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How to prepare a large-format poster file and submit it to the Bowdoin Copy and Print Center for printing. Covers sizing your design in PowerPoint, Google Slides, or other tools, exporting to PDF, and submitting your job through the Copy Shop website. For Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff printing posters for classes, symposia, or events.

How to fix a PDF that prints only an error page or garbled output instead of the actual document. This is usually caused by corrupt or modified PDF data, often from Adobe Acrobat, and is resolved by re-exporting the PDF through macOS Preview before printing.

Explains why student photos do not appear when printing the Canvas People page and how to enable background image printing in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox to resolve the issue.

Troubleshooting steps for a Mac when a printer appears paused, stuck "in use," or will not print new documents. Covers checking printer status, clearing stuck jobs, restarting, power cycling the printer, removing and re-adding the printer, and resetting the printing system as a last resort. Applies to anyone printing from a Mac.

How to switch between color and black & white (grayscale) when printing from a Mac to a Bowdoin campus printer, how to save reusable presets for each mode, and how to have macOS remember your last print choice. Includes guidance on the Find-Me-Print-Color queue for student color printing. Applies to macOS Sequoia and Tahoe.

Options for printing to Bowdoin campus printers from an Android phone or tablet. AirPrint is not available on Android, but printing is possible through the PaperCut Mobility Print setup page or by emailing documents to a computer and printing from there. Requires a connection to the Bowdoin wireless network and a Bowdoin account.

How to staple documents when printing from a Mac to a Bowdoin multi-function printer through PaperCut. Covers selecting Find-Me-Print, opening Printer Features, and choosing a staple location in the macOS print dialog. Useful for anyone printing multi-page documents on campus who wants them stapled when the job releases.

Provides guidelines for the type, placement, and appropriate use of printing hardware across Bowdoin's campus and formalizes student and office printing. It aims to ensure access to printing for necessary College operations while encouraging sustainable practices and reducing costs, and applies to students, faculty, and staff who print at the College.

How to set up and use PaperCut to print to Bowdoin campus printers from a Bowdoin-issued iPad mini or a personal iPhone or iPad. Covers installing the Mobile Print configuration profile, sending a print job using AirPrint, and releasing the job at a campus MFD or through the PaperCut web portal. Requires a connection to the Bowdoin wireless network.

How to fix "Stopped — Filter Failed" and "Unable to convert PostScript file" errors when printing PDFs on a Bowdoin-issued Mac. These errors typically appear after a macOS upgrade and are resolved by resetting the printing system and reinstalling printers using Print Deploy. Administrator access is required.

How guests and visitors can print to campus printers at Bowdoin College. Guest printing is available at the Hawthorne-Longfellow Library through a separate process managed by library staff. Visitors needing to print elsewhere on campus should contact the Service Desk.

Instructions for printing to Bowdoin campus printers from a personally owned Mac or Windows computer. Covers installing PaperCut Client and the Mobility Print printer, sending a print job, and releasing the job at a campus printer or through the PaperCut web portal.

How to reset the macOS printing system on a Bowdoin-issued Mac running Sequoia or Tahoe. Resetting the printing system clears all installed printers and returns the system to factory defaults, and is used as a last-resort fix for stubborn printing problems. Administrator access is required.

Overview of the PaperCut print allocation for Bowdoin students. Explains the $60/semester allocation, printing rates, how color jobs charge to OneCard rather than the allocation, what happens when the allocation runs out, how to request additional funds through Bowdoin Bot or the Service Catalog, and when unused funds clear. Faculty and staff printing is not covered here.

How to release a held print job using the PaperCut web portal at papercut.bowdoin.edu. Covers signing in, viewing queued jobs, selecting a physical printer, and using the mobile release site on a phone or tablet. Useful when releasing at the printer is not possible or when you want to choose which printer your job prints to. Requires a Bowdoin account and connection to the Bowdoin network or VPN.