PrintSmart Faculty & Staff Frequently Asked Questions

 All prices below are for one side of a sheet of paper. B&W=Black & White

For color copies & prints in large quantities or a higher quality, contact Campus Impressions.  

See the printer and copier locations page for a map of all buildings and where printing, copying, faxing, and scanning devices are located.

There will be at least one color copier or printer located in each building. Color printing can be very expensive so use guidance and "best practices" from Butler's Document Asset Management Policy.

Excerpt from policy:

Color printing should only be utilized where it is required to convey important information that would be lost in black and white. Only the necessary pages in the document should be printed in color. Other exceptions may also apply (e.g., signage, marketing materials, etc.) when printing in color may convey the message more effectively.

Butler does not support personal printers or non-networked devices. This includes repairs and supplies.

However, additional toner for laserjet personal or non-networked printers can be ordered by contacting the Help Desk. Your department will be charged for the purchase.

There are several resources available to assist you.

• IT YouTube channel - Recorded training sessions
• Sharp - Sharp specific online training resources
• How do I...? - Helpful how-to information

Visit the How do I...? page for helpful how-to information related to printing, copying, scanning and faxing on campus.

Most faculty and staff will not see anything different than what they see today when printing from a Butler computer. If you are authorized to charge printing to multiple accounts you will see a dialog similar to the one below that will allow you to select the account that should be charged before each print job.

Anyone with an active Butler network account can use any copier or printer and have the charges passed to their department. (For more information about network accounts see Accounts & Passwords).

In addition, Sharp copier/printers have a feature called "Follow Me Printing". This printing method allows you to print to any Sharp device by sending your print job to a print queue named "Sharp_FollowMe". Once you've sent your job to the queue, log on to any Sharp device using your Butler ID card or your username and password. A screen with your print job will appear. Simply select it and release it to print.

Note: Any jobs sent to the follow me print queue are tied to your log-in. You are the only person who can release your follow me print jobs.

Follow the instructions for adding network printers/print queues to add "Sharp_FollowMe" to your computer.

All copiers/printers can print envelopes. If you need to print large quantities on a regular basis, you can contact Campus Impressions to make arrangements to have them printed.

Once you scan your ID you will remain logged in for 60 seconds. After 60 seconds of inactivity the device will log you out. However, you should always press the log out button when you are finished.

Yes. While only one person can be logged into the machine's user interface at a time, any prints sent directly to the machine will still print out. If you send a job to the follow me print queue, you will have to wait to release your job until the person using the machine before you logs out.

At this time, in order to get scans to a network folder you should either email them to yourself and then copy them to the network or use Sharp Desk. We hope to add the ability to scan directly to a network folder in the future.

No, long distance codes are no longer necessary for making phone calls or sending faxes from most areas of campus. This includes offices, fax machines, conference rooms, and classrooms.

To fax from a Sharp multifunction device, follow these steps:

1. Tap your Butler ID card or log in using the touch screen
2. Load your document in the feeder face up
3. Press "Use copier functions"
4. On a Color device: select "Fax"
   On a B&W device: select "Scan & Fax" and then the "Fax" tab
5. You can now enter the number directly with the # key pad or go to "Address Book" to find a fax destination
6. If you need to enter a pause, select "Pause"
7. Press Start to send
   
   *For a 2-sided document press "AUTO ORIGINAL" on the Fax screen and choose "2-sided booklet" 

All faxes will be paid out of a general fund that has been set up for the PrintSmart program.

By default, you will only get a confirmation page in the event of an error. If you need a confirmation page, click Fax > Others > Transaction Report > Always Print. If you would like to change the default action for a machine in your area, contact the IT Help Desk.

Contact the IT Help Desk if your copier/printer needs to be repaired.

During regular Help Desk business hours, a technician will respond to your request within two hours. If a repair is required after hours or on the weekend, a technician will respond to your request the next business day.

However, with PrintSmart, you can print to any device on campus and your department will be charged. There is no need to wait for your particular device to be repaired in order to print.

Everyone working for Butler is associated with a department or college based on their job or role with the University. PrintSmart is able to automatically charge your department when you print because you must be logged in to the network to do so. When you copy, you must log in to the copier by touching your Butler ID card to the card reader or entering your Butler username and password via the attached keyboard. Logging in identifies you to PrintSmart which then charges your department's account accordingly.

If you are a faculty or staff member with more than one departmental or academic charge back account, you will receive a pop-up window asking which account to charge after you click "Print" on your computer. You will also be asked which charge back account to charge for copies on the main control screen after you log in to a copier. If you don't have more than one charge back account, you will not receive a pop-up window.

**If you have multiple accounts and want to print, you must have the PrintSmart client installed on your computer. All Butler managed Windows computers already have the PrintSmart client installed. Butler managed Macs and personally owned computers may or may not have the PrintSmart client installed. Here are instructions for  installing the PrintSmart client on your computer.

This report used to be sent via email; it will now be included in the monthly budget report. In place of one line item for copies, budget managers will now see a line per user whose printing charged their department Service Code.

The following information will be included in the report:

Username, Full Name, Black Pages, Color Pages, Cost

This will allow you to see the details of your department's printing for the given month. If you require additional details, please request that information from the IT Help Desk.

Contact the IT Help Desk if you have a billing question or an issue with your charge back report as soon as possible.

Guests visiting a library or who are on campus for a conference will need to contact either the Library or Conferences and Special Events for information on how to log onto the network and print.

Sharp Desk is software the can be installed on a Butler computer that will enable you to send scanned documents directly to your computer. If you think Sharp Desk would be beneficial to you, contact the IT Help Desk for more information.

Yes. Read the Document Asset Management Policy.

If you need a new or additional copier/printer, contact the IT Help Desk. According to Butler's Document Asset Management Policy and Standards, standard model devices must be used unless there is a justified need for a higher level specification model. Additional devices will be considered for an individual or work group based on a substantiated business need and endorsement by the department head or above.

All inkjet printers have limited support from IT. If the printer is beyond what we can repair within a reasonable amount of time, then it will be considered disposable and it will be the responsibility of the department to purchase another.

IT will not charge the $150 hub and software fee on purchases of inkjet printers as inkjets are not covered under the service agreement with our printer repair company.

Inkjets will not be networked. This means that only the person who is in possession of the printer will be able to print to it.
Users with such devices will be given 15 minutes of friendly advice and then are encouraged to contact the manufacturer for additional support.

A water based glass cleaner sprayed on a cloth and not directly on the display screen.

• Utilize other file storage options such as your network storage space on BUfiles or a USB flash drive to save documents instead of printing.
• Read materials from the computer screen instead of printing.
• If possible, allow students to submit work electronically via email or through Blackboard instead of printing.
• When reviewing journal articles, have the PDF or text of the article emailed to you instead of printing.
• Use the comment and track changes features in Microsoft Word and other programs to provide feedback to others (instead of printing and marking up by hand).
• Use online collaboration tools such as Google Docs instead of trading documents via email.
• When printing materials:
  • Use the print preview feature to preview what will print before you print.
  • When printing website materials, look for a link to a "printable version" of the document. This will format the content for printing.
  • When printing website materials, make sure the last few sheets are not just advertisements or footer information.