PaperCut – IT Connect

Attention Lyle Students: Lyle Computer Labs Changes

Lyle Computer Labs Require SMU ID This summer, OIT has updated many of the Lyle computer labs. During this update, we enabled all computers in the Lyle computer labs to use the SMU ID number and password for login. When using the machines in the lab, you no longer will use your Lyle account, except for accessing specific research environments.

Another change was the deployment of the new Pay-for-Print system, PaperCut, in the various labs. The labs printing are now using PaperCut to manage student print quotas which is contiguous throughout SMU. The print quota allotted to each student has not changed from the previous year.

PaperCut: A New Pay-for-Print Service at SMU

During the summer, OIT stays busy making critical changes, updates, and adding new services in preparation for the new academic year. One of the changes this summer was the implementation of a new pay-for-print solution. PaperCut is the new printing solution offering a number of new features for our campus community. Continue reading PaperCut: A New Pay-for-Print Service at SMU

PaperCut Secure Print Launches February 29

Campus printers will be upgraded to a secure print release environment beginning February 29th. During this process each area across campus will be contacted and notified of a “Go Live” date for this service to be activated.

Why PaperCut Secure Print?

In a standard printing environment, a user’s jobs are sent directly to the printer for immediate printing. This results in wasted paper and toner when printing is forgotten and not collected. It also presents a security risk if those forgotten jobs were sensitive or confidential. PaperCut print release provides a simple solution that places jobs in a holding state until the user swipes their SMU ID card to release the print job. Walk-up device features such as scanning and copying will also require card swipe access once this service has been activated.

Instructions on how to set up this device to release secure print jobs from your computer are available on the print services page. (See departmental printing.) Additional communications for this upgrade will be forthcoming.