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Computing Services at the Libraries

Printing & Copying Services

The Libraries provide printing and scanning services to members of the Washington University community (students, faculty, and staff) using color, multi-function printers located throughout the Libraries. These devices provide print and copy services at the same price. Printing is available from all PCs in the Libraries and from personally owned computers with the proper drivers installed as described below. Copy cards are no longer used for printing or copying in the Libraries.

 

Printing/Copying Costs
Print and copy charges will be:
  • Black & white, single sided -- $0.04 per image
  • Black & white, two-sided* -- $0.06 per sheet ($.03 per image**)
  • Color, single sided -- $0.25 per image
  • Color, two-sided -- $0.40 per sheet ($0.20 per image)

*Default print and copy settings are set to black & white, two-sided. Users may choose other options as desired.

**An image is all printing on one side of a sheet of paper. 

Check your PaperCut Account Balance

 

Printing From Library Computers
Computers in the Library have one print queue installed which allows users to print to library multi-function printers.

 

Libraries
The default print queue is "\\128.252.67.142\wulib-print". This queue can be used to print to any multi-function printer in the Libraries. This queue is set to print black & white, two-sided. Users can change printer properties to print single-sided or to print color, either single-sided or two-sided.

Visit Instructional Videos/Help Sheets for more information.

 

Campus Academic Computing Centers that use PaperCut System

For information on schools that participate in the PaperCut print management system please visit the links below:

Student Technology Services

School of Business

School of Arts and Sciences

School of Engineering

 

Printing From Personally-owned Computers in the Libraries
Printing from personally-owned computers in the Libraries is available provided you have installed the proper print queue. The Libraries support printing from the following print queue:

"\\stsops.rts.wustl.edu\wustlprint"

This print queue is available for downloading on the Student Technology Services web site. Instructions for downloading and installing the print queue are also provided.