====== Printing Overview ====== The purpose of this page is to give a "10,000 foot" overview of how printing works on campus. This is mainly for informational purposes. ===== What Happens to Your Print Job ===== - Your computer submits a job to iPrint with the name of the printer you want to print to, your computer or Novell username - iPrint submits the job to PaperCut for approval based on the username attached and the print job type (color, duplex, etc.) - The print job is now being held by iPrint until it hears back from PaperCut - PaperCut now checks the print job - It checks if the username is in the system, how much the print job "costs", and if the person has the needed print credit available to complete the job - If PaperCut fails a check, it will cancel the job on iPrint and nothing will print - If iPrint gets the "all clear" from PaperCut, then the print job is released to the printer you chose and is printed