Printing Cost, Quota, and Papercut

Undergraduate student printing (BSIS):

• Undergraduate students with BSIS or BSIS+DS as their primary major have a printing quota of $10 per semester for fall and spring. This quota can only be used on printers at the iSchool.

• Both black and white and color printing costs $0.10 per page. Color printing is available on Optimus (located on the 2nd floor near the Help Desk at 501 E Daniel) and Luna (located on the 4th floor near the Help Desk and reception desk at 614 E Daniel).

  • If you use up the $10 in print quota, additional pages will be charged at $0.40 per page.

• Unused printing quotas do not carry over from semester to semester. Additional printing quota can be purchased on the IlliniCash website.

iSchool graduate student printing (MSLIS, MSIM, and CAS):

• iSchool graduate students have a printing quota of $21 each semester, including the summer. You must be currently enrolled in an iSchool course to have this quota. This quota can only be used on printers at the iSchool.
  
  • You may check your printing balance on the Illinois Papercut page. 
• Both black and white and color printing costs $0.10 per page. Color printing is available on Optimus (located on the 2nd floor near the Help Desk at 501 E Daniel) and Luna (located on the 4th floor near the Help Desk and reception desk at 614 E Daniel). 
• Unused printing quotas do not carry over from semester to semester. Additional printing quota can be purchased on the IlliniCash website.

iSchool Faculty, Staff, PhD, and MS students with assistantships:

• iSchool Faculty, Staff, and PhD students have free, unlimited printing, although it is tracked.

PaperCut

• To print using the PaperCut web portal (without needing to install printer drivers), see instructions from the Library. 
  • Mobile device printing from PaperCut is available at the following locations:
    • Ariel, Atlas, Charon, Luna, Mimas, Styx, and Titan printers located at 614 E. Daniel St. 
    • Optimus, Janus, Chip, Augustus, and Bumblebee printers located at 501 E. Daniel St.