Particularly popular in schools,
colleges and universities, print quotas are used
to control and restrict users to sensible use
by allocating a quota/allowance/budget.
For example, students might be allocated $10
worth of printing each week. Once this amount
of printing has been used the student will be
unable to print any more. (Some organizations
allow students to add additional credit from their
own funds. See the Recharging
Balance tour section for more information.)
 Flexible
Scheduling
Quotas may be easily allocated on a daily, weekly
or monthly basis, or on custom dates like the start
of a term or semester. It is also possible
to specify a maximum limit on quota allocations
to prevent users from "banking up" their
quota.
Currency Based
PaperCut uses a currency based system for print
accounting. Each user has their own balance, e.g.
$5.00, and each printer has assigned costs (which
may be different for different sizes, color, duplex
mode, etc.), such as $0.10 per grayscale page. There
are several reasons why a currency based system
is better than just counting pages (e.g. a quota
of 10 pages):
- A currency model leads to less waste, because
users naturally choose the cheapest way to print.
- Currency is familiar, so easy to understand.
People understand that different items have
different costs.
- Currency is flexible. Costs can be assigned
based on the cost to run a particular printer,
and can be changed and tweaked at any time.
If you don't like the idea of using currency
(perhaps because it implies charging or real money)
then it is possible to remove the currency symbol
and work in "units" instead. |
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