| Radford University now has a campus-wide printing policy. Radford students, faculty and staff are given a set amount of money with which to print. If you need to increase your printing account you may do so by bringing cash, check, or RU Express to the McConnell Library's Front Desk. (You may also add money using RU Express only a at the Walker Technology Center. Public users must pay for their printouts at the Front Desk Here are the procedures for printing in McConnell Library:
For Radford Students, Faculty and Staff:
1. Log on to library computers with your Radford University email username and password. If you do not have this information, you cannot print without paying the public printing fee.
2. To see your printing account balance, go to the My RU Login page and click on the "My Account" tab. Log in with your username and password. The amount you have in your printing account will be listed under the heading "Lab Printing Balance" to see a more detailed listing of your printing account information, click on "Detailed Printing Information" then click on "OK" to run the site. Log into Equitrac using your login and password and choose "Statement".
3. If you want to see how long your document will be, go to the File menu and select Print Preview.
4. To print, choose Print from the File menu. All library printers in the Reference area are named "ML-331-BW1" through "ML-331-BW5". Library Classroom A printer is "ML-350-BW6" and Library classroom B printer is "ML-380-BW7". A drop down menu in the print window allows you to choose your printer.
5. If you want to print in color, you must send your pages to the printer named "Pay_For_Print". The "Pay_For_Print" printer is located at the Front Desk.
6. If you print from computers on Level 1 or 5 choose "P4P-BW" for black and white documents or choose "Pay_For_Print" for color documents. If you print black and white documents from Level 2 computers they will be printed on the "ML-231-BW" printer located on that level. If you want color documents choose the "Pay_For_Print" printer. If you print black and white documents from Level 4 computers they will be printed on the "ML-431-BW" printer located on that level. If you want color documents choose the "Pay_For_Print" printer.
7. After you have sent your pages to the printer, go to the Front Desk and ask for your documents to be printed ("Pay_For_Print" documents only).
For Public Users:
1. Log on to computers with the user name and password provided by the library staff. When you log on you will see a message saying your printing privileges have been suspended. Just ignore the message and continue.
2. You will need to chose "Pay_For_Print". Printing will cost 5 cents per side for duplex and 7 cent per page for non-duplex black and white documents and 50 cents per side for duplex and 52 cent per page for non-duplex color documents. (If you wish to print non-duplex you must choose the option under printing references.)
3. After you have sent your pages to the printer, go the Front Desk and ask for your documents to be printed and make payment.
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