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For some students, printing is on the house
UA seeks to provide at least a few free pages to all undergrads, but University questions feasibility
Helen Yoon
The administrative costs required to create an infrastructure that would differentiate SAS students from their peers would be too high, he added.
But around the country, numerous universities allow students to print at no cost. Princeton University and Dartmouth College both provide unlimited gratuitous printing to their students, Decker said.
Neither school returned requests for comment on how such a system was implemented.
In order to implement such a system, funding is the crucial issue - especially for a school as large as Penn.
"The size of the student body is so overwhelming," Decker said, which is why free printing may not be a feasible option.
And according to Comroe, even at eight cents per page, Wharton is already subsidizing the cost of printing.
Aside from the need to cover the costs, computing administrators cited another reason for the impracticality of such generous printing policies. They say that students may print irresponsibly, leading to both unnecessary waste and environmental problems.
But around the country, numerous universities allow students to print at no cost. Princeton University and Dartmouth College both provide unlimited gratuitous printing to their students, Decker said.
Neither school returned requests for comment on how such a system was implemented.
In order to implement such a system, funding is the crucial issue - especially for a school as large as Penn.
"The size of the student body is so overwhelming," Decker said, which is why free printing may not be a feasible option.
And according to Comroe, even at eight cents per page, Wharton is already subsidizing the cost of printing.
Aside from the need to cover the costs, computing administrators cited another reason for the impracticality of such generous printing policies. They say that students may print irresponsibly, leading to both unnecessary waste and environmental problems.
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Mathias
posted 2/12/08 @ 11:59 AM EST
Free printing is a really bad idea. When I was an undergrad, my college decided to switch from 10 cents per page to free printing between my sophomore and junior years. (Continued…)
Engineer
posted 2/12/08 @ 12:11 PM EST
As usual, the DP got their facts wrong. Engineers get limited free printing at 5 pages per half hour, not 5 per day. It's oversights like this that cause one to question the validity of all the stories in this paper. (Continued…)
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