Printing
Printers
The library houses several public printers located on the first, second and third floors. These printers are accessible from all library computers and Mobile Learning-issued laptops for the 2009-2010 academic year.
Print Balance
Each student starts out with a B&W print balance of 1,000 pages included in their student IT fee. If your print balance runs out you may purchase an additional prints at the bookstore for 3 cents a page or $30.00 for 1,000. Colour printing is available in the Learning Commons and prints can be purchased at the bookstore for 15 cents a page.
To check your print balance on a desktop computer login to your profile and view the print balance icon. Laptop computer users can access their print balance by going to the following URL: http://osfp01/balance.exe.
Solutions to Printing Problems:
The printer has a message screen which may indicate the problem:
1 . If the message screen displays a READY message, then there are not any printer problems. Check the following:
- Printing is provided by IT Services and only current students can access these printers. Other patrons cannot print but can send documents to an email account.
- The computers in the library have been configured to print to the public printer on the floor where the computer is located. To allow printing to another public printer or to print from a Mobile Learning laptop the printer must be added.
- The printers in the library default to double-sided printing. To change the set up to one-sided printing click here.
- The printers in the library do NOT print to legal size paper. To check/change the paper size of your document:
- File
- Page Setup
- Paper
- Paper size
- Change to `Letter 8.5 x 11 in' if necessary
- OK (to save any changes)
- Print from the 'Print' option within your document. Learn more about printing a pdf document from a browser.
- Students are provided with a limited number of free prints each academic year. Your 'print account' may be empty. For further details see print balance above.
- If all of the above are okay then ask for assistance at the Circulation desk.
2 . If the message screen says TRAY 1 EMPTY, then the printer should print from the other tray(s). Check other possible problems in step one above.
3 . If the message screen says TONER LOW, then the printer should still print. Check other possible problems in step one above.
4 . If the message screen is displaying a message other than those listed above or it still won't print please ask for assistance at the Circulation desk. There is no direct cost for this printing, however there is a maximum volume (1000 pages) of printing per student.
Q. Can I find out how many pages I have left of printing, before I reach my limit of 1000 pages?
A. Yes, you can inquire about your balance at the IT Support Centre in the Learning Commons or at any library computer.
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