ABAC Gold Card – Print Management
ABAC is implementing a print management
solution for all people printing in ABAC campus labs in response to increasing
waste/environmental concerns. By using a
part of the technology fee, students will be allowed a certain quota of
pre-paid printing each term. The print quota is based on hours enrolled (see
below). An added benefit is the access
to color printing in Conger Hall, the Library and the
In the labs, users will swipe their ABAC Gold
Card at the reader attached to the printer. Students then select the job to be printed
from the queue; the cost of the job will be displayed. That amount is charged
against your quota or the balance in your General Dollars Account when the job
is printed.
Printing from Computer Labs & Library:
Printing B&W
@ $0.05 per page.
Printing Color @
$0.20 per page.
The quota will be placed on the enrolled student account each term based on hours of enrollment at that time.
At the end of drop/add period, the student’s quota will be adjusted based on enrolled hours.
When a student uses all of the printing quota, printing charges will be deducted from student’s General Dollars account. A print job will not print unless the student has a sufficient amount on the Gold Card to pay for printing.
If the student has not paid tuition and fees by the end of the drop/add period, the student quota will be removed for non-payment.
Refunds will not be given for student print errors, only for equipment malfunction. Students unsure about how to print should ask for help from lab assistant or instructor.
Printing account balances will be displayed
on card reader.
Note: Students
not currently enrolled will be charged from the General Dollars account, if
there are funds available on their General Dollars account.
The Campus Printing Initiative Student Quota
will be based on the amount of hours a student carries each term. For 2008-09 Academic Year, the quota structure
will be as follows:
|
Hours (2008-09) |
|
|
5 or less
credit hours per semester |
$5.00 |
|
6 or more
credit hours per semester |
$10.00 |
For each new term, the amount will be added
to their cardholder account approximately 2 business days before the beginning
of term. Students registering on or
after the first day of classes will have the amount added to their cardholder
account within 2 business days.
Unused printing quota balances will be cleared from the cardholder's
account one week after the term ends. These balances do not roll over to the next
term.
General Dollars stay on the account until one
year of inactivity.
Adding General Dollars to Your Gold Card
Gold Card holders can add value to their
accounts at the ABAC Gold Card Office in the
Visitors are defined as anyone other than ABAC
students.
·
Visitor Cards are
available for purchase at the VTS in the
·
All Gold Cards
cost $1. Once purchased, cards can be recharged at any of the locations
listed above.
·
All funds
deposited to a Visitor Gold Card are non-refundable and non-transferable. If a
card is lost or stolen, the funds on the card are also lost.
ABAC Student Clubs
Student Clubs may print in the labs by
purchasing a visitor card, following the same set of policies as described
above.
Non-ABAC Students
Non-ABAC students may print in the labs by purchasing
a visitor card, following the same set of policies as described above.
ABAC Faculty
ABAC faculty may print in the lab using their
ABAC Gold Card ID.
·
Faculty who wish
to print in the computer labs or library need to request a $5.00 allotment by
emailing the ABAC Gold Card Office.
·
If the allotment
needs to be increased during term, the department/division head should approve
the increase via email to the ABAC Gold Card Office.
·
Printing should
be related to classroom instruction.
·
Assignment of
privileges to the ABAC Gold Card ID will normally be completed within 48 hours
of request.