OK paying for something if it looks like
> it’s worthwhile, but so far I’ve looked at various scripts that can run
> against a Windows-based print server’s event log, but I’d prefer something a
> little more intuitive.
>
>
>
> Is anyone else doing anything like this?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jon
>
>
>
> Jon Galbreath
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