[isf-wifidog] Printing for IleSansFil Users

[Michael Lenczner]

it sounds interesting.  I know it would work well for st. laurent
because there are two copy centers on that street.

I know that the wireless project on newbury street in boston has this
kind of functionality.


http://www.newburyopen.net/


On 5/26/05, Daniel Enright <denright at atwaterlibrary.ca> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> 
> Most people who print, put their documents onto a USB key and print from
> one of the desktops.  This leaves a few problems, such as the fact that we
> need to be able to read that particular type of document from their disk,
> etc. So...
> 
> We have a beast of a printer (very dark soul fyi).  It talks Raw TCP
> Print, LPD Print, IPP Print, FTP Print, Netware Print, etc.
> 
> One downside, due to the cost of printing, we do have to charge for it. To
> help enforce this, on the desktops when print is selected it gets put into
> a private queue on the printer so we can confirm the number of pages, etc
> with the patron (they are listed by the Windy'ows computer name).
> 
> Anyway, before I embark on the project I thought I would send this message
> for any thoughts y'all might have.
> 
> What would be nice... when IleSansFil users log in, they could see some
> kind of box on the left of the portal page indicating the printer at their
> location, perhaps a status of the printer, and idealy a one button connect
> to it.
> 
> But before I start flexing my keyboard, your thoughts first... maybe you
> don't want the portal pages to have something like that, maybe it already
> exists, or maybe you think I am on crack.
> 
> Dan
> 
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