Printer Fee Policy for Departmental Networked Printers
Printer Fee Policy for Departmental Networked Printers - Park Ave/FRO
The departmental networked printer policy will apply to all pages printed on Park Avenue (608-A) and FRO printers. Charging thresholds have been increased for the Fall 2006 semester.
Individual user accounts will be charged $0.05/page for any printing
in excess of the "courtesy" quota:
400 Personal, per semester
600 Dissertation*, per semester
(*must meet the same criteria as the EML)
Users will be notified via email at the end of each semester of the balance
due and the payment deadline. Checks should be made payable to the UC
Regents, and turned in to the staff person in the Main Office, 549 Evans
(who will have a
list of what each user owes). Failure to reconcile your charges by the due
date will result in your printer access being disabled.
You may view how many pages you have printed to date (excluding the EML printers) and associated costs by checking 'T:\yourusername.prd'. There is a Desktop shortcut that will do this for you, called 'Charges'. This information is updated twice daily (1am and 1pm).
The page counters will be reset on or about January 1 (for spring semester), June 1 (for summer), and September 1 (for fall semester), which is the same schedule maintained by the EML.
Special note for GSRs and faculty principal investigators (PIs) of research projects:
There is no courtesy quota for employed GSRs whose research for a faculty PI requires occasional printing. All printer pages will be charged to a valid chartstring provided by the PI at $0.05/page.
GSRs:
For PC users who already have access to Park Avenue/FRO printers and who plan to print research materials related to their GSR employment, note that you will be billed and held responsible for all pages you print unless you complete and submit an "Authorization for Research Printing" form. This form will require you to obtain a valid chartstring and authorizing signature from your faculty PI. Upon approval, you will be notified of a separate print queue to which you will have access as a GSR, and all printer pages sent to this queue by you will be billed directly to the specific faculty investigator's account. No special arrangements or billing will be made for those who are GSRs for non-Economics faculty.
Faculty PIs:
Faculty investigators will be responsible for all printer charges incurred by their GSRs who have turned in a completed authorization form with valid chartstring and faculty signature. When a GSR's employment expires, it is the PI's responsibility to inform the department immediately to avoid subsequent printer charges.
The form and more detailed information on what to do is posted at: "Authorization for Research Printing" form
Special note for dissertation users:
The designation of "dissertation user" for Park Avenue/FRO courtesy printer quotas is obtained by fulfilling the criteria for use privileges to 614, the EML's dissertation cluster. The application form is available on the web at http://elsa.berkeley.edu/eml/index.shtml. Complete the form, obtain your thesis advisor's signature, and return the signed form to the EML Manager. Your printer quota for the EML printers in 614 and 616 *and* the Park Avenue and FRO printers will be increased to 600 pages per semester (1200 total). If you are not familiar with the EML's general policies, including the EML's policy regarding printer usage, please see http://elsa.berkeley.edu/eml/rule1.shtml.
To check on your EML printer usage, at the unix command prompt, type 'charges' and a carriage return.
revised 22-Aug-2006