Paper Saving Idea for ParSCORE Users

Ralph F. Lewis, Economics Department

     I found a simple yet interesting idea for 
saving paper.  As many of you ParSCORE users know, 
printing individual test feedback reports (for 
each student) can consume a great deal of paper. 
And, if you would like to print progress reports 
for each student it requires twice as much paper.
Well how about this idea?

Laserjet printer users
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Print the test reports for each student first, 
then take the printed reports and deal them 
like a deck of cards so that the top one (the 
first one alphabetically in your roster) 
becomes the bottom one and the top one is the 
last person in your roster.  Now place the 
printed reports in the paper tray, blank side 
up, and proceed to print the progress reports 
for each student.  
The result:  The test report is on one side 
and the student's progress report is on the 
other. Not only will this same money on paper 
but it will probably be more informative 
and convenient for students.

Tractor Feed, Dot Matrix Printer
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This is even easier for these printers because 
all you have to do is turn over the paper and 
feed it into the printer with the first person 
alphabetically going in first.  It is a good 
idea to leave at least two blank pages on each 
end so that you do not have problems starting the 
feed and with paper out warning at the end.

In order to get only one test report printed per 
page, dot matrix users (and Laserjet users too) 
should make sure that ParSCORE is configured 
for a page length of 59 lines per page rather 
than 66.

Note:  For this to work it is essential that you 
print out test reports for all students, not just 
those who took the test.


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For more information, contact 

Ralph F. Lewis, Economics Department
Orange Coast College
2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 USA 
College Office (714) 432-5852 
Voice mail: (714) 259-8887 x620
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