[WEB4LIB] printing management systems

[Jacque King]

Laura,

We are using Pharos Uniprint, http://www.pharos.com/products/uniprint.asp.
The interface is very simple:  You print from a workstation as you 
normally would, then you are prompted for a job name.  The job goes to
a queue and is held there until you go to a "print station" to select
your job and then pay for it.  Once it is paid for (in our case, by 
a copy card) it is sent to the printer.

Now, all that sounds simple enough--and once you get it set up it is.
However, the setup and installation is not intuitive at all and Pharos'
written instructions and documentation leave much to be desired.  

If you choose Pharos, let me know and I will send you some 
"cheat sheets" I created for getting it setup.

Hope this helps,  

Jacque King
Library Technical Support Specialist
Fort Collins Public Library
201 Peterson Street
Fort Collins, CO  80524
(970) 221-6716
king at julip.fcgov.com


On Fri, 23 Nov 2001, Laura Jantek wrote:

> hi, 
> I am interested in finding out if any public libraires on web4lib are using any commerically available pay for printing software--if so what one do you use.  How's it work?
> thanks a lot.
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