PURR, the Printer User Report Register, is our printing account system. At the start of each term or the first time you print with your Maseeh College account you receive a quarterly $5.00 print quota allotment. This initial quota is subsidized by the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science. If you use up this initial quota, you will need to pay to continue to print. What is left of your $5 does not carry over to the next quarter. Every user is reset to $5 at the beginning of the quarter. Any money you pay in to your "paid balance" will carry over.

You can check your personal Print Quota by logging into https://intranet.cecs.pdx.edu with your Maseeh College unix or windows username and password. Then click on the "Print Quota" link in the "Printing" menu.

We also have a short FAQ section on printers. 

TheCAT will only perform fee-based accounting on Lab Printers. The charging scheme is:

Laser Printers (Black & White): $0.02 per page
Color Printers: $0.50 /page (no matter what colors are on the page)

Duplexing printers will automatically print on two sides, and printing two-sided costs $0.02 per side.

Link to the List of all printers

Your Print Quota is centralized for your convenience. The same quota is used for windows, unix, and linux accounts.

The cost of your print job is automatically deducted from your Print Quota balance. Once you use up your $5/quarter "free" balance, you will need to have money put in your "paid" balance in order to continue printing. As you keep on printing, money will be deducted from your paid balance. Obtaining additional print credits (ie: adding to your paid quota) is described below.

NOTE: If you do not have a positive total balance, your job may print incompletely or not at all.

Buying more printing credits:

Please follow these steps:

1. Fill out and print this form.
2. Take the form to the cashiers in Neuberger Hall and pay the money into your account..
3. Bring the receipt they give you to a CAT support pod.
4. The person at the pod will ask you to show your receipt, your PSU ID, collect some information from the receipt, stamp it, and update your printer balance in PURR.
5. You will now be able to print.

Make sure that you keep an eye on your printer quota balance so that you don't go over quota at an inopportune time.

Checking your Print Quota Balance:

Windows: Start Menu -> Printer Setup and Information -> My print quota
Unix: Use the command "printquota" at a command prompt.

Printing for students doing research work:

If you are a grad student working on a research project and need to print to centrally maintained lab printers, you will need to get the research grant or department to pay for your print quota increases. Departments can JV the funds to the CAT on your behalf and notify the CAT to credit your account. Contact your department office for details on how this is done and whether the department is willing to do it.

Printing for Faculty who want to use Computer Lab Printers:

Faculty/staff who wish to go beyond their termly quota on the Computer Lab Printers will need to have their department transfer the appropriate funds to the CAT and have their printer quota updated.

Links To More Specific Information On Printing:

Windows

Unix