Ever since we brought the laptops to the high school printing has been a disaster. The fact of the matter is that printers are not meant to work with more than about 100 computers each. We have about 900 computers in the building and only six public printers. This is part of why your laptop will somewhat regularly say it printed and nothing will be there.
Another problem with the current system is that there is constant waste. Many students, because they cannot rely on the printers, print their documents multiple times, then only take one when they find it. Many students will never pick up their printouts, probably because they cannot find it. Every day we throw away close to 500 sheets of printed paper because of this.
You may have noticed, from either walking past, the announcement in chapel, or the
link on the front of moodle that the helpdesk has a new printer. This printer works in a way that will eventually solve many of the problems above. You
upload your document to a website and the website keeps your document until you go to the printer and type in your student number. Among the many advantages of this are:
- You can print from anywhere that you have internet, not just at school.
- There are no wasted pages, unless you sent a document you no longer need.
- You get your pages and only your pages when you type in your student ID.
You may have had troubles with this printer too (nothing is perfect). The company is working with us on the problems and today, March 26, 2009 they applied many fixes. We hope that you try it out. If you do not know how to use it there are
instructions online and at the helpdesk.
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