That sheet of paper is Net-Print's "header page" option for identifying your printout. It's printed free of charge. To save paper, you can choose the "watermark" option instead, which prints the identifying information at the top of the first page of your printout. It looks like the top of a fax page. Example of Net-Print's watermark:
To use the watermark option, go to the Accounts page, and in the Header Page box, click the button next to "no header page, watermark with NetID on first page of your printout."
You have to choose either the watermark or header page option because Net-Print needs some way to separate one print job from another, so that each job can be properly filed if its owner is not there to pick it up as soon as it's printed. It also keeps people from getting their printouts mixed up with someone else's. In the past, the only way Net-Print could do this was to print a free, separate divider sheet.
What you are seeing is Net-Print's watermark option for identifying your printout. To remove it, you will need to print your job using the separate "header page" option instead.
On the Accounts page, in the Header Page box, click the button next to "header page with NetID only" or the button next to "header page with NetID and account information." Either option will print the job information on a separate sheet of paper. Your account is not charged for this header page.
You have to choose either the watermark or header page option because Net-Print needs some way to separate one print job from another, so that each job can be properly filed if its owner is not there to pick it up as soon as it's printed. It also keeps people from getting their printouts mixed up with someone else's.
Please remember that the use of the watermark option instead of header pages saves about a half million pieces of paper per year. We don't think that any Cornell instructors will mind having the watermark on the first page of your papers. If any do, please let us know via email to Net-Print feedback.
There are color printers located in Uris Library Lab, Upson Lab, Noyes Lab, Robert Purcell Lab, Tjaden Lab, and Willard Straight Lab. There are also color printers in several non-CIT labs on Campus. See the Printer Features page for details.
Duplex printing reduces our cost of printing by an amount (about 1/3 cent per page) which is insignificant, especially when the added costs of purchasing and maintaining duplex-capable printers are considered.
The Net-Print service is a "university service center," which means that it must recover all of its costs. It is not subsidized by Cornell University. The costs consist of printers, printer supplies and maintenance, servers, development and marketing staff, and overhead. In order for Net-Print to be reliable, we have to use quality printers, reliable servers, and competent staff.
The good news is that the server, staff, and overhead costs are relatively stable, and the printer costs are nearly proportional to the number of printers. As the volume of printing increases, it should be possible to recover costs while improving service or lowering page charges.
Note that Net-Print makes it possible for departments to create course accounts for their students. To do this, the professor submits a list of the class's Net IDs and money allocations to the Net-Print staff. The students can then select this course account as their designated account on the Accounts page, and print against their allocations. At the end of the semester, the department is billed for the used portions of the allocations. If any of your courses seem to require a large amount of printing, you might ask your instructors to consider establishing Net-Print course accounts.
Yes. But you are advised to check with the Bursar's Office regarding the consequences of not paying your bursar bill.
For more about bursar bills, see the Troubleshooting page.
If you experience printing problems, you can request a refund. Bring your printout to the Lab Operator and explain the situation. The Operator will, subject to the Net-Print Refund Policy, submit a refund request for each print job for which you want a refund.
Refund requests for jobs printed in CIT Computer Labs may be submitted by the Lab Operator of any CIT Computer Lab. Refund requests for jobs printed in departmental Labs (Net-Print "Partner Labs") must be submitted by the Operator in the Lab in which the jobs were printed.
