Odd Printer/Print Writer question

[mcrump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I have a payroll/time clock application.  We are planning on allowing employees
to inquire on their timecards and check stubs in a centralized terminal method -
I call it a kiosk.  Application security on the terminal is fairly robust with
the use of timers and badge readers.  My problem is we want to enable an
employee to print their information.

What I can't let happen is let someone print their check stub, run into some
printer problem (jam, out of paper, etc.), walk away from the kiosk, have the
problem solved, and the information prints after the employee leaves and is at
risk of being picked up by someone else.

This kind of 'process' is completely foreign to how we have operated in the
past.  I was wondering if anyone had some similar scenarios or any suggestions.
I am currently thinking of:

1.) some sort of monitor environment whereby printed information is
automatically deleted in an error situation.
2.) direct print from the application.
3.) starting and stopping the writer from within the online program with
feedback to the program on error situations.

Of course, I would like to do this with minimal or no modification to the
existing online program.....


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