[OPLINTECH] Print release software

[Ed Liddle]

Here is an article about a library using samba and cups to manage print jobs. 
http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/152260

Hope this helps

-Ed Liddle 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: oplintech-bounces at oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-bounces at oplin.org]
> On Behalf Of Don Yarman
> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 9:32 AM
> To: OPLINTECH
> Subject: [OPLINTECH] Print release software
> 
> Does anyone use print release software to help manage
> printing in your public computer lab?
> 
> We'll soon be selecting and implementing an automated
> PAC and print management solution, but I'd like to find
> something that will get us through the next 6-9 months.
> We're about to replace the B&W printer in the lab with a
> color printer.  It would be great if we had some piece of
> software that would grab the print job, hold it until a patron
> could tell us whether they wanted to pay for color or b&w,
> ideally tell us the number of pages, and then let staff
> release or cancel the job.
> 
> Anyone using something that does that?  Is it cheap?
> 
> 		Don Yarman, Deputy Director
> 		Delaware County District Library
> 		84 E Winter St; Delaware OH 43015
> 		740.362.3861 | AIM: yarmando
> 		yarmando at delawarelibrary.org
> 
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