UC Davis

Lab Management has submitted a proposal to charge for printing. That proposal is being evaluated by an advisory committee, the Academic Computing Coordinating Council (AC4). The council has faculty as well as student representatives as members. A proposal was submitted due to the increasing amount of printing each quarter. The amount is rapidly approaching 2 million pages printed each quarter or roughly 6 million pages per year. We are awaiting their final approval on our proposal.
Though printing is free for students, the costs of paying for printing has been absorbed by the Lab Management group. The unit does not receive any additional funding to compensate for the rise in printing. Funds were diverted from several areas such as computer lab renovation projects and new equipment acquisition.
A per page printing charge may be put into effect as early as Summer 2001. The proposal includes a provision for a set limit of free pages a student can print before being charged. These charges are intended primarily to encourage students to print responsibly.

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