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Technology Services Printing, Checking Illini Cash balance
How can I check how much Illini Cash that I have?
- Illini Cash will be discontinued June 30, 2026
- Learn more about Illini Cash: go.illinois.edu/illinicash
- You can no longer add new funds to IlliniCash
- How to Pay For Printing
- Learn more here: go.illinois.edu/PayForPrinting
- Use paid credits in PaperCut
- Purchase credits through the PaperCut user portal
- Some credit card transactions are being held by the issuing bank or processor for review. We recommend, if possible, using a US credit card and purchasing enough Paid Credits to cover your printing for the day or multiple days instead of making multiple small purchases. Multiple small purchases can trigger bank fraud detection for some merchants (banks or processors).
- Have IlliniCash left?
- You can transfer your balance to PaperCut Paid Credits
- Once transfered, Illini Cash can only be used for printing
- In PaperCut, click "Add Illini Cash Credits" to move funds
You can check your Illini Cash by logging in to https://papercut.ics.illinois.edu. On the “Summary” screen there is a line for “Illini Cash”. This is your current balance in the Illini Cash system.
You will also see additional balance lines for various credit accounts. These accounts are only used on specific departmental printers, if enabled by the department that owns them.
You might see a general "Balance" line showing how much printing has been tracked for the school year. However, the general "Balance" does not reflect documents billed through Illini Cash or any payments you have made through Banner.
The only line that shows your IlliniCash balance is the one labeled "Illini Cash".