EPrint
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ePrint allows you to print black and white documents for free over the Duke network. While not using an on-campus internet connection, you can still use ePrint if have Duke's VPN Client. Once you add a print job, you may print it from any OIT computer lab using your Duke Card. There is no official time limit for how long your print jobs stay on queue, but it is reported to last 8-12 hours. OIT warns, "Unattended print jobs may be canceled." For the 2007-2008 school year OIT has instituted a per-semester allocation for all students, allowing one to print 3600 double-sided (duplex), or 1800 single-sided pages for free. After the alloted quota has been reached, students will be charged $0.02 per page for single-sided and $0.01 per page for double-sided printing, or 2 cents for each sheet of paper used.
Double Sided Printing
In order to conserve paper and space in your binder, it is encouraged by various groups on campus that students use duplex, or double sided printing. This may seem like an extremely complicated task, but it is outlined for you below, if duplex is not default.
- Windows: If your computer has the horrible fate of running the Windows XP operating system, select file and print as normal, but click properties in the upper right corner and select the layout tab at the top. Then, under Print on both sides, select Flip on long edge.
- Macintosh: On computers running Mac OS 10.x, select file and print as usual, but click on the last pull-down menu and select layout, the second option. Here you will find the option to have a Long-edged binding. Also, you may select to have multiple scaled-down pages per sheet.
- Linux: ?
The Quota
According to OIT "All documents sent to the ePrint-OIT and ePrint-OIT(2-sided) print queues will be charged at $0.02/page for single-sided and $0.01/page for double-sided printing (minimum cost $0.02). The default free allocation provides up to 3,600 pages of free double-sided printing per semester. Use duplex to maximize your laser printing and reduce the impact on our environment! Color laser printing in Duke's libraries remains $0.50/page, and is charged directly to FLEX." (see: http://www.oit.duke.edu/comp-print/printing/quota.html)
However, when the program was approved by the Duke Student Government, the provision was imposed that the quota be "soft" and that students never have the right to unlimited printing abridged. In particular, "Each student will be granted 1,800 pages per semester with the ability to request free quota increases of 500 pages, said Kevin Davis, senior manager at OIT for academic technology services.
Davis added that all quota-increase requests will be granted in the 2007-2008 academic year, but if students exceed their quota, their FLEX account will be charged for the additional printing until a request has been made." (see: http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2007/03/29/News/Dsg-Approves.Eprint.Soft.Quota.For.0708-2812328.shtml)
What does this mean? OIT is being quite oblique about this 500 page exception. However, it does exist and all students should know about it before abridging their printing.
Where can I print?
Check out the Computer Lab and E-Print Map for locations known to have eprints.
