While implementing the Pay for Print system at St. Lawrence, Information Technology worked to achieve the following goals:

• Reduce unnecessary printing
• Provide users with information needed to manage their own printing habits
• Remove the misconception that printing is free at St. Lawrence
• Not impede printing necessary to the success of St. Lawrence Students 

Information Technology has implemented Equitrac Express print accounting software to monitor all networked printers in an effort to track and report on campus printing. IT considers abandoned printouts, duplicated print jobs and printing entire documents in lieu of appropriate sections unnecessary and wasteful. Most peer schools have seen a drastic reduction in these printing habits upon implementation of monitoring tools and IT is confident that St. Lawrence will see similar results during the next academic year. Our goal is to create an equitable solution for all and establish a reasonable printing quota that will accommodate the large majority of students. Upon completion of the Fall 2009 semester, printing activity will be reevaluated and adjusted if our initial quota is not conducive to reaching our goals

Pricing

• $0.06 per sheet of paper, single or doube sided printing
• 400 -- Free sheets of paper per student (includes printing and copying)
• Duplex printing (printing on both sides of the sheet of paper) is still counted as a single $0.06 sheet of paper and is highly recommended

Student printing activity for the Spring 2009 Semester (as of May 14, 2009)

• Total Pages: 1,540,056
• Total Sheets: 1,123,598
• Average Pages per Student: 683
• Average Sheets per Student: 498

To monitor your print usage and history, click on the 'Pay for Print' tab within the eSaint portal .  This service allows for students to review their printing history for the current semester and includes information on indiviudal print jobs (time stamp, title, page count and printer name). Sheet counts, job costs, a customizable date range search and reimbursement request functionality are to be added during the Fall 2009 semester. Reimbursement credit may be requested in the event of a printer malfunction or when printing is necessary while working for a department. These requests will be tracked to curb abuse, and work related requests must be approved by a supervisor. 

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