Re: [OT] Pay-per-click Colour Printers

[Jon Whiten <jon.whiten@xxxxxxxxx>]

The RPCS driver allows you to select either colour or B/W for the
print job (as output from Word say).

In direct response to "Do they auto-sense colour use? I.e. What
happens if you print a 20 page word document with only pages 1 and 9
having colour?"

Ours certainly does not auto detect colour - you pre-select this in
the print driver.  If you print "20 page word document with only pages
1 and 9 having colour" then you get 20 pages colour or 20 pages B/W as
per the print driver setting.


Our printer is very similar but includes a document server - I
resolved this by outputting 1 B/W side to the document server ans 1
Colour side to the document server and then printing these 2 files
duplex - the meter then clicks 1 colour copy and 1 B/W copy.

This solution is rubbish if the content is constantly changing and/or
low volumes printed.  If printing high volumes it is worth the effort.

I looked at Desktop Binder to try and create a single print job but
all I can do with that is assemble several documents (from several
sources if required) into one and then output this as an entire Colour
print or entire B/W print. :(



HTH

;oj

On 8/31/05, Rob Mouser <groups@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, sorry for the OT but I'm trying to help a friend out. He has a
Gestetner
> DSc38 colour printer that he purchased outright but pays for toner and
> maintenance through a pay per click/page deal. About a penny for
B&W A4 and
> 8p for colour.
>
>
>
> The problem is that he had recently noticed his bills were VERY high
and
> when investigated noticed that the A3 duplex documents he prints (in
> quantity) were clicking up at 4 colour sheets. Now, only the front and
back
> are in colour the centre is totally B&W text so the real cost
should be 2 x
> 8p colour, 2 x 1p b&W.
>
>
>
> The company involved agrees with this calculation but says the error
has
> been caused by the incorrect install of the drivers when a PC was
replaced.
> The drivers are RPC5 and can be downloaded from Gestetners web site. I
have
> trawled every section of the driver setup windows and can find nothing
about
> recognising centre pages or anything like that as B&W.
>
>
>
> My question is does anyone have any knowledge of how these
pay-per-click
> printers work? Do they auto-sense colour use? I.e. What happens if you
print
> a 20 page word document with only pages 1 and 9 having colour?
>
>
>
> Any insight appreciated as this is all getting a little nasty and the
> overcharge runs into several thousand pounds which for his small
business is
> a lot of money.
>
>
>
> Rob
>
>
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