Printing Cost, Quota, and Printing Directly from Papercut

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

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.
    • 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

    1. To print using the PaperCut web portal visit the PaperCut website.
    2. Navigate to 'Web Print' on the left-hand sidebar. When you click on that, it should take you to the following page:
      Here's the first page of the 'Web Print' process on PaperCut
      Once here, go ahead and click on 'Submit a Job' to move on to the next stage.
    3. Next, you'll be prompted to select a printer. So that you're not searching through every University printer to find the one you need, click on 'Quick Search' at the top and navigate to 'iSchool' in the dropdown menu. Once you do so, it should show you a list of iSchool printers, like so:
      Here's a list of the iSchool printers accessible through PaperCut
      Once you have selected your printer, click on 'Print Options and Account Selection' at the bottom.
    4. Next, you'll just select which account you'd like to charge it to. You can choose your own, any shared accounts you might have access to, or you can enter in a PIN for another shared account. Once you have selected an account, click on 'Upload Documents' at the bottom in order to proceed to the final step.
    5. The last step is the simplest, just drag & drop your files or click on 'Upload from computer' to open up your computer's file search. Find the document you want, and upload it. Hitting 'Upload & Complete' will send your job to your selected printer and bill your account.

      • 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:
iSchool U. in School of Information Sciences
Created:
2023-03-15
Updated:
2024-11-04
Sites:
University of Illinois School of Information Sciences