IT is using a print quota management system called PaperCut for network printing from lab computers.

PaperCut also offers features that include, but are not limited to:

• Print from your personal computer by uploading Microsoft Office or PDF files to a webpage and sending to a lab printer;
• Transfer quota from one person to another; and
• Manage your account online via a webpage showing your quota usage and environmental impact.

Print jobs cost $0.05 per page for single-sided black & white printouts, or $0.04 per page for double-sided black & white printouts (a 20% discount). Color printing in the Christopher Center costs $0.25/page; duplexing is not available with color printing at this time.

Students are given a monetary credit in their PaperCut account. The print quota granted each fall and spring semester is $15. Students registered for summer classes are granted a $7.50 print quota for each summer session in which they are enrolled. The $15 print quota is equivalent to 300 single-sided black & white printouts but can be used in any combination of printouts. Print quotas will carry over from fall into spring semester; the quotas will be reset at the end of the academic year.

Faculty and staff are not given a monetary quota in this system, but will still be able to print in locations using the PaperCut system. The School of Law will be transitioning their public printers to the PaperCut system at some point in the future, and law students will be included in the same print quotas.

In labs where the PaperCut software is installed, a second login box will pop up.

• On Windows XP computers, this login box appears after you send a job to the printer.
• On Windows 7, the login box appears after Windows loads.

Login using your ValpoNet username and password and select the length of time you wish to remain logged in. After logging in, a small window will appear in the upper right of your screen and shows your current balance. Click the “Details” link to check your account balance, transfer pages, or access information about your usage; you will be redirected to a webpage with this information. If you wish to minimize the window, an icon will become available in the system tray (lower right, next to the time display).

As of August 11, 2011, the following locations have had the necessary software installed to print through the new system.

• 807 Mound residence hall lab
• Alumni residence hall lab
• Brandt residence hall lab
• Christopher Center (all classrooms and open computer areas)
• Dickmeyer Hall lab
• Guild residence hall lab
• Harre Union:
  • 24 hour lab
  • Student Organization Suite
• Kade Duesenberg German House lab
• Lankenau residence hall lab
• LeBien lab
• Meier Hall language lab
• Miller Hall lab
• Scheele residence hall lab
• Urschel Hall lab (119)
• Wehrenberg residence hall lab

If you have questions about PaperCut or printing on campus, please contact the Help Desk (webhelpdesk.valpo.edu, it.helpdesk@valpo.edu, 219.464.5678).