PRICE
1. When I came to the university six years ago, printing was
totally free and unlimited. There has been a consistent policy of
limiting printing which I think is counterproductive. Supporting
students with more available printing facilities for free is
crucial for me. I understand if there are some limitations on the
printing, but limiting free printing to 50 pages a day at the A
level of the Reg is a little too excesive. There are days in which
I do not print at all, but there are days in which I definitively
need to print way more than 50 pages. I think it would be great if
the university could grant a few hundred pages a month that were
accessible in any of the existing labs and without limiting this to
word program (allowing pdf and any other program). Reducing the
price of paid printing would also be helpful: why is the price of
printing double side the same than singe side when the cost is
really different? The university is clearly investing a lot of
money right now. In a few years, campus buildings have been
increased significantly, and there are plans to continue doing so.
Is printing really such a heavy burden for the university? I
believe that this university cares a lot about the success of the
students here. Sometimes small things like printing may have a
stronger impact on student's life than big projects...
2. The charges for photocopying are unnecessarily high in the
Regenstein Library. The price is considerably lower in Crerar, but
we are left with no option when photocopying reference materials
marked Library Use Only in the Regenstein. The Copico customer
service representative in the office on the first floor is
unfriendly and often unavailable. (The people who load the paper in
the machines are, however, very friendly and helpful). For obvious
environmental reasons, double-sided photocopying should be
encouraged - perhaps a price discount would encourage students to
be more economical with their paper use.
3. Please relax the requirements for Maclab printing. We are asked
in class not only to buy books but also to rountinely print dozens
of pages of readings. I believe that the combination of people
expecting students to print so much and students having to pay
money to print pdfs and other important documents lead to many
students not printing anything at all and just blowing off the
readings, or reading them online where easy reference and
notetaking are difficult. The strict requirements for printing are
not in the spirit of academic inquiry. If you don't like so much
printing going on in Maclab, tell the Divisions to print readings
for us or to stop assigning so much material from electronic
sources while making us buy $20 books in which we only read 20-25
pages.
4. Printing is too expensive. I think 1 cent a sheet would be more
reasonable, ideally it would be free. I have spoken to many friends
at comparable universitieswho don't have to pay for printing.
5. I would definitely appreciate if we were given an allowance for
pdf printing that is much higher than what is available now. Many,
if not most of my classes require course readings available online,
and have been disastisfied with the fact that often, I'd have to
spend 20 dollars a week just to access such materials.
6. It would be great if the MAC lab in Regenstein allowed us to
print pdf's or if the other libraries charged $.06 per copy like
Harper. Many of us grad students have to print out a lot!
7. Printing and photocopying must be cheaper. At the moment it is
often equally cost-effective to just buy the book.
8. Photocopying is WAY too expensive at the library. Pricing should
be competitive with off-campus resources. Also, the way we are
charged (adding money to ID or copy card) is cumbersome. Should be
able to add our printing/copy charges to our fee bills or charge a
monthly rate or something if we use our student IDs..
9. Would again appreciate free printing for all materials, though I
agree that this should be limited.
10. The copy machines charge something around 12 cents/page. This
is ridiculously overpriced
11. The printing prices are unacceptably high, they should come
down a few cents or make it part of tuition.
12. it would be really great if PDF Chalk e-reserves weren't so
expensive
13. feel that printing is often too expensive and
time-consuming.
14. enable scanners on copiers. why is photocopying so
expensive?
DOUBLESIDED
15. As for up-to-date technologies: the Reg's printing system is
out-dated and not very user friendly. It's a joke that there's
double-sided printing at only one printer in the whole place, and
that there's no place where recycled papers are being used for
printing, and that when the printers break down there's no service
person to speak with. Why do we not hire someone to carefully
manage printing for us instead of paying some outside company who
obviously does a poor job at it?
16. it would be really nice if you could offer printing for
cheaper. And, if there were a bigger reward for double-sided
printing, and all of the machines allowed for it
17. The availability of double-sided printing at cheaper prices
than single-sided throughout the library would be one improvement.
More publicity for the one double-sided printer in the library and
for the option of double-sided copying (which should also be
cheaper) would also be nice.
18. Please, please, please provide double-sided printers in the law
library. Considering the number of e-materials assignes, it's an
absolute necessity for cost, environmental and medical
reasons.
19. Double-sided printing, not to save money but because I don't
want to heft so much paper around.
20. Vending machines, better printing options (same price as the
U-site) on the first floor would be better fit, and enclosed
cubicles with dry-erase boards would make the study area
better.
21. Please add double-sided printing at ALL Usite computers. This
is an extremely important issue. When printing class reading the
pages can really pile up and it's a huge waste of paper. You could
offer a small discount for people printing double-sided as an
incentive to conserve. Please lead the example in responsible use
of printed materials and printing!
SERVICE
22. I have had printing issues in the past. As I was doing some
printing one weekend, the print station ate my card and wouldn't
give it back. The *sole* person at the reference desk had no idea
what to do and said I would have to wait until a weekday to get it
back. I think I ended up force-quitting the computer to make it
eject my card. All in all, a bad and unnecessary experience.
23. I hate those Mac-Gray mini-stripe reader copier payment things.
Why should I have to keep a separate account for this kind of
thing? Harvard University's Crimson Cash system is much friendlier
to use. Or even Kinko's credit card system.
24. have someone who is responsible for copying and printing
services in the library proper;
25. Xerox in the library is way below minimum standards.
26. Photocopy machines are far from good.
MICROFORM
27. You need new microfilm scanners that are NOT owned by a cheap
lazy private company who wants to make money. You need four brand
new scanners that will work with new software. I often take my
microfilms (or order them through ILL) to a second rate state
university instead of reading them at the Reg because they have
much better scanners and I never have to wait. The status of your
microfilm scanners is a shame to the university's committment to
research.
28. Lib should have more machines with microform/fiche scanning
software, because often there is a queue at the one single
machine!
29. One example, are there any alternatives to or improvements to
machines for reading microfiche & film? Right now the machines
are consistently broken and the only one knowledgable staff member
for that office is there part-time.
30. Reg could use some cleaning/maintenance of the microfiche
machines and make it possible for people to scan microfiche images
onto their own computers instead of waiting for the single
workstation.
31. more machines for scanning and/or printing from
microforms
32. There has to be a better Microfilm scanner. The present one
produces substandard quality scans.
33. machines to read a microfish -- they are just too old and I
don't even know how to use it and make a photocopy. You should
replace them with new ones.
34. Given the present organization of the library, for instance,
there are still significant barriers posed to the ready use of
electronic media (such as audio and visual materials).
35. Internal Regenstein Printing. Is there any way to allow laptop
users to print to Regenstein printers using a http:// protocol or
the like? The dormitories have a great universal printing setup in
place and especially during times of peak computer activity it
would be helpful if a similar setup was put in the Reg so that
laptop users could print without transfering documents to a Reg
computer (paid printing of course, not Mac lab printing).
36. The library needs a new scanner or new software for the
microfilm reader that creates tiff-files. The current one does not
work properly. It crashes regularly and the image quality
(independent of the microfilm) is very poor - to the point where
most pictures are unusable, which is why the scanner is hardly
used.
1. I use the Regenstein Library because of the free printing
available at the MacLab. I would like to have access to free
printing at other sites as well.
2. I am glad we can finally print PDF's in the Mac Lab.
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