Printing (Confed IT)
Student printing at the College uses a pay-for-print system (PaperCut). Each student is automatically given an allocation of $36 dollars per academic year for printing purposes. This ‘print credit’ is tied to your College account and will allow you to print to any student network printer in a computer lab area. The cost for printing is as follows:
- Black & White = $0.05 cents per/page
- Black & White (double-sided print) = $0.04 cents/page
- Colour (single or double-sided print) = $0.40 cents/page
Printing costs are automatically deducted from a students’ available print balance each time a print job is sent. When you are out of print balance, students must purchase additional print credit at their own expense.
When logged into a on-campus College lab computer, you can view your print credit by viewing the PaperCut desktop pop-up (usually located in top right corner of your screen):
Student PaperCut Printing Features
Using the pop-up PaperCut client, students have access to various printing features such as:
- Online purchasing of additional print credit
- Online history of your printing activity
- Web printing (ability to print to College printers using any device with a web browser)
All of these features can be accessed by clicking on the ‘Details…’ link at the bottom right corner of the PaperCut pop-up client. You can also access your PaperCut printing account by logging into the College MyCampus Portal, clicking the ‘LaunchPad’ link on the left-side menu, and then selecting the ‘Printing’ link.
Printing from Your Mobile Device
Student printers in major lab areas (Shuniah 3rd floor Help Desk, 1st & 2nd floor Library, McIntyre Help Desk, and ACE 2nd floor lab) have been configured to allow students to print from your own laptop or mobile device - this is called Web Printing.
Below is some information on how to use Web Printing:
Purchasing Additional Print Credit
If you run of out print credit, you’ll need to purchase more to continue to print. There are 3 main options for purchasing additional print credit for your account:
- Online payment from your College PaperCut pop-up client.
- In person at the Print Shop (Room B112, 1st floor Shuniah Bldg) using cash, credit, or debit card. Discounted bulk purchase is available at this site only: receive $25 in credits for a $20 payment.
- In person at Library Circulation Desk (2nd floor Shuniah Bldg).
Other Student Printing Services (College Printshop)
The Confederation College Print Shop (located in Rm. B112 - near Parking office on the 1st floor of Shuniah building on Balmoral St. side) offers the following services to students (Talk to the Printshop staff for pricing):
- Bulk printing and photocopying
- Colour printing & photocopying
- Poster (large format) printing
- Binding
- Laminating
Be sure to stop by to see how the Printshop can help you with your printing needs!