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Posted by AllenM on March 21, 2006, 6:30 pm
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Cannot do this within Windows systems. You can restrict according to user or
computer. A better visual. Have the youth raise his hand and instead of you
going to his pc to enter a password have him come to you to get the paper he
needs to put in the printer.
>I work at a Juvenile Probation Department where we are loking to introduce
>to
> the youth a computer lab and library system.
>
> One of the concerns that has arose is a concern related to them printing.
> We are looking to be able to manage what they print and how much they
> print.
>
> One option is to have the printers only accessable by certain computers or
> users on the network. However, this is a hassle because it would require
> staff to have to log the youth off of the computer, then them log on
> either
> at that computer or on a different computer (depending on the set-up),
> then
> finally go through the network and find the youth's document(s) and print
> it/them.
>
> Instead, we would like a way to simply require a password to print. TO
> give
> a visual:
> When a youth has something to print, they will first press the print
> button,
> then raise their hand. Thereafter, a staff would come and approve or
> disapprove of the print job. In the case of approval, a password would be
> entered.
>
> THere is a software out there that does this, UNiPrint by Pharos Systems.
> However, it is expensive. $5000 for the asic software, then $150 per
> printer
> license for each printer on the network that will be configured with this
> system.
>
> Are there any other software programs out there that can do this. Can you
> do this with Microsft and I just don't know it?
>
> -Zakhary
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