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:
  • 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. 
  • 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. 
2. File : Print  >  to the Phaser. 
  • 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. 
3. Once a day, the lab monitor will print all files that have been sent to the Phaser queue by design students with active accounts. These prints will then be left on a rack in the Art Annex mounting room for students to retrieve. 
  • Monday – Friday: All files turned in by 10 p.m. the previous day will be available for pickup by 8 a.m.
  • Weekend: All files turned in by 10 p.m. on Saturday will be available for pickup by 8 a.m. on Sunday. (No printing Saturdays.)
  • If monitor must change any of the above information during the semester, students will be informed.
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.
  • 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. 
Technical Requirements:
  • 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