Administration to allow for free prints for a period of time

[jzairo]

Some libraries provide free prints for patrons on a per-day / per-month basis.

It would be great to specify or have a preference where administrators can provide a dollar amount or copies, per day/month, in administration.

[sekjal]

I think a dollar amount would be the most appropriate, since it balances for number of pages and color/b&w chroming price differences. This could be accomplished a couple different ways:

• a scheduled job adds $x.xx, or sets the user's balance to a minimum of $x.xx (to avoid wiping out funds actually paid in with currency)
• a separate value is added to all patron accounts, gratis-funds or the like, which gets the above treatment and is used first