Staff difficulties installing home printers (?)

[LeMarchand]

This one pops up from time to time...

 

We have the requirement to need admin elevation for print drivers removed via GPO, but occasionally a staff member will want the admin password to install a home printer (they don't get it). Does anyone know if they really have difficulties? Or are they trying to install the whole package?

[MatthewL]

Simple answer for me would be no, staff would end up wanting their ink paid for. If they have a corporate device VPN and print to print solution in school, data also kept secure and they can't print of stuff randomly at home that maybe they shouldn't.

[LeMarchand]

Simple answer for me would be no, staff would end up wanting their ink paid for. If they have a corporate device VPN and print to print solution in school, data also kept secure and they can't print of stuff randomly at home that maybe they shouldn't.

 

Junior school, so no appetite for VPNs etc, though they could save to cloud and print on site. Otherwise, I agree. Plus if they are printing "work" stuff, the school should be paying. And if they're not printing work stuff...

 

However SMT are unlikely to side with me if this gets kicked up the chain.

[strawberry]

I'd imagine the difficulty comes when they try to install software that goes with the printer. usually from FREEDRIVERSFORFREE.FREE.Com . or windows trys to install the little apps.

[DrBeaker]

Junior school, so no appetite for VPNs etc, though they could save to cloud and print on site. Otherwise, I agree. Plus if they are printing "work" stuff, the school should be paying. And if they're not printing work stuff...

 

However SMT are unlikely to side with me if this gets kicked up the chain.

 

But if you pull at that thread...."work" stuff, the school should be paying - home electric used for "work", broadband for the internet connection used for "work", a chair for them to sit down in to do their "work", heating, lighting etc etc.

 

What would happen if their partner at home picks up the confidential printout from the printer - that's a GDPR breach then.

[LeMarchand]

But if you pull at that thread...."work" stuff, the school should be paying - home electric used for "work", broadband for the internet connection used for "work", a chair for them to sit down in to do their "work", heating, lighting etc etc.

 

What would happen if their partner at home picks up the confidential printout from the printer - that's a GDPR breach then.

 

I meant that they should only be printing @ school because the school wouldn't be paying for their ink. Good point about GDPR though. I'll use it if I have to. The evasion I'm getting is making me think this may not be for a printer anyway...

[DrBeaker]

I meant that they should only be printing @ school because the school wouldn't be paying for their ink. Good point about GDPR though. I'll use it if I have to. The evasion I'm getting is making me think this may not be for a printer anyway...

 

After years of doing it - I'm SICK of molly-coddling the teaching staff. They're professionals, they can act like it. By comparison to support staff salaries, they are very well-paid so a few sheets of paper and ink are nothing if it's for "teaching and learning". Otherwise wait until you get to work and print it off. I would ask that teacher how they are going to be GDPR-compliant when printing at home?

 

If us techies have to work from home, we don't get a laptop, the time back etc so IMHO (but YMMV) that excuse from a teacher about ink is a cop-out and doesn't fly with me.

 

E.g. We had one teacher the once complain about the quality of printouts from her A3 colour laser printer - upon investigation only to find out she'd been printing off loads of stuff in full colour for her hen party!

[PotNoodleTech]

E.g. We had one teacher the once complain about the quality of printouts from her A3 colour laser printer - upon investigation only to find out she'd been printing off loads of stuff in full colour for her hen party!

 

You couldn't make it up.

 

You are not allowed to bring your own kettles, microwaves etc here. PAT testing and electrical safety in general is sited. For printing you can probably use GDPR too, as the printing at home is not being audited or logged in any way.

 

Frankly, our Ricoh MFDs print such good quality prints, and speedily that no one actually asks me for anything to do with any other printers any more. They've just got used to having secure, fast, good value up to A3 duplex colour printing as an when needed.