Printing
Availability
Black and White and Color printing is available in the LWC (Library West Commons) and LEC (Library East Commons) clusters.
From the Print command you will have several options:
- black-drop: to print to the Black & White printers in the LWC and LEC
- color-drop: to print to the Color printers in the LWC and LEC
- central-ps: to print to Central PS for delivery to the OIT Resource Center on the Ground Floor of the Library
Each job is limited to a maximum size of 11x17, single copy, 20 pages and/or 25 MB.Printing on transparencies is permitted only on transparencies purchased from the Circulation Desk. The OIT User Assistant on duty or Library staff at the Information Services Desk should be consulted on other types of specialty papers permitted.
Print Quota
All Georgia Tech students, faculty, and staff begin the academic semester with 100 Virtual Printing Units (VPU), which can be used in the Library West Commons, Library East Commons and Student Center computer clusters. Each week an additional 50 pages are allocated and added to any unused VPU’s from the previous week. . However, there is a cap of 100 VPU’s per week for each user regardless of the rollover or allocation.
Black & White prints use 1 VPU for each page printed; and Color prints use 5 VPU’s for each page printed. There is no charge for standard jobs sent to Central-PS.
It is not possible to add additional units to your account; however, in the event of a system malfunction (e.g. paper jam, low quality print) your page count can be restored.
See the OIT User Assistant on duty or the Library staff at the Information Services Desk for help.
Central-ps
Central-ps is an offsite printing option. Printing to Central-ps is unlimited. There are three (morning, noon, evening) delivery times each weekday and print jobs need to be sent at least 2 hours prior to the expected delivery time. Delivery is to the bins located next to the Resource Center on the Ground Level of the Library. Choose central-ps when printing from a computer cluster workstation. All printouts must be picked up within 3 days.
For-Fee Printing
The visitor workstations in both the LWC and LEC offer “for fee black and white’ printing. Print jobs are picked up at the Circulation Desk on 1 East in the Library. The cost is $.10 per page, and may be paid in cash, by check, by Buzzcard or by credit card.
Oversized color printing, from 24” to 42” wide, is available in the Library East Commons next to the Circulation desk. Prices start at $1.00/foot and increase according to size and type of paper used. See a service representative at the Circulation Desk for more details.
Users can also submit special print jobs, including color laser printing, to Georgia Tech Printing and Copying services. Jobs can be submitted electronically, but are picked up and paid for at 811 Marietta Street. Prices available on the PCS Website.
