If you are an MCAD Faculty or Staff member working on a Windows workstation, you can add the Service Bureau printers [Black and White and/or Color] to your available printers by following these steps :
1. Click the "Start" button in the lower-left-hand-corner of the screen:
There are several types of book-binding the MCAD Service Bureau can help you with. Note that ALL binding and trimming services have a 24-hour turnaround time. If you need your books in under 24 hours you can pay a $10 RUSH fee per book.
YES! The Service Bureau has a Datacolor Spyder5Pro calibrator you can check out! Stop by the SB and check out the Spyder, then follow these instructions.
Inexpensive color printing can be done through the Service Bureau or Library using one of the Konica color laser printers.
Once your laptop is online at the MFA Studios you can print to the Computer Lab BW printer.
The Service Bureau has the power to print your image or design directly onto the surface of a CD or DVD. Turnaround time is up to 48 hours though most orders will be completed within 24 hours. If you need large quantities of CD/DVD labels, please allow for extra time.
The Océ Plotwave large format Black and White laser printer has a maximum output width of 36" and maximum length of 12'. Files are printed on plain white, green, blue, yellow, or pink Bond paper or frosted vellum Film. To get something printed on the Oc, follow these instructions:
Begin by opening the file you want to print.
Choose File > Print and the Print dialog box will open.
If you just need simple letter-sized (8.5x11") prints, you can choose from several public BW printers around campus:
You can pay to have the Service Bureau make your prints for you or you can print them yourself on the SB's Epson print stations.
There are four Epson print stations in the SB. Two 4900 printers are set up with Photo Black ink, and two 4900 printers set up with Matte Black ink.
The Service Bureau Konica laser printer is perfect for printing on Transparency, Film or Vellum media. Transparency and Xante film can be purchased in the Service Bureau.
(If you received your computer from MCAD or recently had it re-imaged by the Help Desk, all MCAD public printers should already be set up.)
Printing from Windows laptops is not supported at this time.
Student accounts are credited $10 every year on August 1st, which equals 250 Letter-sized BW prints (single-sided) or about 22 Letter-sized Konica Color prints. Your mileage will vary depending on how you choose to use your allotment.
So you've got an InDesign document that you'd like to print out and bind like a magazine or booklet.
You can send documents to the SB-Canon-Copier for high volume printing/copying and for advanced finishing options like folding, stapling and collating!
If you followed all posted (or verbal) instructions and your prints still didn_t come out right, there was a mechanical problem with the printer, or the toner was low, you can log into your print account and request a refund.
Occasionally when you print something from the internet (like driving directions or an image) to the SB_BW printers, the printer will display an error. This is a Postscript error, meaning the printer doesn't understand the information it has been sent.
Watch our video demo and/or read through the suggestions below! (If you can't see the YouTube player click HERE.) Turnaround for book binding can take up to 24 hours so plan ahead!
Printing instructions for using the Epson 4900 (SB) or 4900/7900 (DPL) inkjet printers are located in black binders at each print station.
Please see our paper sample book in the Service Bureau to see and feel each paper type (with print samples)!
(We also have an assortment of colorful bond paper in 8.5x11 + 11x17)
The MFA Studios has options for both Black-and-White and Color Printing.
BW Printing
One HP Laserjet printer is available at Whittier.
•HP m700 712dn in the Computer Lab space
-8.5x11 and 11x17
Faculty and staff printing accounts are associated with a shared department account by default. Your department head will receive a monthly report of all public printing charges.
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Our goal in the Service Bureau is to complete your orders properly in as timely a manner as possible. Please keep in mind the following minimum turnaround times when planning your projects.
You can have your designs or type cut out of paper or adhesive-backed vinyl. Paper cutting is $3 per linear foot (not including the cost of any prints) and Vinyl cutting is $5 per linear foot.
Web Print is a feature in PaperCut that we are evaluating that will allow a user to print from any device via a web browser. This means you don't have to worry about having your computer set up with your official MCAD short username (i.e., "gforman") or be running the PC Client app.
At the Service Bureau you can print large-format, photographic quality prints with archival inks on several different types of media including archival papers, all up to 44" wide.
MCAD uses a print management solution, called PaperCut, to monitor and manage the college-s printing, reduce overall print costs based on actual usage, and raise awareness about sustainable and responsible printing practices.
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