Students may now use their free printing quota in both I.D. Weeks Library and Lommen Health Sciences Library. Both I.D. Weeks and Lommen libraries have adopted the Pharos Uniprint system, which was implemented in most campus printing stations Spring 2006. Previously, I.D. Weeks and Lommen Health Sciences had used VendPrint, a system that required the purchase of a copy card to print in the libraries. Joe Edelen, head of content management and systems for I.D. Weeks, sees it as a great convenience for students because they can now use their free print quota campus-wide. However, he noted, the downside is that they will be charged more to print in the libraries. Under VendPrint, the cost was 5 cents per page in black and white and 35 cents for color. As in other labs across campus, students will be charged 7 cents a page for black. The Lommen Library also offers color printing for 42 cents a page. ITS encouraged the move to the Pharos Uniprint system as a means of conserving resources. Cheryl Tiahrt, manager of Technology Services, said, "It has been our plan to create campus-wide central system. It is more economical to maintain one system than two." Danielle Loftus, a librarian for Lommen, said the change to Pharos has been positive. She noted there has been less maintenance and students have printed more in Lommen because students feel comfortable using the more familiar Pharos system. In Both I.D. Weeks and Lommen, there has been a dramatic increase in printing since the move to Pharos. Students have responded positively to the change. They see it as a more convenient way of taking care of their printing needs. "This makes printing more accessible," junior Molly Muilenburg said. "I find it much better, personally. I don't need my student I.D. to check in whenever I want to use a computer and print something." Senior accounting major Scott Theisen also expressed his approval of the change. "I am all for it. But I wish they wouldn't charge us if we went over the limit, but something is better than nothing," he said.
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