Re: Printer charging software required.

[Alan Mead <adm ipat com>]

All the installations like this I've seen depended on a proprietary "smart" 
card and reader system.  I imagine that once identified, the hardware 
vendor could help you with software.  But I would imagine that getting 
readers and the value-dispensing machines would be fairly expensive and 
cumbersome for only "several" labs.

I suppose you could implement a software only "account" system but then 
besides implementing the accounting code, you probably need to hack lpr/lpng.

-Alan

At 04:23 AM 2/29/00 , Tony Molloy wrote:

> Requirement:   I need to install laser printers in several student
> labs. The Dept. has decided that students must pay for this service.
> So I'm looking for software that runs on Linux and will allow
> printing from both Linux and NT machines (dual boot).  It must allow
> us to charge the students beforehand, in some manner, for usage
> rather than try to charge them later. Any suggestions either Open
> Source or commercial appreciated.

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