Printing Cost Information

Question

What are the costs associated with printing at BGSU and and how can I save on printing costs?

Answer

Faculty/Staff

  • Faculty/staff are not personally charged for prints made to lab printers or print release stations; however, their department IS charged for these prints.
  • A faculty/staff's department is charged for prints made to departmental devices.

Students/Student Employees

  • Student staff may print to department devices without being charged to their personal BGSU accounts. They just need to register their BGSU ID card one time, on any device.
  • Student prints made to lab or residence hall printers are charged per impression for each print.

View this article for instructions on how to add printing funds to your BG1 Card. 

Student Printing Costs

  • $0.05 for a one side printed black and white page
  • $0.09 for a two side printed black and white page
  • $0.20 for a one side printed color page
  • $0.39 for a two side printed color page

 

Office Printing Costs

  • $0.03 per printed black and white page

  • $0.20 per printed color page

 

Printing Alternatives to Save on Printing Costs

  • Use OneDrive to store your documents rather than printing them.
  • As an instructor, avoid asking your students to print assignments (or multiple copies) and instead, allow them to submit work via Canvas. 
  • Email the document (or url) to yourself for later access. 
  • Use print preview.  Often blank pages will be included at the end of documents.  Print preview can help you identify and print only the pages you want. 
  • Use smaller font sizes, single line spacing, and/or smaller document margins in order to fit more material on a page. 
  • Cut and paste the information you need into a word processor.  This is especially helpful in printing only needed information from online sources. 
  • Avoid printing multiple drafts. Complete editing online, instead. 
  • Ask others to provide materials to you in electronic format - and do the same for them. 

 

For additional assistance, please contact Information Technology Services at 419-372-0999 or through chat.

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