Drake University strives to provide efficient, high-quality print, copy, fax and scan services to meet the needs of students, faculty and staff at the most reasonable cost, while contributing to the University’s sustainability goals. To that end, Drake University’s Office of Business and Finance has launched a campus-wide print management program that incorporates Xerox Multi Function Devices (MFD) and HP Printers along with PaperCut Print Management. Available functions and costs are described below or view the FAQs for more information.
Use the links in the table below to download the appropriate drivers Recommended Browsers WINDOWS: Internet Explorer ver 8 or 9 Mac OS X: Safari ver 5 or higher, Chrome| Drake-owned devices | Locate a Printer | |
|---|---|---|
| Mac | Windows | Public Campus Printers |
| Personal Device Queue for personally-owned devices | |
|---|---|
| Mac (How-to Instructions) | Windows (How-to Instructions) |
Training Resources & Xerox Quick Reference Guide to MFDs
Campus Print System in Cowles Library
Campus Print System for Drake Law
Print charges:
- Faculty or Staff: Printing & copying costs are automatically charged to your departmental print budget. Budget Managers will receive monthly reports noting the number of prints/copies per employee.
- Full Time Students: Your Drake student ID card will be credited with a $20.00 dollars per semester of “free” printing (approximately 500 black/white duplexed copies), and you may add funds to your PaperCut account at any time.
- Part Time Students: You may add money to your Student ID card.
- Guests: Please use the Virtual Card Acceptor (VCA) device with a Credit card, Debit card or cash. VCAs are located in Cowles Library and in the Opperman Law Library.
How To Print: Mac OS X | Windows
Students: Follow Me Printing allows you to submit your print job to the Virtual Print Queue called Follow Me Printer via the PaperCut website using the Web Print function. The Virtual Print Queue is a collection of all public Xerox Multi Function devices/printers on campus. Follow Me Printing allows you to walk up to any public Xerox device/printer and release or delete your print jobs. For example, when working outside on your laptop while enjoying a beautiful fall day, you can submit your print job to the “Follow Me Printer” Queue. Once you submit your print job you can walk into the nearest building with a Xerox MFD, swipe your Drake ID at the device/printer, enter your Banner password, then choose to print that job or delete that job; it’s that easy and convenient! Review this helpful guide.
Student Card Swipe (VCC) allows you to swipe your Drake ID and print, copy, scan to email & fax at the Xerox device. If you don’t have your Drake ID with you no worries, as you can touch the screen to enter your Banner ID & Password. Please remember to report a lost or stolen Drake ID. Review this helpful guide.
Guests: Are welcome to use the PaperCut website for Web Printing. Guests please use the Virtual Card Acceptor (VCA) device with a Credit card, Debit card or cash. VCAs are located in Cowles Library and in the Opperman Law Library. Each guest card purchased has a username & password associated to it so that you can log into the PaperCut website. Review this helpful guide.
Web Printing is your guide to driverless printing! Web Printing gives you the ability to upload documents to the PaperCut website and print to a Virtual Print Queue “Public Printers.” You can then retrieve the document at a Public Printer of your choosing and release or delete the print job. Submitted jobs will remain in queue for 48 hours.
Off Campus Printing is available by logging into the PaperCut website. You will be prompted to login with Banner ID & Password. From there you will find the Web Print function. Submitted jobs will remain in queue for 48 hours.
Personal Device Queue (PDQ) is intended for users with non-Drake owned assets (personally purchased devices) to print to public Xerox devices. Any faculty, staff, students or guests with a personally owned laptop or macbook, can run the PaperCut Client. Follow the instructions here for Mac clients / Windows clients.
Check My Balance, Add Funds is a PaperCut service that offers the ability for you to check your balance and or add funds 24 hours a day 365 days a year via a secure means for credit/debit transactions. How-to Guide.
Scan to E-mail is a useful service when you need to share or deliver a document to others on or off campus. Locate a Xerox device/printer with scan to e-mail capability; scan and e-mail the document to your Drake e-mail address.
Faxing is helpful when scan to e-mail just isn’t an option. Locate a Xerox device/printer with Faxing capability; send and receive as needed.
View print history is a PaperCut service that provides a view of your print history, and for those who are interested, your environmental impact.
Print Jobs pending release is a PaperCut service that shows your jobs waiting to print or to be deleted. Submitted jobs will remain in queue for 48 hours.
Secure Print is an option that allows you to print confidential documents. This feature holds your documents in the printer until you want to retrieve it. Documents will bbe held in queue for 48 hours and then deleted. Please note that this feature is intended for non-public printers. How-to Guide.
Support for Printing is provided by Xerox. If you have a problem printing from a Xerox Multi-function device and HP Printers, please call 1-855-745-8450. You will also find a Xerox sticker on each device that provides the contact number and procedure.
