**College Students Only** Please take my Printer Survey (for Marketing Class)

[brtspears2]

Done, but like the DVD rental vending machine, it doesn't sound practical.

 

[Gooose]

done

 

[AnandAdam]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain
done.

you'd need some foam or something at the bottom of the machine so the cartridges wouldn't get all messed up by the fall.

That's a really good point and good idea.. dropping cartridges on the floor can cause them to have dead spots on the print head.

 

[A5]

There's one of these at my student center (GaTech). The prices are ok, but I've never had reason to use it as I have a laser printer...

 

[AnandAdam]

really? About how many different types of cartridges does it have in it? Does it pretty much look like a normal vending machine?

 

[AnandAdam]

Originally posted by: A5
There's one of these at my student center (GaTech). The prices are ok, but I've never had reason to use it as I have a laser printer...

Can you tell me if it accepts credit cards/student card?

 

[So]

As a laser printer owner, I rarely buy toner (I'm a low duty user, 5-20 pages per week) but if I were to run out of toner, I would not buy it from a vending machine. I'd go and use one of the computing labs on campus, since I have a ~300page quota that I never use. I'd simply wait until I could get a decent price for a replacement toner cart.

 

[AnandAdam]

Yeah, that's why we would be focusing on inkjet owners because the cartridge replacement rate is about much more frequent than with laser printers.

 

[Beller0ph1]

Done and done. Good luck with that project.

 

[AnandAdam]

Great thanks.. got about 170 out of 300 surveys complete.

 

[Chaotic42]

Done

 

[Luden]

Did.

 

[imported_digitalelegance]

Done and done.

 

[A5]

Originally posted by: AnandAdam

Originally posted by: A5
There's one of these at my student center (GaTech). The prices are ok, but I've never had reason to use it as I have a laser printer...

Can you tell me if it accepts credit cards/student card?

I'll swing by tommorow and take a look. It looks like a normal machine, just instead of snacks, it has ink cartridges. Send me a PM to remind me...

 

[FreshFish]

Done+Free Bump

 

[kerokeroppi82]

done, man I need to get some sleep

 

[Kipper]

Done. Good luck. I've heard some schools already have this system in place...was it MIT, Georgia Tech or somewhere else?

 

[DaWhim]

done. how about a vending machine that will also sell, cdr/cdrw, dvdr/dvdrw, keyboard, mouse, headset, etc.? maybe usb flashdrive too.

beside, you really can't make a vending machine that sell inkjet cartridge. how many brand of inkjet cartridge you need to keep in there?

 

[Darien]

Done

 

[RbSX]

dun dun dun dun.. DONE.

 

[Kaido]

Done. That's an awesome idea!

 

[bandana163]

Done and done.

 

[dman]

It's a very good idea, except, that's a lot of expensive stuff in a small location with likely, limited security. And college students, in general, aren't very kind or respectful to vending machines.

 

[Eli]

Better budget for extra machines.

Cause you're going to go through a lot of them when people give it 25$ and the package gets stuck and doesen't fall down.

 

[rocadelpunk]

Originally posted by: Eli
Better budget for extra machines.

Cause you're going to go through a lot of them when people give it 25$ and the package gets stuck and doesen't fall down.

: P


done.