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New printing fees in effect


8:35 a.m., Sep. 2, 2003--Faculty, staff and students who print at IT-managed computing sites and some departmental sites will be charged for printing starting Sept. 1. Students will receive an initial allocation of 100 free "images" every 6-months—Jan. 1–June 30 and July 1–Dec. 31.

All members of the campus community are required to have a valid UD ID card in order to print at these computing sites, and printing fees will be charged to UD FLEX accounts.

“In spring 2002, we started the PrintLess program to educate the campus about ways to reduce printing and waste. We have since implemented a print management program that has enabled us to control printing and the costs of consumables and ultimately charge for printing through UD FLEX accounts,” Leila Lyons, director of IT-User Services, said.

Printing costs will be:

  • Five cents per image printed simplex (one side of one piece of paper)
  • Four cents per image printed duplex (both sides of one piece of paper)

Printing will be charged to the individual’s FLEX account. Everyone who has a valid UD ID card has a FLEX account, even if it has never been used. Departments also can have FLEX accounts. If there is no money in the FLEX account, the job will not print.

Unlike many other institutions, the University does not impose a student technology fee. However, the volume of printing at
computing sites has increased dramatically over the past few years, despite the increase in the number of students who own
printers.

A print management committee, with representatives from IT-User Services and departmental/college computing sites and later three DUSC representatives, has helped guide the PrintLess Program. A print accounting and management system, which holds print jobs in a queue until owners “release” them at a print release station by swiping their University ID card, was selected and tested successfully last fall and is now in full use at all IT computer sites.

See [www.udel.edu/topics/printless/index.html] for full details on the PrintLess program, including

  • Electronic resources that reduce the need for paper;
  • Instructions on printing only the information you need;
  • Sites where you will be charged; and
  • Chronology of the PrintLess program.

Article by Barbara Garrison


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