{"id":1583,"date":"2026-09-08T19:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T19:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/?page_id=1583"},"modified":"2026-09-08T20:25:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:25:59","slug":"printing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/services\/printing\/","title":{"rendered":"Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uofi-uofi-accordion\"><ilw-accordion accent=\"blue\">\n<ilw-accordion-panel class=\"wp-block-uofi-uofi-accordion-panel\"><h2 slot=\"summary\">How to print<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Add Paid Credits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On a desktop or laptop computer, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/go.illinois.edu\/webprinting\">go.illinois.edu\/webprinting<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the left pane, click <strong>Add Paid Credits<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select an amount (minimum $5.00) and click <strong>Add Value<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide credit card information when prompted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Proceed to Step 2a if you&#8217;re printing using a laptop or mobile device, or Step 2b if you&#8217;re printing using a Library computer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Submit the Job<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uofi-uofi-accordion\"><ilw-accordion accent=\"blue\">\n<ilw-accordion-panel class=\"wp-block-uofi-uofi-accordion-panel\"><h4 slot=\"summary\">Step 2a: Submit the job from a laptop or mobile device using Web Print<\/h4>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Save the document to your device.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/go.illinois.edu\/webprinting\">go.illinois.edu\/webprinting<\/a> and log in with your NetID and password.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the left pane, Click <strong>Web Print<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Submit a Job<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on <strong>Quick Search<\/strong> and choose <strong>Library <\/strong>from the list, then click the search arrow.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select one of the following:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>LibraryB&amp;W<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LibraryB&amp;W 2-sided<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LibraryColor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LibraryColor 2-sided<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LibraryLargeFormat11x17Color<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LibraryLargeFormat11x17Color 2-sided<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Follow prompts to upload your file.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skip to the <a href=\"#release-job\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#release-job\">Release the job<\/a> section to finish printing your file.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ilw-accordion-panel>\n<\/ilw-accordion><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uofi-uofi-accordion\"><ilw-accordion accent=\"blue\">\n<ilw-accordion-panel class=\"wp-block-uofi-uofi-accordion-panel\"><h4 slot=\"summary\">Step 2b: Submit the job from a Library computer<\/h4>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Download and open your document.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>File &gt; Print<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select your printer (you may have to click \u201cSee more\u201d):\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>LibraryB&amp;W<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LibraryColor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LibraryLargeFormat11x17Color<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Print <\/strong>again. Wait for the PaperCut window to pop up.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Log in with your NetID and password, then click <strong>Print<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skip to the <a href=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/printers-printing-in-the-library\/release-job\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/printers-printing-in-the-library\/release-job\"><\/a><a href=\"#release-job\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#release-job\">Release the job<\/a> section to finish printing your file.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ilw-accordion-panel>\n<\/ilw-accordion><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"release-job\">Step 3: Release the job<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use your phone to scan the QR code on the printer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Log in with your NetID and password.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select your document, then click <strong>Release<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ilw-accordion-panel>\n\n\n\n<ilw-accordion-panel class=\"wp-block-uofi-uofi-accordion-panel\"><h2 slot=\"summary\">Public printing (for users without a NetID)<\/h2>\n<p>Library users without a NetID or University account can still print using Papercut by creating a guest account. Below are instructions for how to create a guest account using Papercut. Before proceeding, please keep in mind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If a person already has an active NetID and password, they do not need to create a guest printing account.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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 account and not the credit card.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If someone forgets the password to a guest account, there is no self-service password reset option. They will need to contact Technology Services by calling 217-244-7000 or emailing <a href=\"mailto:consult@illinois.edu\">consult@illinois.edu<\/a>. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"register_a_new_guest_account_1\">Register a new guest account<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If this is the first time you&#8217;re printing and you do not have a University NetID and password, you&#8217;ll first need to register for a guest account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>At the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/papercut.ics.illinois.edu:8443\/user\">Papercut login screen<\/a>, click on the link for \u201cGuest printing using Paid Credits\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fill out the form including your name, email, a new username, and a password for the account. All guest accounts begin with the prefix \u201cprint-\u201c plus the username entered, so you will login as \u201cprint-[insert username]\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After filling out the registration information, click Register to create the account. If the username is unique, the account will be created.