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: ?
Where can I print?
Check out the Computer Lab and E-Print Map for locations known to have eprints.
