[comp.sys.next] printer vs. Kinko's

adams@jif.berkeley.edu (Jeffrey P. Adams) (05/31/90)

Occasionally I have to write a paper on the NeXT and I need to
make twenty or so copies of the finished product for classmates,
friends, etc.  If the paper is 30 pages long, we're talking about
several hundred pages of finished stuff.

Q: How much does it REALLY cost me to use the printer on the
   NeXT?  Should I make one copy and go to Kinko's (6 cents/page)
   or should I just let the printer run for an hour?

Assume the paper itself costs 1 cent per page.  What are the per-page
estimates on toner and printer wear?  Surely someone has figured
this out already...?

(I know when I was at school and the printer wasn't mine, they
told me to make copies elsewhere.  Was that just to keep the
printers free, or what?)

Jeff Adams
adams@ucscl.ucsc.edu