Printing FAQs

Can I send a print job from a lab and have it print in another building?
Yes:

• Any print job sent to Student-Black-White-Printer can be printed at any printer.
• Any print job sent to Student-Colour-Printer can only be printed at any colour printer.

Is legal size printing available?
The printers in L112 and L110 (outside L109) support legal size printing.

How can I add credit to my account?

Please refer to the Adding Credit to Your Account section in the Student Printing article.

Can I send a print job from a lab and have it print in another building?
Yes:

• Any black and white print job sent to Employee-Black-White-Printer can be released at any B/W Printer Release Station
• Any black and white and colour print job sent to Employee-Colour-Printer can be released at any colour Printer Release Station.

Can I add shared printer drivers to my personal laptop?
No. Only Langara PC or Mac workstations can access/install shared printer queues on campus. 

Is colour printing available?
Generally, no. Most shared printers are black and white printers. Some departments do have colour laser printers, but they are restricted to department members.

Is legal size printing available?
Generally shared devices do not have legal sized printing, but some restricted departments do. Please speak with your department head if you require legal sized printing, or use the shared printers in L112 or L110.

Do employees pay for printing?
Printing costs are charged to departments depending the type of printing and the department. Only revenue generating departments are charged for black and white printing, while all departments are charged for colour printing.

Employee Printing costs are as follows:

• Black & white printing: 2.5¢ per page, 5¢ double sided, all paper sizes up to tabloid
• Colour printing*: 15¢ per page, 30¢ double sided, all paper sizes up to tabloid

NOTE: Colour printing has always been charged to departments, this is not a new cost.

Is our printing being tracked now that we log in to the printers?
Printing and copying has always been tracked in order to charge departments for their printing and copying usage accordingly. The old system tracked printing when an employee sent a print job to a printer. Copying was tracked via department code.

With the new system, usage is reported via users and their IDs when they release a print job or copy at the printer. The costs are passed on to the applicable department. File names of what is being printed are not tracked, nor can other users see what a user has printed.