CS Graduate Student Print Quotas
Graduate students are allowed to print 2000 pages per semester.
One page is considered to be one side of one page. Duplex printing
counts as 2 pages even though only one sheet is used. You will be
charged 5 cents per page once you exceed your quota.
If you would like to check your print quota, please use the
CS Print Quota tool.
Keep in mind:
- Check the format of the document before you print using lpr.
Only text documents and .ps documents will print correctly.
Pictures, pdfs, .doc and other application document files will
print in code and waste pages of your quota.
- Make sure you know which printer you are printing to. In windows
this is fairly straight forward. On your UNIX account, make sure
you have a default printer assigned, and
remember that the default printer is set to be the printer in the
grad lab. If you print and nothing comes out, go check the grad
lab before printing again, especially if the file is large.
If you print a 100 page document 4 times to the wrong
printer, it will be deducted from your print quota.
- Print out large documents with multiple pages on each sheet.
Windows usually includes this option in the printer dialogue box.
On UNIX, use the "mpage" command instead
of lpr. Also take advantage of Powerpoint's built-in capability to
print between 2 and 12 slides on each page when printing
presentations and class notes.
For TAs and RAs
During the semester you should keep a record of all TA and RA related
printing. If you go over your 2000 page quota, you will receive an
email stating the amount you owe for your excess printouts. At this
point, you should contact the faculty member you work for and inform
them of the number of pages charged to your quota that were a direct
result of your research or teaching responsibilities. Research printing
will need to paid for with a cufs number, and the department will pay
for TA related printing. Your research advisor, or instructor, should
send email to Jim MacDonald ()
with the number of pages that should be removed from your quota and
charged to the department or to a research cufs account.
See UNIX Printing and
Windows Printing for more information.
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