[committee] New printer

[Anil Sharma]

1c for a page?  So I could have printed my thesis for $1 (well minus the 
glorious colour pages).  It is just toooooo cheap, and has impacted on 
future users (not me).  I know donations are not compulsory, but charging a 
proper amount beforehand would have lessened the need for donations.  It is 
unfair that the same few people (not me)( keep on donating to the club, 
especially in this case where the old printer's usage should have been 
properly paid for.

I just remember being astounded that the new laser printers were being used 
soooo cheaply, and noted that future replacements (of paper, toner and the 
printer itself) were going to cost more than the current running 
costs.  Printers get used very infrequently by the membership as a whole, 
so why shouldn't this small usage have become user pays when we got the 
initial startup for free?

At 11:21 PM 25/04/2005, Trent Lloyd wrote:
>Anil,
>
>In my opinion (I am not on the committee)
>
>1c is perfectly acceptable IMHO. I don't see how charging more for
>prints could have reduced the deterioration in any way.  Keep in mind
>the current printer was probably obtained second hand.
>
>Secondly, asking for more on previous prints would really have not been
>any different than asking for donations at purchase time, and even if we
>did, it's been standard process for some time to ask for donations when
>making purchases (such as the file server, and now the printer).
>
>There is no requirement to donate.
>
>Cheers,
>Trent
>
>On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 22:50 +0800, Anil Sharma wrote:
> > I need to register a protest with asking for donations for the new
> > printer.  Previously we were charging 1c per page.  That was ridiculously
> > low, and charging 5c per page (except for club purposes) would have 
> reduced
> > the deterioration of the previous printers and allowed more funds to
> > purchase a new one.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Anil.
> > BSc. (Neuroscience) Hons.
> >
> >
>--
>Trent Lloyd <lathiat at bur.st>
>Bur.st Networking Inc.

Cheers,
Anil.
BSc. (Neuroscience) Hons.