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on the Log In link in the left menu or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/papercut.ics.illinois.edu:8443\/user\">return to the Papercut login page<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You should now be logged into Papercut.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once a guest account has been created, printing as a guest user is the same process as for other Papercut users. Refer to the &#8220;How to print&#8221; instructions above to add Paid Credits and print your materials from a laptop, mobile device, or Library computer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ilw-accordion-panel>\n\n\n\n<ilw-accordion-panel class=\"wp-block-uofi-uofi-accordion-panel\"><h2 slot=\"summary\">How to pay for printing<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Printing Costs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Black &amp; white: $0.10\/page<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Color: $0.40\/page<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11\u00d717: $0.50\/page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Payment Options<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paid Credits<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Students can use <a href=\"https:\/\/papercut.ics.illinois.edu\/\">Paid Credits<\/a> to pay for their printing. Paid Credits is a pre-paid monetary amount that goes towards printing costs for any department on campus that uses Papercut printing. Print charges will be deducted from your Paid Credits balance. Faculty and staff who are also enrolled in a University class may also be prompted to use paid credits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Charge your University Account<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Faculty and staff<strong> <\/strong>can charge their University accounts when printing. Affiliated University of Illinois faculty and staff who are not currently registered as taking a class can log in with their NetID to have print charges billed to their account once a month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pay with cash<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Students, faculty, staff, and guests can pay with cash. Paying with cash is <strong><em>only available at the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center<\/em><\/strong>. Please note that this service is not available on weekends and resumes at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday evenings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To pay with cash, follow these instructions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center to have your print made and to pay for it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From a library computer, select the printer \u201cLibrary Pay Cash B&amp;W\u201d or \u201cLibrary Pay Cash Color.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ilw-accordion-panel>\n\n\n\n<ilw-accordion-panel class=\"wp-block-uofi-uofi-accordion-panel\"><h2 slot=\"summary\">Printer locations<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-5\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-5\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Black &amp; White Printers<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Color Printers<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">11\u2033 x 17\u2033 Printers<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/library-hours\/\">All University Library locations.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/services\/technology\/#aces_printing\">ACES (Funk) Library<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Main Library (<a href=\"https:\/\/archives.library.illinois.edu\/?_gl=1*161rg6z*_gcl_au*NzI5MDU5NjQ0LjE3ODc3NTUwNjcuNzk0NjY0Njg0LjE3ODc5Mjc3NjIuMTc4NzkyNzc2MS4xMzI2ODcxMDI3LjE3ODc5Mjc3NjIuMTc4NzkyNzc2MQ..*_ga*MTcyNDU2ODcxMS4xNzg3MjQ0Mjkz*_ga_YKXZBYWM4X*czE3ODc5NDc3MzgkbzI4JGcxJHQxNzg3OTQ4NTk3JGoyMSRsMCRoMA..\">University Archives<\/a> \u2013 Room 146)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/arx\/technology\/#printing\">Architecture and Art<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Main Library (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/using-library-spaces\/study-space-directory\/the-orange-room\/\">The Orange Room<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/enx\/faq\/\">Grainger<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Grainger (Information Desk)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Main Library (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/spaces\/\">Information Desk<\/a>)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Main Library (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/using-library-spaces\/study-space-directory\/the-orange-room\/\">The Orange Room<\/a>)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Main Library (<a href=\"https:\/\/archives.library.illinois.edu\/?_gl=1*161rg6z*_gcl_au*NzI5MDU5NjQ0LjE3ODc3NTUwNjcuNzk0NjY0Njg0LjE3ODc5Mjc3NjIuMTc4NzkyNzc2MS4xMzI2ODcxMDI3LjE3ODc5Mjc3NjIuMTc4NzkyNzc2MQ..*_ga*MTcyNDU2ODcxMS4xNzg3MjQ0Mjkz*_ga_YKXZBYWM4X*czE3ODc5NDc3MzgkbzI4JGcxJHQxNzg3OTQ4NTk3JGoyMSRsMCRoMA..\">University Archives<\/a> \u2013 Room 146)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/mpal\/about\/facilities\/\">Music and Performing Arts Library (MPAL)<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/vex\/technology\/#vet_printing\">Vet Med<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-5 from cache --><\/ilw-accordion-panel>\n\n\n\n<ilw-accordion-panel class=\"wp-block-uofi-uofi-accordion-panel\"><h2 slot=\"summary\">Printing FAQs<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is there any wait time required after purchasing Paid Credits?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Transactions from international accounts may experience a delay in appearing as Paid Credits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I didn&#8217;t use all the Paid Credits I purchased. Can I get refunded?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>No, any extra Paid Credit balance cannot be refunded back to the credit card.<\/p>\n<\/ilw-accordion-panel>\n<\/ilw-accordion><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Campus printing and Papercut are supported by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/techservices.illinois.edu\/\">Technology Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Campus printing and Papercut are supported by&nbsp;Technology Services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"parent":321,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1583","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1583"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1773,"href":"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1583\/revisions\/1773"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}