Pricing & Paper Types

• Laser Printing
• Large Format Printing
• Epson InkJet Printing

Laser Printing—Black & White

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Laser Printing—Color

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NOTE: We do not accept personal paper in our laser printers.

Large-Format Printing (LFP)

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	Bond	Matte	Satin	Cotton Sheeting  *
Price **	$1.00/ linear foot	$3.00/ linear foot	$3.00/ linear foot	$7.00/ linear foot
Best For	Drafts and tests	Final presentations without a glossy finish	Final presentations with a glossy finish	Projects best served by printing on fabric
Paper Specs	See Specifications Here

* Cotton sheeting is only available in McNeal

** Divide the cost by 12 for an approximate price per linear inch. E.g. $7.00 per linear foot = ~$0.58 per linear inch

Save Money! Save The Earth!

We charge per linear inch printed and will rotate your documents whenever possible to reduce your price. If you have multiple small elements or pages you'd like printed on the large format printers, you can arrange them horizontally along the ~41.5" printable width. This will also help eliminate wasted paper and make the earth a little happier.

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Epson InkJet Printing

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	Transparency Film	Photo Paper	Personal Paper
Price	$2.00/ linear foot	$2.00/ sheet	$2.00/ sheet
Details	Provided by CDES 17" wide, clear printing medium	Provided by CDES Premier Photo Luster 12 Mil 8.5 x 11"	Provided by the user 17" max width & 0.8mm max thickness. We'll try our best, but not all paper types will work
Paper Specs	See Specifications Here

Laser Printing

• Document won't Print? Go to Troubleshooting.

Overview

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Our laser printers are self-service. You can print them from any lab computer or download a driver for your personal device. Please note that if you have an Apple computer, you may encounter issues with double-sided and tabloid printing. 

Process Overview

1. Prepare your file.
2. Secure funding. Review the pricing tab in the navigation pane and verify that you have the appropriate amount of GopherGold on your account.
3. Follow the steps below to print your file.

Detailed Steps

0. The laser printers default to letter paper and single-sided printing. If you wish to change these settings, please use a Windows computer. Apple computers cannot adjust these settings in a user-friendly way.
1. Download the file to your desktop and convert it to a PDF if you haven't already done so. If you are having trouble with this step, open your file in Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Photoshop and follow the instructions in Saving As PDF/X.
2. Open the Adobe Acrobat *Desktop App, click the print icon (or simultaneously hold ctrl + P), and select a printer based on your location: CDes_Rapson##_Laser or CDes_McNeal##_Laser. (## tells you which room the printer is located in). 
3. From the print dialogue, under Page Setup, select Letter (8.5 x 11”) or Tabloid (11 x 17”). The setting may be listed under its numeric or named value. Please note that other selections will not work!
4. To print double/single-sided, from the print dialogue, click Properties and change 2-sided printing to Off, Short-edge binding, or Long-edge binding.
5. Select Print, and the job will be sent to the Laser Printing Station next to the laser printers.
6. Follow the signage on the release station from there.

* We cannot guarantee results when printing from the browser-based app or other applications. If you do not follow these instructions, you may lose your funds.

Before you print, note the following:

0. Document size—The laser printers can only print on 8.5 x 11"(letter) or 11 x 17"(tabloid) paper. If you send a different size, the printer will throw an error. See Troubleshooting to address this.
1. File Format— Please output your files in a PDF format.
2. Use the correct application— Print from the Adobe Acrobat desktop application. The browser-based version of Acrobat and other applications are unreliable, and you might lose your funds when trying to print from them.
3. Give yourself plenty of time— Printing takes time (optimization, creating a PDF, correcting orientation, etc…). Make time for the possibility of a re-print, especially during peak demand periods, like review/finals weeks. Submit your file(s) at least 24 hours before they are due to minimize stress on yourself and others.

Troubleshooting

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My Document Won't Print

• Check the printer for a wrong paper type error.
• Print from the Adobe Acrobat Desktop application. The browser-based application does not work.
• Select the correct paper size. Review the laser printing steps and make sure you are selecting either 8.5 x 11"(letter) or 11 x 17"(tabloid). Other selections don't work.

