Information about the UITS printing account at IUB

On this page:

• About the UITS printing account
• Who may have a printing account
• Getting a printing account
• Checking your account's print allotment
• Expiration of printing account

About the UITS printing account

The UITS printing account provides access to UITS-managed printing services on the Indiana University Bloomington campus. UITS provides printing services in all of its Student Technology Centers (STCs), as well as the Residential Technology Centers (RTCs).

Who may have a printing account

Because the STCs are funded entirely from the Student Technology Fee, unrestricted access to these facilities is limited to students and to faculty who teach in the STCs and, in the case of the RTCs, those living in campus housing. To better control the costs associated with providing printing services, UITS provides an STC printing allotment at IUB. The size of the allotment allocated to students is based upon their status as undergraduate, graduate, or professional students, and is intended to permit 85% of IUB students to print free of charge.

Through a partnership with the IU Libraries, the UITS printing account also provides access to printing services to patrons of libraries on the IUB campus. Other departmental partnerships provide similar access to selected computing facilities around campus. UITS printing accounts are also available for a fee to those departments wishing to sponsor individual or departmental printing accounts.

Departments also purchase access to printing services when they purchase STC access for their conference participants.

Note: Sponsors must keep records of all conference account users. In the case of a security or policy violation, the sponsor must be able to supply identity and contact information for the user of the offending account at the time of the incident, and must assist in problem resolution.

Getting a printing account

Registered students and faculty are automatically entitled to a printing account. Departments may purchase additional UITS printing accounts by contacting  stcprint@indiana.edu . If you are affiliated with IUB, you may purchase an account or add a supplemental allotment to an existing account. To do so, visit the UITS Support Center walk-in location in the Information Commons (IC).

If you are a student or faculty member, to verify that your printing account is activated, go to the printing allotment page at:

If your account does not appear, send a printing account request to  stcprint@indiana.edu , visit a UITS Support Center walk-in location, or contact the UITS Support Center in Bloomington at 812-855-6789.

Checking your allotment

If you are a student, you will be billed for any printing over your allotment. All other UITS printing accounts must have an available balance in order to print. For more information on your printing allotment, see About STC printing allotments at IUB.

Note: To avoid unexpected charges on your bursar bill, check your UITS printing allotment regularly at:

Expiration of printing account

Your printing account at IUB does not expire unless you are no longer enrolled in classes; that is, it remains active just as your other accounts do.

For more about the UITS Student Technology Centers, including site locations, hours, printing practices, and available software and hardware, see:

• IUB STCs
• IUPUI STCs

Also see:

• In the IU STCs and RTCs, what are the printing standards and practices?
• At IUB, how can a student organization apply for a printing allotment?
• At IUB, how can staff members or affiliates print in the STCs?
• About STC printing allotments at IUB
• At IU, how can I conserve paper in the STCs?