About STC printing allotments at IUB

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About the STC printing allotment at IUB

At Indiana University Bloomington, black-and-white printing is funded through the Student Technology Fee, enabling more than 85% of students to print free of charge.

Sheets of paper printed in duplex (on both sides) count as two pages. Blank and filler pages printed will deduct from an individual's print quota. For more, see At IUB, why do I have a charge for printing on my bursar bill?

You can verify your printing account is active and check your current printing allotment at Print Links.

Standard printing allotments

All registered students, student organizations, and faculty receive a standard printing allotment as follows:

	Undergraduates:	650 pages per semester (rollover available)
	Graduate students:	1,000 pages per semester (rollover available)
	Student organizations:	400 pages per semester (with faculty sponsorship)
	Faculty:	200 pages per semester (for instructional purposes)

Student organizations must be registered with the Student Activities Office and have a group username. To obtain an account, faculty or staff sponsors of student organizations should go to Account Management Service (AMS). Click Manage my computing accounts, and then Request new group username.

Once a student organization has a UITS account, faculty or staff sponsors can apply for the allotment by contacting stcprint@indiana.edu .

Printing balances are tabulated immediately after finals every semester. Printing between semesters counts against the upcoming semester.

Bonus pages

Graduate students working on their dissertations and those employed as associate instructors (AIs) are eligible for an additional printing bonus.

Graduate students associated with a research project not supported by funds from their faculty advisor or their department may also be eligible for an additional bonus. Faculty sponsorship is required.

Students, faculty, and staff living in campus housing are also eligible for bonus pages. Other departments may also offer bonus pages through an STC partnership.

	Dissertation bonus: (one time only)	500 pages (upon faculty request)
	AI bonus: (semester employed)	500 pages (automatic, by fourth week)
	Research bonus:	500 pages (upon faculty request)
	Residential bonus: (semester in residence)	100 pages (automatic, by fourth week)

To get your dissertation bonus, your faculty advisor must email stcprint@indiana.edu .

Your AI or residential bonus should be granted no later than the following:

For fall: October 1
For spring: February 1
For summer: June 1

If you have not received your bonus by these dates, email stcprint@indiana.edu .

Rollover

After the end of each fall semester, you have until mid-February to request a rollover of up to 300 pages of unused fall allotment into the spring semester. Similarly, following the end of the spring semester through June, you can request a rollover of up to 300 pages of unused spring allotment into summer. If you are eligible for a rollover, you will find instructions for processing your rollover on your printing allotment pages. Be sure to apply for your rollover before the deadline.

Note: Rollover is not available for fall semester.

To request your rollover, after finals each semester, log into Print Links. If you have leftover pages, you will see You have xxx excess pages from last semester available to rollover to your current balance. Would you like to roll them over now? Click Here!

Color printing

Note: Black-and-white output printed from an STC color printer costs the same as color output. The charges are based on which printer you use, not the colors you print.

Color printing is available at competitive rates; for prices and locations, see In the IUB STCs and RTCs, where can I print in color, and what are the costs? Charges are billed through your bursar account at the end of each semester.

Supplemental printing allotments

If you are not a student and your printing needs are unpredictable, supplemental allotments provide pay-as-you-go flexibility. They are available to anyone with a valid IUB username.

Supplemental allotments are also ideal for departments that wish to compensate students and/or employees for work-related printing.

	Black-and-white:	$4 per 100 pages (funded by individual or department)
	Color printing:	$1 increments (funded by individual or department)

Departments organizing conferences or workshops using the STCs or Residential Technology Centers (RTCs) and paying the Conference Technology Fee may also wish to provide supplemental printing allotments for their program participants. These arrangements should be made when the conference technology fee is paid. See About conference use of the STCs, or contact STC Conference Services at stcconf@indiana.edu .

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.

Departments wishing to arrange for a supplemental allotment for their students, faculty, or staff can contact stcprint@indiana.edu . To avoid delays, provide a departmental account number, the username of the individual, and the size of the supplement.

Individuals can purchase a supplemental allotment for themselves at the UITS Support Center in the IC. Supplemental allotments are available in $4 increments for black-and-white pages, or $1 increments for color printing. Unused balances will be carried over into upcoming semesters.

Individuals can purchase supplemental printing using a departmental account at the UITS Support Center in the IC. If a departmental account number is not available at the time of purchase, the following options are available for reimbursement:

Individuals can pay in advance and take the register receipt from their purchase to the department. The department will then need to directly contact stcprint@indiana.edu before the semester ends.
Individuals with available quota can print and then show their account's printed jobs at Print Links to their department. The department can then make a request for a departmental charge directly to stcprint@indiana.edu before the semester ends.

Notes:

The individual's bursar account does not get billed for these charges because they are paid directly by the department before the semester ends.
The department does not need to generate a check to reimburse the individual.
To confirm the charges on the student's behalf, all STC Printing Services needs is the student's IU Network ID username or University ID (UID).

Refunds

Credit for damaged or unprinted output is available upon request at IUB STC locations. See the consultant as soon as possible after your loss. If a consultant is not on site, call 812-855-3802 for assistance. Refunds should be handled immediately, and cannot be issued after the semester ends.

The TCC group can offer refunds for pages that are unacceptable due to printer or system error, system failure, or poor print quality, for example:

Unacceptable output due to low toner
Smudges on your printouts
Wrinkles in your pages
Incomplete print jobs due to system-generated errors or jobs cancelled at the printer

The TCC group cannot offer refunds for mistakes or output you did not expect, for example:

Color mismatching
Improper formatting
Print jobs taken by other people before you retrieve them from the printer
Jobs printed accidently or with too many pages
Multiple copies printed by mistake

Note: If a refund is issued, the TCC consultant must retain the unacceptable pages whenever possible.

Frequently asked questions

What are the STC printing allotment start and end dates?

Beginning with spring 2012, the current semester allotment will follow the Official Calendar for IUB.

For fall and spring semesters, the allotment expires at midnight on the Friday of the final examination period. The upcoming semester's allotment begins immediately thereafter.

Why does the semester allotment begin before classes start?

All IUB departments recognize the official end of the semester as being the last day of finals. However, many departments give their students assignments before the official start of classes. Moving the start date would unnecessarily inconvenience those students in departments with unique class schedules.

How can I avoid printing over my allotment?

To reduce your dependence on printing, conserve paper, and avoid waste, see In Windows or Mac OS X, how can I print double-sided or 2-up (two pages per sheet)?

What happens if I go over my allotment?

At the end of each semester, if you have exceeded your allotment, you will be assessed a printing fee of $0.04 for each page by which you exceeded your allotment. There is no surcharge for this occurring. This charge represents the incremental cost of your excess printing, and will be automatically added to your bursar account if available.

When does my printing account expire?

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.

As a guest, how can I print at the Herman B Wells library?

Supplemental print allotments can be added to library patron accounts (those starting with "libg" and ending with a three-digit number) and to conference accounts (starting with a "c" and ending with a number), as well as any ADS account found in AMS; however, note the following:

At the time that the printing account expires, any unused printing allotment will be forfeit.
Print quota may not be transferred from one account to another.
Color printing and plotting is not available to library patron accounts.

Note: Network Access Accounts (or any accounts using IU Guest wireless) have no access to printing.

If you have further questions or comments regarding STC Printing Services, email stcprint@indiana.edu .

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

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