Register a new guest account<\/h2>\n
If this is the first time someone is using a guest account, they first need to register for a new account.<\/p>\n
1. At the Papercut login screen<\/a>, click on the link for \u201cGuest printing using Paid Credits\u201d. Or go directly to https:\/\/go.illinois.edu\/PrintingGuest<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2. The guest needs to fill out their name, email, a username, and password for the account. All guest accounts begin with the prefix \u201cprint-\u201c plus the username entered, so they will login as \u201cprint-[insert username]\u201d.<\/p>\n 3. After filling out the registration information, click Register to create the account. If the username is unique, the account will be created.<\/p>\n 4. Click on the Log In link in the left menu or return to the Papercut login page<\/a>.<\/p>\n 5. Enter in the username and password for the guest account. Again, remember to enter \u201cprint-\u201c before the username. All guest accounts start with this prefix.<\/p>\n 6. They should now be logged into Papercut.<\/p>\n Paid Credits can be added to a guest account the same way as for other Papercut users.<\/p>\n 1. Click on Add Paid Credits in the left menu.<\/p>\n 2. Select an amount to add to the printing account (minimum $5.00) and click Add value.<\/p>\n When adding Paid Credits to an account, please keep in mind:<\/p>\n 3. Enter in credit card information and click Pay Now. The service Authorize.net will process the transaction.<\/p>\n 4.The credit card will be charged for the amount selected. On the Summary page in Papercut<\/a>, you can view the Paid Credits available for printing.<\/p>\n 5. Once the Paid Credit balance is above zero, you can print documents through Papercut.<\/p>\n Printing files through a guest account is the same process as for university accounts using Paid Credits. Guest accounts can print from a library computer or mobile device. Please refer to the online instructions for printing from a library computer<\/a> and printing from a laptop or mobile device<\/a>.<\/p>\n Keep in mind:<\/p>\n Please keep in mind before proceeding: If a person already has an active netid and password, they do not need to create a guest printing account. The minimum amount to add to Paid Credits is $5, and it cannot be refunded back to their credit card. Similarly, any print refunds go back into the printing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":453,"featured_media":0,"parent":4676,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7917","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ACF":{"breadcrumb_alias":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/geninfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/geninfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/geninfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/geninfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/453"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/geninfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7917"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/geninfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7935,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/geninfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7917\/revisions\/7935"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/geninfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/geninfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Screenshot](\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/geninfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-09-at-10.43.13\u202fAM-296x300.png\")
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<\/p>\nAdd Paid Credits<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nPrinting files<\/h2>\n
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