Printing in Color or Black/White on MacOS

Issue/Question 

  • How do I print in Color?    
  • How do I print in Black/White? 

Environment 

All campus printers are connected through the College's print management system called PaperCut. This system is available for all Bowdoin faculty, staff, and students while enhancing security by limiting printing to only members of the Bowdoin community. This article references different color printing on a Bowdoin PaperCut Printer. 

Note: If you are a student, can only print in color in the HL Basement color printer but faculty have access to print color at all printers on campus. 

Resolution

You will continue to print using your operating system's native printing functions. Click File, located along the top of your device, then Print. Then a "Print" tab will appear with a preview of your document. 

Instructions for Color: 

  1.  Select your Destination. For students, you must select "Find-Me-Printer-Color". For faculty, you can either select "Find-Me-Printer" or "Find-Me-Printer-Color". 
  2. Then 3 rows down from Destination is Color. Click on the Color drop-down to select "Color". 
  • If you are a Student, even if you select "Color" but not "Find-Me-Printer-Color", your print job will be in Black/White and you will be charged for a Color print job. You must select both for the document to be in color. 
  • If you are a Faculty member, you can select either printer destination as long as in Color, "color" is selected.

 

 

Instructions for Black/White: 

  1. Select your Destination. Select "Find-Me-Printer".
  2. Then 3 rows down from Destination is Color. Click on the Color drop-down to select "Black/White". Usually, this is already the default setting. 

Finally, you will now be requested to: 

  • Enter your Bowdoin username and password when printing a document
  • (optional) "Charge" your print job to a department project (only for specific departments)
  • Release your print job your selected printer destination
  • Your documents will be held until you release them to be printed.

If you need further assistance, please contact the Bowdoin College Service Desk. 

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