LTS has implemented print management software called Papercut in the libraries and computing labs starting Spring 2013. This software is used at many colleges to minimize waste and track printing volume. Students, faculty and staff printing in the libraries and computing labs will need to print through Papercut. All existing print queues for these locations will be changed so pre-existing print settings on your computers will no longer work. Papercut users will be able to track their printing volume through a web app that provides feedback on the number of trees consumed, grams of carbon produced, and a 60W bulb “energy equivalency.”
Access to printing will not change. Papercut will allow printing from your personal computer as well as College computers. Printing will remain free (without a limit) for the Spring 2013 semester. Faculty and staff printing outside of these locations will remain unchanged. Papercut is not being implemented in administrative locations.
Your PaperCut account details are available by logging into the web portal with your Wellesley domain account: http://papertiger.wellesley.edu:9191/user
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| What is the purpose of PaperCut? |
| Colleges implementing print management software often report an immediate reduction in printing volume due to the reduction of waste. LTS will collect printing data through the Spring 2013 semester and will share any changes from the current 3 million page per year printing rate. LTS will work with our advisory groups and College Government later in the spring semester to examine the data and determine whether any changes to our printing policy are necessary. |
| What has changed? |
To print to one of these community printers, you will print to a generic printer queue. You can then release your print job from any of these printers (over the next 12 hours) using an adjacent release station. Logging into a release station with your Wellesley domain account is immediate; you will see all jobs you have submitted in the last 12 hours, and can choose which ones you would like to print.
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| Where can I print with Papercut? |
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PaperCut is now available in the following locations:
- Clapp Library: Reference Room, Knapp Center, Computing Classroom
- Science Center: Science Library, 1st and 2nd floor kiosk stations
- Pendleton: Social Science Labs 327/327a
- Jewett: Art and Music Libraries
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| Why does it say I only have X amount of pages left? |
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For spring 2013, Papercut will assign each person an allotment of 1,000 pages, which is based on the average number of pages printed by Wellesley students per semester. Increase requests can be made when you reach 100 pages or less by using the Papercut Allotment Increase form linked above.
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| What new features are available to me? |
| With the new web interface, available at this website: http://papertiger.wellesley.edu:9191/user , you will be able to precisely track your printing usage over the course of a semester. PaperCut can display your printing trends, environment impact, job history, jobs you have submitted for release and more. Due to privacy concerns, PaperCut does not store the actual print jobs after they are released to the printer. In addition, this web portal allows for direct document upload without the need to add a printer. |
| How long do I have between printing a document and releasing it? |
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PaperCut stores print requests for 12 hours before removing them if they are not released. After 12 hours, the print job is deleted from the server.
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