DiscoverIT supports 12 printers for use by Discovery Building occupants. This includes a color scanner/printer per kitchenette and 2 44” plotters for posters. Documentation on connecting to these printers is available on the Discovery Building KB: kb.wisc.edu/discovery/search.php?cat=6306. Each non-poster print project is first submitted to the print queue before you pick it up at one of the printers by signing in with your WisCard. If your printing project is not related to WID or WID research, use one of the other campus printing options (it.wisc.edu/services/printing/).
Color Printing Notification
If you’ve been printing significant amounts of color print jobs, you may receive the following email:
You are receiving this email because you printed more than 100 color pages over the last several weeks at WID. Please be aware that color printing costs 7x more than black and white. We understand that color printing is sometimes necessary, but please make sure your default printing is black and white:
- Create a Black and White Printing Preset on Mac
- Set up two print queues (B&W, color) for a PC
- Printing for Ubuntu Linux
Some large color print jobs, such as brochures and handouts, are best done by the campus print shops. We use them routinely as they have fast turnaround and their printers are better quality. Pat Pointer can answer any questions you have.
