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Lab Monitor Spring 2022:
How to Print COLOR to the Art Annex Color Phaser
Printing is allowed to the color laser printer (Phaser) in the Art Annex, but (should be) only via the following process. Also please remember that all of these pre-printing steps should be completed before sending anything to print anywhere, so keep this in mind if you print work off campus. Creating correct files is a skill all designers must have.
1. Directions:
HOW TO PRINT >> THIS MIGHT BE UPDATED FOR FALL 2021.
"They should be able to print from any computer in the annex. We are gonna have hiccups the first few weeks probably because of the new computers. After they hit print, a small window should appear saying “Job XXXXX will cost $X.XX to print”. If it’s a large file, this window could take up to a couple minutes to appear. Commonly students will hit print and not wait for the window before doing the next step.
Next they need to use the computer in 204 (the one against the wall to your right if you enter from the sticky room) and login with their normal login info. This will access their student printing account and they can select the files they want printed. Then it should come out of the Phaser.
If money has been taken out of the student account and the printer decided it didn’t want to work, the student can email Christi and with their name, ID number, and the print name/how much money was lost. I don’t have any control of that unfortunately. They can always message me and I can attempt to fix the printer though."
Cost:
1. Directions:
- Be sure your file is ready to print. Check all details.
- A good idea is to “print to file” by creating a PDF. Open the PDF on another computer that doesn’t contain any of your other working files like links and fonts. Check that it looks as it should.
- Illustrator > File : Save As PDF
- InDesign > File : Export (Print PDF)
- Photoshop > File : Save As (Photoshop PDF)
- Word > File : Save As PDF (....but really, why are you printing anything color for a design class using Word?)
- It is also a good idea to print things as full size to a black and white printer either in one of the Art Annex labs or another lab on campus. Tile smaller pages together with tape if necessary to get an idea of a large print at full size.
- Be sure to check the Page Setup if you need it to be Letter or Tabloid, portrait or landscape, Fit To Page or 100% Actual Size, etc.
HOW TO PRINT >> THIS MIGHT BE UPDATED FOR FALL 2021.
"They should be able to print from any computer in the annex. We are gonna have hiccups the first few weeks probably because of the new computers. After they hit print, a small window should appear saying “Job XXXXX will cost $X.XX to print”. If it’s a large file, this window could take up to a couple minutes to appear. Commonly students will hit print and not wait for the window before doing the next step.
Next they need to use the computer in 204 (the one against the wall to your right if you enter from the sticky room) and login with their normal login info. This will access their student printing account and they can select the files they want printed. Then it should come out of the Phaser.
If money has been taken out of the student account and the printer decided it didn’t want to work, the student can email Christi and with their name, ID number, and the print name/how much money was lost. I don’t have any control of that unfortunately. They can always message me and I can attempt to fix the printer though."
Cost:
- Letter: 50¢ per single-sided page, 80¢ double-sided; Tabloid: $1.00 per single-sided page. Each student has a set amount available in her/his student account. (<< I believe these are correct as of January 2020.)
- Please remember there are other locations on campus to print black and white. An expensive color laser printer should never be the first choice for this.
- If you print work off campus, always bring your student ID with you and ask if there is a discount! Places to acquire laser color prints in small quantity include FedEx Office, Office Max/Depot, UPS, Master Print, and Art Advertising.
- A laser printer does so via heat, unlike ink jet printers. Only the white Xerox paper we have will be used to print. If another substrate is required, student must print elsewhere.
- The vast majority of laser printers require a margin where nothing will print. A safe consideration is .25 inch all the way around, though sometimes the bottom requires .5 inch. If you would like color to flood the edge(s) of a page, you must print to a larger page size, “pull the bleed” and add crop marks, and then cut down the page.
Where to print COLOR off campus
Most of the following will do Letter (8.5" x 11"), Legal (8.5" x 14"), and Tabloid (11" x 17") and some will do other sizes and multiple paper types. Please be aware that all laser (as opposed to ink jet) color printers will be limited by paper stock.
FedEx Office Kinkos near Nettleton and Caraway
Office Max near Highland and Caraway
Office Depot near Highland and Stadium
UPS Store off of Hwy 63 by Big Lots: {can print up to 42" and will be delivering art student discount cards for Fall 2012 semester!}
PROFESSIONAL PRINT SHOPS
These professional print shops have digital printers worth checking out if you have the time and resources. They will be of higher quality and those running the machines are printing professionals.
Art Advertising
Master Print Group
FedEx Office Kinkos near Nettleton and Caraway
Office Max near Highland and Caraway
Office Depot near Highland and Stadium
UPS Store off of Hwy 63 by Big Lots: {can print up to 42" and will be delivering art student discount cards for Fall 2012 semester!}
PROFESSIONAL PRINT SHOPS
These professional print shops have digital printers worth checking out if you have the time and resources. They will be of higher quality and those running the machines are printing professionals.
Art Advertising
Master Print Group