Printing Policy - McKinnon Secondary College

• Colour printing is charged at 50c per page (even if the printed page only contains black & white).

You can check your printer credit status by clicking the new Gaia icon in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen:

You can top up your printing balance by buying a recharge voucher from the bursar. To redeem the voucher, find the PaperCut utility's indescribable icon in a college computer's taskbar (it's the rightmost icon in the second row).

Hover your mouse over it to see your current balance. Double-click it and select "Details" to see this screen:

Click the "Redeem Card" item and fill in the number on the voucher you bought. Click the button and your balance will be credited.

they do not turn out as you would have liked
you sent them in error
you print more than you intended
you send the print job to the wrong printer
printers jam or malfunction. The charging software cannot detect if a page suffers from printer malfunction, and we cannot spend all day adjusting printer balances because pages jam.

if more than one printer is available, ensure the right one is selected: accidentally printing many pages to the colour laser will be expensive.
check that the printer is working before you print (i.e. there no red lights on, or “Out of order” notes stuck to it). Do not make the printer do a self-test page: you will be charged for it!
always do a print preview before printing
in print preview, press PGUP and PGDN to see if you are going to print pages you had not intended.
to print a single page, choose “Curr e nt Page” from the Print dialog box.
to print selected pages, use the “Pages” control. E.g. “3-5” prints pages 3 to 5; “3-“ prints from page 3 to the end. “-3” prints pages 1 to 3.
reduce pages in Excel by going to File > Page Setup and setting page orientation to Landscape rather than Portrait.

Warning: As your Acceptable Use Policy already states, no student is allowed to use the network or internet account of any other person, even with that person's permission. This becomes even more important with print charging in place.

Printing at McKinnon