Startup Offers Free Printing On College Campuses In Exchange For Ads On Pages

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<p>"At first glance, this seems like a terrible idea, but that’s because we aren’t thinking like college students. The company, Freenter (get it? Free printer) is based on a similar company that’s currently thriving in South Korea, where the founders are from. They launched the service at their school, the University of Chicago, and are now expanding it to other campuses.</p>

<p>Students who are part of the program can get up to 100 color pages printed for free each month. Color, that’s key, because it means that the ads print out in full color too." …</p>

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<p><a href="http://consumerist.com/2014/04/15/startup-offers-free-printing-on-college-campuses-in-exchange-for-ads-on-pages/"&gt;http://consumerist.com/2014/04/15/startup-offers-free-printing-on-college-campuses-in-exchange-for-ads-on-pages/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>definitely a nice idea but I imagine many professors would start having a “no ads” rule on assignments.</p>

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<p>It’s a new idea. But…why would you want an ad on your paper or assignment? If I had a research paper to print, I don’t want Maybelline amd Papa Johns ads on it. What does the printed paper even look like? Is the ad on a cover sheet? On the assignment itself. </p>

<p>One thing I do know is this will never come to my university anytime soon, and for that I am thankful.</p>

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<p>I am a professor. No way am I accepting papers like this. OTOH, I receive all my papers electronically, so no big deal.</p>

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<p>This idea is a derivative of free efaxing services where it’s free long-distance faxing so long as the first page promoted their efaxing service and their sponsors. </p>