Information Technology

Printing is a fairly expensive service to provide. As a result, the college allocates a quota each semester to limit how much printing each user can do during the course of the semester and then tracks how much each user prints. The quota is a tool to remind users how much they are printing and that they should be good stewards of a scarce and expensive resource.

As of August 1, 2006, each student will be issued a quota each semester allowing them to print to any printer or plotter in any lab in the college. Engineering majors will receive a 1500 unit quota and non-engineering majors will receive a 300 unit quota. Different printers will consume different amounts of units, with the basic black & white printer consuming 1 unit per printed page. Color prints will consume 10 units per page and plotters will consume a considerable amount more (see each plotter for specific amounts).

The 1500 unit allocation is a large change from past years, but students are urged to be good stewards of this resource. The cost of printing affects equipment and other resource purchases each year.

During the logon process a new window is displayed that shows the user's current balance. To see more details about individual documents printed and other pertinent information, click the "Details" link on this window.