Double-sided Printing & Paper Size Issues

• Use a Windows computer. Apple computers are not good at adjusting these settings.
• Review the laser printing steps for how to adjust these settings

ERROR: Wrong Paper Type 

You will know this happens when the printer's error light is red, and no jobs are coming out. The most common error on the printer is the wrong paper type error. This happens when a user does not specify Letter (8.5 x 11") or Tabloid (11 x 17") paper when printing. To fix this, the user must tell the printer which tray to get the paper from.

Photo Guide:
Action:	Notice that the error light is lit up/flashing red.	Press Status Monitor/Cancel.	Choose a tray with paper in it (a red icon means it's empty), and click OK. Its usually best to pick a tray with 11 x 17" paper loaded.

Large Format Printing

Overview

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Follow the tips and steps below to make your large-format printing experience as stress-free as possible: 

Process Overview

1. Prepare & optimize your file.
2. Secure funding. Review the pricing tab in the navigation pane and verify that you have the appropriate amount of GopherGold on your account.
3. Upload your file to the shared Google Drive.
4. Ask an attendant to print your file.

Before you print, note the following:

0. Margins— Our plotter printers have a maximum printable width of ~41.5". If your smallest dimension(s) exceeds this, your file might be shifted, clipped, scaled, or adulterated. Additionally, please build appropriate bleed and margins into your file, and do not rely on the printers to create margins for you if they are a part of your design.
1. Optimize your file— See Saving As PDF/X & Optimizing Your File for optimization settings/steps.
2. File Format— Please output your files in a PDF/X format. See Saving As PDF/X. 
3. File Names—Use a filename that uniquely identifies your file. Build your student username into your filename. E.g. <your_username>-<your_filename>
4. Have your output and original file(s) with you— Upload your original pre-PDF file to Google Drive or bring it in on a USB. This way, we can help you troubleshoot your original file if necessary. 
5. Have appropriate expectations— Each print job can take an average of ~5-10 minutes, not including its time spent in the queue. It is common to wait hours during peak times like reviews and finals. Planning can help reduce stress.
6. Give yourself plenty of time— Large-format printing takes time (optimization, creating a PDF, correcting orientation, etc…). Make time for the possibility of a re-print, especially during peak demand periods, like review/finals weeks. Submit your file(s) at least 24 hours before they are due to minimize stress on yourself and others.

Epson InkJet Printing

Overview

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Follow the tips and steps below to make your Epson InkJet printing experience as stress-free as possible: 

Process Overview

1. Prepare & optimize your file.
2. Secure funding. Review the pricing tab in the navigation pane and verify that you have the appropriate amount of GopherGold on your account.
3. Upload your file to the shared Google Drive.
4. Ask an attendant to print your file.

Before you print, note the following:

0. Document size— Our Epson InkJet printers have a maximum printable width of 17" regardless of the medium you choose to use.
1. Optimize your file— See Saving As PDF/X & Optimizing Your File for optimization settings/steps.
2. File Format— Please output your files in a PDF/X format. See Saving As PDF/X. We reserve the right to reject any files that do not conform to our formatting standards.
3. File Names—Use a filename that uniquely identifies your file. Build your student username into your filename. E.g. <your_username>-<your_filename>
4. Have your output and original file(s) with you— Upload your original pre-PDF file to Google Drive or bring it in on a USB. This way, we can help you troubleshoot your original file if necessary. 
5. Have appropriate expectations— Our epson inkjet printers need to clean themselves after periods of inactivity. If you are the first print of the day, wait times of ~10 min are not uncommon before your job can print.
6. Give yourself plenty of time— Printing takes time (optimization, creating a PDF, correcting orientation, etc…). Make time for the possibility of a re-print, especially during peak demand periods, like review/finals weeks. Submit your file(s) at least 24 hours before they are due to minimize stress on yourself and others.