SHS removes classroom printers, installs print stations in halls
October 10, 2016
If Ai??an SHS student or teacher said, “someday my prints will come,” they won’t be coming to the classrooms.
SHS has created new printing procedures for Ai??the entire school.
In previous years, every classroom used to contain printers. Coming into the year 2016, the SASD has made a change, perhaps for the better. Printing stations have been set up, (about 13), in every corner of the high school which will any student or teacher to print at any given time, in nearly every given place.
According to principal Mr. Jeffrey Sodl , the printing stations should save the district approximately $40,000-$50,000 dollars a year. Printer paper is not only expensive, but the ink is as well and no one knew how often teacher’s printers would break down.
The one concern students have is when they will find the time to actually print. There are only four minutes between classes, and some students do not have a study hall.Ai??The only logical time to go would be during lunch.
ai???To be honest, this new printer setup doesn’t seem like a completely horrible idea, but the fact that we weren’t thoroughly taught how to use them makes it harder to appreciate them,” said senior Sadie Unangst.
Senior Naomi Chan begs to differ: Ai??ai???Yes I have used a printer station and I really like the idea! It’s very practical and useful and easy! Students have better access to printing because they can send it and pick it up on the way to class. Ai??It does cause a traffic jam, but only in certain hallways so it’s livable.”
While some students may not be excited about the new printer system, this is just one more step in the “paperless” direction the district intends to travel. Ai??One more example of that, according to Sodl, is the student handbook, which is now only available online.
Ravondis Cooper • Oct 24, 2017 at 5:41 PM
the idea of having a printer sounds convenient but at the same time there’re no study halls and you have to print during your lunch period I can find that frustrating, the idea is useful and beneficial for teachers and students
Julia Noonan • Apr 21, 2017 at 7:36 AM
I feel like it would be more convenient to have a printer in every classroom rather than having to leave the classroom to get something printed.
Amberise colon • Mar 1, 2017 at 5:56 PM
Why do they put the printer in the classrooms and I am Curious about that .
Zaria Boisselle • Mar 1, 2017 at 7:24 AM
I love the new printing stations. Its very convenient compared to the past printing styles. It would he cool if we can print from our phones, I feel that will make it much easier. I hope to see what else this new idea of printing will bring for the school.
Gabriel Howard • Jan 23, 2017 at 7:26 AM
I think that so far through this year, the printing stations have been an astounding success. They are incredibly easy to use, once you get used to them of course, they so far are saving a lot of money for printing paper, and they as a whole are just more reliable than classroom printers.
I hope I can continue to use thiese printing stations for my Junior and Senior year here as a means of reliable printing out documents.
Malachi • Jan 20, 2017 at 8:58 AM
I think its a good idea to make the printer in the hallway. Its much more convenient than the library
Ravondis Cooper • Oct 24, 2017 at 5:42 PM
I agree with you as well