iSchool Printing Cost, Quota, and Printing Directly from Papercut

A guide to printing costs, quotas, and Papercut for undergraduate and graduate students.

Quota information for iSchool faculty, staff, and students:

Undergraduate student printing (BSIS & BSIS+DS):

  • 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.

 

Graduate student printing (MSLIS, MSIM, MSBIO, & 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.
  • 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 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.

 

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

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

 

Print directly from PaperCut (Web Print)

  1. Navigate to the PaperCut website
  2. Select Web Print on the left-hand sidebar
    • all documents printed via Web Print are automatically double-sided, with no option to switch to single sided
  3. Click the Submit a Job button
  4. Click on Quick Search at the top and select iSchool from the drop-down menu and click the search arrow to narrow printer options down to iSchool printers
  5. Select the printer you want and click Print Options and Account Selection at the bottom
  6. Select which account you'd like to charge it to
  7. click on Upload Documents at the bottom
  8. Drag & drop your files or click on 'Upload from computer' to find the document you want, and upload it
  9. Select Upload & Complete to send your job to the selected printer

    • 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.

     

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Keywords:
Printing Cost Quota Papercut webprint "web print"
Doc ID:
124863
Owned by:
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Created:
2023-03-15
Updated:
2025-05-29
Sites:
University of Illinois School of Information Sciences
Clean URL:
https://answers.uillinois.edu/ischool/printing-cost-quota-and-papercut