[OPLINTECH] *External* Re: Free Printing Solutions

[Tim Laino]

Hi Scott,

You are correct, mobile printing with envisionware has all the limitations
you mentioned. I just wanted to make sure that was the hang-up with not
pursuing daily print limits with your current software provider.

Thanks,

Tim

Tim Laino, Manager, Systems & Technology Services
Wadsworth Public Library
132 Broad Street
Wadsworth, OH 44281
330-335-2600


On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 4:47 PM Scott Harmon via OPLINTECH <
oplintech at lists.oplin.org> wrote:

> Ideally, patrons would receive the same amount of free pages on Mobile
> Print or using the public workstations at the branches. We spoke about the
> database with Envisionware and had the following concerns with using that
> solution.
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> ·       It would require us to clear out some data manually
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> ·       It would not allow for free printing for mobile printing jobs
> since those are not stored/retrieved by library card number.   Even if the
> customer has a card we couldn’t “apply” it to their mobile printing job.
>
> ·       If new customers get a card, they have to be added by PC
> Reservation (when they login for first time)
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> ·       The configuration would have to be done on the backroom PCs at
> every location, on the LPT1 machines, and within the ecommerce server
> configurations.
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> o   Risk of misconfiguring
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> o   Had problems with normal set up of ecommerce
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> ·       Risk and PCI review would be needed as customer cards would be
> assigned a certain amount of money daily.
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> *From:* Tim Laino <tim.laino at wadsworthlibrary.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 25, 2021 4:30 PM
> *To:* Scott Harmon <sharmon at columbuslibrary.org>
> *Cc:* oplintech at lists.oplin.org
> *Subject:* *External* Re: [OPLINTECH] Free Printing Solutions
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> Hi Scott,
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> Are you looking for a "mobile" print solution (where patrons could bring
> their own device or print from home) with patron limits?
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> Envisionware's PC Reservation and LPT Print solution can automatically
> interface with most ILS' to automatically create a database record when a
> Patron logs into a PC running the software. Parameters can be set on the
> Authentication Accounting Module database to credit patrons a certain
> dollar amount that expires each day, anything above that could be handled
> with a coin tower or other procedure to refill the account balance. A cost
> per print can also be specified.
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> I'm not sure if you have a similar configuration in place now but you are
> having difficulties with the database for unregistered users?
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> Thanks,
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> Tim
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> Tim Laino, Manager, Systems & Technology Services
> Wadsworth Public Library
> 132 Broad Street
> Wadsworth, OH 44281
> 330-335-2600
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> On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 3:50 PM Scott Harmon via OPLINTECH <
> oplintech at lists.oplin.org> wrote:
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> Could any locations offering free printing share what solutions you
> implemented? We have been asked to provide free printing up to a certain
> amount.
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> The customer software we use, Envisionware, cannot limit free printing per
> day without creating a database containing customer information. Without
> the database, we can offer a certain about of free printing per job rather
> than per customer card. We want a solution that limits each customer to a
> certain amount of free pages per day. Once they have met their daily limit,
> they would need to pay for the remaining pages or wait until the next day.
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> Thanks,
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> *Scott Harmon *│Service Desk Supervisor
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> *Columbus Metropolitan Library *│ Main Library
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