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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 ----- 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 > > MCSE/Security+ > > Systems Administrator > > International Studies and Programs > > Helpdesk: 517-884-2148 > > Ph: 517-884-2144 > > [log in to unmask] > >