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Status of Fall 2007 Printing Conservation Program
In order to give the student leaders on all campuses time to review student body survey feedback and to allow for broader discussions with faculty and administrators, OIT will not
implement stringent semester printing limits in the OIT managed computing labs in Fall 2007. We may set a very high limit, but that limit would not be lower
than 5000 pages per semester. Setting an artificially high limit would also allow us to thoroughly evaluate our newly installed software and printers on all
campuses prior to a full implementation.
Printing Conservation
As you know, student computer fees have increased in the last few years. A factor contributing to this increase is that in the
past five years alone, the liberal printing policy has encouraged waste and contributed to the doubling of print copies
resulting in annual costs of nearly one-half million dollars for paper, toner, printer replacements, etc. Without
modifications to our policy, we anticipate that further increases in printer utilization will lead to resource reductions in
general computing operations and diminished service in student campus computing facilities. To better manage your student
computer fee dollars, Rutgers University is developing a printing conservation program.
Under the program, students, faculty, and staff will be given a print quota and any printing beyond the quota will be fee-based.
Additional printing information is available here.
Frequently Asked Questions
Please read our FAQ for answers to commonly asked questions about the printing software transition.
Commitment to reducing printer waste
Over the years, we have received numerous feedback messages in regards to our printing system, the large amount of paper usage at the labs, and the excessive amount of unclaimed waste paper that accumulates near the printers. We are sensitive to these concerns. It is our hope that this new method will help to reduce the amount of waste produced at the computing facilities. That waste includes items such as the following:
- documents which printed incorrectly
- lost documents
- documents printed to the wrong printer
- incorrect versions of a document
- documents which printed in the incorrect orientation
Here are some tips for reducing printing waste:
Print preview
This is a great feature offered by many programs at the computing facilities including Microsoft Word and Excel. Print preview allows you to see how your pages will look prior to printing. Often, many mistakes can be seen and corrected before ever printing out a single page.
Print double-sided
Double-sided (duplex) printing is the default setting at the computer labs on the Camden, Newark and New Brunswick campus.
Print multiple pages to a single sheet
Virtually all applications allow you to print more than one page to a single sheet. Doing so allows a document that might normally require 20 sheets to be printed on 5 sheets if 4 pages are printed per sheet. This is an excellent option if you happen to be printing out lots of notes for class.
Print what you need
It is often more convenient to print out an entire document or webpage when you only need a smaller section of it. Utilizing
the "Print preview" feature of most software, you can identify the pages containing the content you actually require and then selectively print only those pages.
Common examples of how to conserve paper at the labs can be located here.
Commitment to our patrons
OIT continues to look at ways to improve printing at the computing labs. Feel free to ask consultants at the labs for other
ways you can save paper or to elaborate on the methods mentioned here.
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