Compare paper usage from before the program started in 1993, with paper usage immediately after the program started, through today. LPCR allowed OIT to continue to offer printing in the labs without the large expense entailed by free printing. There were no commercial solutions available for print management when LPCR started, so a solution was developed inhouse. These take advantage of the PJL language in order to set page limits, get page counts, etc. Large labs generally have two printers in a double-headed queue.
All printers run in postscript mode.
This handles print account transactions, and is currently kept on bank, a Dec running Ultrix 4.3. This handles transactions made from Dining Service Accounts to print accounts. It's kept on bank. Ingres database For account information. Keyserver Ripem provides the encryption for account authentication.