Printing to the wide format printer costs $10 per linear foot and first draws from your regular print quota, then draws funds from your OneCard (RooBucks). You’ll need to add funds to your OneCard if your wide format printer print job will use more print quota than you have available. Keep in mind that your OneCard balance is not directly connected to your PaperCut print quota and those funds must be managed separately. 

You can add funds to your print quota if you don't have enough to cover the cost of your print job by opening PaperCut and selecting "Add Credit." You will need to log in to OneCard to transfer some of your balance to your PaperCut account. 

Note: this transfer is non-reversible. Once you manually transfer funds from your OneCard account to your PaperCut account, you can not move it back or receive any refunds.

If you do not have enough print quota to cover the cost of your print job, you will be contacted by a representative who will instruct you to take these steps before the print job can be put through.

You can conveniently access the wide format printer through PaperCut by selecting the "Print Rooms/FabLabs" option in the side bar:

https://labweb.umkc.edu:9192/user/

The wide format printer only accepts PDF files. There are too many different software programs available for us to document detailed steps in creating a print-ready PDF file here, but you should be able to find instructions on the Internet for whatever software you’re most comfortable with.

 If you need to use UMKC’s computer lab software to create your PDF, you can create a print-ready PDF file using PowerPoint in UMKC’s computer labs. These articles may be useful to you in creating PDFs through PowerPoint:

• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/change-the-size-of-your-slides-040a811c-be43-40b9-8d04-0de5ed79987e

• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/save-powerpoint-presentations-as-pdf-files-9b5c786b-9c6e-4fe6-81f6-9372f77c47c8

The Adobe Creative Cloud software is also available in all IS-managed labs and can be used to convert files to PDF. You can either use the "Save As..." function and select PDF as the file type, or select "Microsoft print to PDF" to create your PDF file. If you are using a different software, to save your file as a PDF, select ‘Save As…’ and then use the drop-down menu to PDF as the file type. If you don’t see that option, you may need to select Print from your software and then choose ‘Print to PDF’ in the drop-down menu listing all available printers.

Note: no matter what software you use, a minimum resolution of 600 DPI is required for image-only print jobs and a minimum resolution of 150 DPI is required for images embedded in text-heavy print jobs. Anything less may result in blurry images. You may also wish to turn off image compression in whatever software you’re using to help make your images crisp.

 To prepare your printout properly, also remember:

• Be sure to flatten your layers if you are using a software that supports layers.
• To make sure nothing gets cut off unexpectedly, make sure there is some white space around your print jobs. The wide format printer cannot create “full bleed” printouts (where it prints all the way to the edge of the paper).
• Please note that staff do not trim printouts or provide equipment to trim printouts.

When submitting your print job, even though there is only one option for paper color and type, you will need to select those settings in the Paper Stock section under Color and Type.

For departmental print requests, fill out the "Departmental Print Request" fields with your department’s MoCode and the name of the fiscal officer who has pre-approved the expense.

If you do not fill out these fields, the print job will be charged to your personal account. You can disregard the Accounting section when submitting a departmental print request so long as you fill out the MoCode and Fiscal Officer fields in that section.

Here are some tips that will help your wide format printer print jobs come out the way you expect:

• Printouts are always completed in full color, even if your print job is black and white.
• The wide format printer uses 42” wide satin paper only.
• Always use Print Preview before printing anything to any printer so you can review your document and see how the print job should print.
• Only PDF files are accepted by the wide format printer: do not submit any other file types.
• Be sure to flatten all layers in your PDF before saving and submitting it for printing.
• A minimum resolution of 600 DPI is recommended for all wide format print jobs or your job might come out blurry. There are no refunds once your print job has completed.
• To make sure nothing gets cut off unexpectedly, there are no “full bleed” printouts, so there should always be some white space around your print jobs. Please note that staff do not trim printouts or provide equipment to trim printouts.
• Remember, the cost for printing is $10.00 per linear foot and printer print jobs are automatically charged against any existing print quota you receive and you will need to add funds from your OneCard balance if more print quota is required to cover the cost of your printout. You must have sufficient print quota funds for your print job to be initiated. There are no refunds once your print job has completed.