General Printing Information
There is no charge to those at IGPP for the use of the more than 20 in-house printers.
For the large format plotters, there is currently a $20 fee per poster regardless of paper used. This printer is provided as a service and is funded by IGPP NetOps charges as well as printing fees. For this reason printing is prohibited to those outside of IGPP to the in-house printer.
For those outside of IGPP requiring printing to large format plotters Visit Imprint https://blink.ucsd.edu/facilities/imprints/index.html for more info.
Click for a list of IGPP printers sortable by models, rooms and capabilities.
Plotter Printers
The IGPP Helpdesk currently provides two plotter printers named goya and scott for printing posters.
Fees
Print jobs cost $20 regardless of paper used. This fee helps pay for the ink, printheads, maintenance and paper.
Glossy and matte paper are readily available and is included in the printing fee. These jobs can be paid through your recharge number. When printing a poster, leave your name, recharge number and other information on the clipboard next to the printer.
Note: SDSU students should use "SDSU" for the recharge number.
Paper
Glossy and matte paper are provided by the Helpdesk and is included in the printing fee. Paper is 42" x 100" or 42" x 150."
If you would like to print using your glossy paper, please contact the IGPP Helpdesk so we can change the printer paper to glossy and then back to matte once your job has finished.
For Scott, this plotter will be preloaded with 2 semi-gloss rolls of 36" paper. If you wish to print using the larger 42" paper, please send your plots to Goya at this time.
The 2 roles installed are to prevent downtime when one role runs out of paper. When the plotter detects that the role is complete mid-plot, the plotter will automatically feed the second roll and reprint your plot. PLEASE DO NOT attempt to change the paper rolls or resend your plot to Scott! This will result in back-logging the print queue and will waste supplies.
Drivers
All managed machines have all IGPP printers and plotters drives pre-installed and ready to use. For self-managed machines, you can find the drivers for your system linked here. Be sure to install the PostScript 3 Driver and choose the operating system that you are running because the drivers are OS-specific.
To add the plotter in macOS, perform the following:
- Click on the Apple symbol on the top, left-hand corner.
- Click System Preferences
- Click on the Printers & Scanners icon.
- Click the plus Add Printer, Scanner, or Fax... to add the printer.
- Click the "globe" underneath Add printer.
- Enter the "scott.ucsd.edu" as the address, and set the protocol to Internet Printing Protocol (IPP)
- on the dropdown menu next to Use, select the Epson Postcript protocol for the Epson SureColor SC-P8500D.
- Click Add
AGU Conference
During the month of AGU, glossy paper print jobs will be provided by the Helpdesk at the normal rate of $20 per poster. Glossy paper supplies are limited, so please only use glossy paper for the final draft of your poster. Rough drafts should be printed on 11x17 or matte.
Printing to a Plotter Printer
Suggested method is to print a pdf file.
- Convert document to be printed to a pdf.
- View the pdf file using Adobe Preview app. Right click on the file > Open with > select Preview
- Select File > Print
- Select printer goya
- Select Show Details
- Next select Paper Size
- Select the correct paper size and print.
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If you need further assistance, please contact IGPP Helpdesk.