New Color Printer

Ritter Library now has a color printer on the main reference floor.

The new color printer

To switch from the default black and white printer to the color printer,  select ‘File’ and then ‘Print’ to access your program’s print menu.  From the printer selection menu, select ‘Ritter Color Printer’.  Note that the default for black and white printing is double-sided, but the default for the color printer is single-sided.  You can select double-sided, though this may not be advisable as the color ink can bleed through to the other side of the page.  Next, click on the ‘Print’ button to submit the print job. 

The printer selection menu

A window will pop-up indicating that color printing will cost $.40 cents per page.   Note that if you do print double-sided,  the charge is $.40 cents for each side – i.e. a single double-sided sheet will cost $.80 cents.  When you click on the ‘Print’ button in the pop-up window, the print job is then sent to the Pharos Printer Release Station next to the color printer.  

The pop-up window

Log into the Pharos Printer Release Station to see the list of print jobs that you have submitted.  Select one or more of the listed print jobs, and click on the ‘Print’ button.  Note that if you send a black and white print job to the color printer, you will still be charged $.40 per page.  Full time students currently have $25.00 available in their Pharos accounts each semester.  That is the equivalent of 500 black and white copies at $.05 each, or 62 color copies at $ .40 cents each.  If you choose to exceed $25.00 per month, you can continue to print – the additional charges will be added to your student bill.

The Pharos Printer Release Station