Printing (Students)

Faculty and Staff

Printing services are available campus-wide for students, faculty, and staff. All public computer labs offer convenient printing for students only, while teaching computing labs allow students and faculty to print. 

Faculty and staff may also use departmental Sharp multifunction devices for printing and scanning. Users can view and monitor their print accounts to track activity and efficiently manage balances or quotas.

For information on printing for Faculty and Staff, go to the self-service portal.

Printing for Faculty/Staff

Printing on campus for students

How to print in Public Computing Labs

  • Printing in the labs is available exclusively to Montclair-registered students enrolled in courses for the active semester.
  • Students must know their Montclair NetID credentials in order to authenticate to the print dialog prompts.
  • When printing multi-page documents, students must select an option on the print dialog prompt whether they would like to print double-sided or single-sided. Clicking “YES” on the prompt will always result in a double-sided printout.
  • Printing to a color printer is limited to single-sided printing.

Quick Tips to Reduce Paper Waste

  • Did you know if you print double-sided that you can get approximately 1142 printed sides?
  • Before printing that document, use the print preview function that will give you an accurate view of how the printed pages will look.
  • In PowerPoint, select the handout option when printing out a slideshow.
  • Download books to your network share, tablet pc, smartphone or computer for easy perusal.
  • When printing, select only the pages you need to print out.
  • When doing research, save your material by emailing it to yourself or saving it to a flash drive.
  • Be patient when printing! If you have already hit the print button the document might be queued up at the printer with jobs being processed before you.
  • When printing study guides or class notes, reduce margins and point sizes to minimize page counts.
  • Think before you print! Do I really need to print this email, webpage, or 50 page article?

Campus Printing & Lab Resources

Public, Teaching and Testing Labs Printers

A comprehensive directory of all printer locations, network names, and scanner types available in campus computer labs.

View Directory

Printing from a Personal Computer

Step-by-step instructions on how to connect personal laptops or mobile devices to the campus network to use university print queues.

Read Guide

Checking Your Print Account

A quick guide on how to log in, check your printing balance, view transaction history, and add funds to your campus printing allowance.

Read Guide

Frequently Asked Questions

Allowance Policies & Comparisons

These questions handle the "rules" and structural background of how the print allocation works.

Based on data gathered and surveying of other institutions, the $40 print allowance will satisfy 90% of the campus community’s printing needs. That is, less than 10% of students print more than 800 pages during the semester.

Through our research, we learned that Montclair has one of the more generous printing allowances and one of the lowest price-per-print after the allowance has been satisfied. Nearly all colleges and universities charge for printing, and many of those do not offer allowances.

On the start day of each semester, all Montclair students enrolled in an undergraduate program will receive a $40 print allowance, while students enrolled in a graduate program will receive a $50 print allowance.  During the summer sessions, undergraduate students will receive a $20 print allowance, while graduate students will receive a $30 print allowance.

No. There is no trading, combining, or year-to-year carryovers. Credits will only be considered if it’s determined that your print job failed. Printing allowances are reset each August.

No. If you don’t use your print allowance each year, you’ve done your part to contribute to Montclair’s commitment to sustainability and to help save trees and money.

Account Balances & Managing Funds

These questions are all about tracking money and adding funds when the allowance runs out.

Above the $40 of free printing, students pay .05 cents per single-sided page, .07 cents per double-sided page for black and white printing and .65 cents for a single-sided color printing on 8½ x11 paper at public site printers.

If you are using a public site computer, your current account balance will appear directly on the PaperCut gadget on the desktop screen. Alternately, you can check your balance as well as your print job history by logging into your PaperCut account. 

In addition, you will also receive an email notification when your print allowance has dropped to $5.00 in order to make you aware of a low balance.

As long as you have money on your Red Hawk Dollars account, you will be able to print and it will be deducted “on-demand”. To add money to your account, please go to the Red Hawk Dollars page.

After the annual print allowance is exhausted, any additional print costs will be your responsibility. You also have the option of printing to a personal printer.

How & Where to Print

The practical, operational steps for a student standing on campus trying to execute a print job.

You can print to an available printer in any Montclair Public Computing Lab from one of the lab computers.

Yes. You can utilize Webprint Service to submit print jobs from your own computing device and release them at designated “release stations” in Sprague Library Laptop Lending lab and University Hall 5007 public computer lab.

Due to the fact that users must be authenticated to the PaperCut server with a valid Montclair NetID, non-affiliated guests will not be able to print at the public sites.

Troubleshooting & Support

The safety-net section for when something goes wrong or tech support is needed.

If your print job fails, no deduction from your print allowance should occur. If it does or if you think there is a discrepancy with your allowance, please log into your PaperCut account to request a refund. Please be as detailed as possible while describing the reason for the request.

If you are having trouble printing, please see a staff member at the front desk or contact the IT Service Desk for assistance.