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Pay For Print. Faculty Focus Group GCC OIT and Fiscal Office. Project Overview. Implement Pay for Print in GCC open labs (HT1 Pit, HT2 Pit, Library Commons, GCCN Library Commons) Phase I - Fall 2009 semester For More info: http://www.gccaz.edu/hd/. Project Goals. Decrease print waste
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Pay For Print Faculty Focus Group GCC OIT and Fiscal Office
Project Overview • Implement Pay for Print in GCC open labs (HT1 Pit, HT2 Pit, Library Commons, GCCN Library Commons) • Phase I - Fall 2009 semester For More info: http://www.gccaz.edu/hd/
Project Goals • Decrease print waste • Decrease campus print budget • Provide detailed print monitoring and tracking • Help students to make better-informed decisions about what they print
Open Labs Stats - Fall 09 • GCC spent over $25,000 for paper and toner in the open labs (HT1, HT2, LMC) • In October 6456 students printed 348,017 printouts for an average of 54 pages per student • In one week, the equivalent of 18 reams of print waste was recovered in HT1 & HT2 Pits alone - that’s a total of $54 of wasted paper in one week
System Functionality • Student sends print jobs to que • Students will use GCC ID card to release print jobs from a print station • Students are charged for only those print jobs they release • Charge stations will be used to add money • Change stations available in HT1 and LMC
Decisions already made • IKON is the selected vendor • Consolidate support - system in use for copy services • Backend pieces already owned by GCC • Students will use ID cards not print cards • Cost of 10 cents per page B&W for students • Faculty/Staff print free in Labs • Change machines available in HT1 and LMC • Inkjet printing not included in initial rollout • Will keep the existing fleet of printers to save startup costs
Challenges • Re encode all student ID cards • Service Desks in open labs • Print problems and Refunds • Immediate reprint of any job - no card credits • No cash refunds • Paper intense classes (options)
Issues Needing Resolution • Charge monies to Card or to account? • Max dollar amount to charge? • Number and configuration of Print Release stations in Pit? • Color laser option for $1 per page? • Initial rollout consideration • Maximum Prints allowed in classrooms?
Future of Pay for Print (Phase II) • Implement Pay for Print in other Open Labs at GCC/GCCN • Implement Employee Copy Center tracking for GCC main • New printer purchases will include a duplex option