Student Printing Policy

Network printing is available using shared printers located in the academic labs. ITS staff maintains the shared printing equipment. Students may configure their personal computer to print to one of these shared printers, or they may connect a personal printer directly to their computer. Information on this service and instructions on configuring one’s computer to use a campus printer can be found online by going to http://helpdesk.centre.edu clicking on the "View our Online Knowledge Base" button, and then clicking on the "Printers" section.

Students are allocated $33.00/year – the equivalent of 660 black and white printed pages for the entire academic year. Students may supplement their initial allocation by depositing funds for additional printing through our Papercut print management system by visiting the Cashier's Office on the 1st floor of Horkey House or the front desk of the Library.  The Library will sell Papercut print code cards in $5, $10 and $20 increments. Students will buy a code card at the desk, go to the nearest computer and visit https://print-server.centre.edu:9192/user and enter their code from their print code card. Print codes are one-time use so you do not have to keep the code card after your code has been entered into Papercut system.

Your account is debited the appropriate amount for the charges once the document is printed, not before; however, any discrepancies with charges should be reported as soon as the event occurs to ensure ITS can validate the claim.

There is a modest discount for duplex printing. Discounts are also available for print jobs scheduled with Centre Document Services.

In addition to loading up the printer drivers following the instructions in the Knowledge Base.  You can also print by emails the Hold and Release queue (campusprinter@centre.edu) and you will get back a confirmation email to let you know it’s been processed.  It will process both black/white and color automatically and accepts the same file formats listed below.   The email body is not printed but the attachment is, if it is on this list, you can release the file from the Hold Queue by swiping your card on the printer and accessing the Hold and Release icon.   If you have files not in this format you would need to save it that way print it.  An  example of this would be printing an email, you would need to save it (likely as a PDF), attach it to another email and then send it to the printer.