Student Printing Guide

Overview

Students, faculty, and staff can print from personal laptops, desktops, and Apple or Android mobile devices to many public printers on campus using the PaperCut print release system.

To print, send your document through PaperCut, then release it at any print release station by swiping your NDSU ID Card.

There are two main ways to send print jobs using PaperCut:

PaperCut Mobile Print (Preferred Method): This is a convenient option for printing from smartphones, tablets, or devices (Windows or Mac) where the print client isn't installed.  This will install a local based printer on your system in which you can choose some basic functions of printing such as double-sided printing.

PaperCut Web Print: A browser-based tool that lets you upload and print supported documents directly through a web portal. This is ideal for users printing from personal laptops or devices without installing printer drivers. However, please note that double-sided printing and color printing are not available through Web Print (only grayscale is supported). To enable these options, install Mobile Print (Student Printing).

Follow the instructions below to send print jobs from your laptop or mobile device using the PaperCut service.

Printing from your Windows, Mac, or Mobile Device (Student Printing) **Preferred Method**

1. Download the print system driver--open a web browser and navigate to: 
2. Student Printing
3. The client-specific setup steps are displayed for Windows, macOS, iOS, or Android.
4. Follow the instructions to install the printers
5. Enter your Bison Login and Password if you are prompted to log into PaperCut
6. You should now see the NDSU Student BW and NDSU Student Color printers in your device printer list 
7. When you are ready to print a document, go to File -> Print
8. Select either black and white (NDSU Student BW on papercutiq.ad.ndsu.edu) or color printing (NDSU Student Color on papercutiq.ad.ndsu.edu
9. Go to your closest print release station to release your print job

At the Print Release Station

• Swipe your NDSU ID card on the card reader at the print release station. 

• You will see a list of your print jobs, or documents you are trying to print.

• To print all jobs, press the Print All button.

• To print only certain jobs, press Print at the end of the job you want to release.

• To delete a job, press Cancel.

• When finished, tap Log Out to return the station to the card swipe screen.

Printing from Your Web Browser (Web Print)

1. Open a web browser and navigate to:
   https://pprcutsite.ad.ndsu.edu/app
2. Click Web Print from the left menu
3. Click Submit a Job on the Web Print page
4. Select the printer you wish to use and click the Print Options and Account Selection button
5. Enter the number of copies you want to print and click the Upload Documents button
6. Drag your saved file(s) to the Drag files here area or click the Upload from your computer button to navigate to the saved file location.
7. Click the Upload & Complete button
8. Your print job will appear in your queue
9. Once it shows Held in a Queue, it is ready to be released at a PaperCut print release station
   
   

How to Use Printers At an NDSU Computer Lab/Cluster

When using any NDSU ITS-supported lab computer to print, you will see two options:

• NDSU Student BW on papercutiq.ad.ndsu.edu – use this for all black-and-white (grayscale) printing. Cost: 3 cents per page.

• NDSU Student Color on papercutiq.ad.ndsu.edu – use this for all color printing. Cost: 15 cents per page.

After sending your documents to print, go to any PaperCut release station on campus to release your jobs from the server hold queue. (Note: there are only five color print release stations on the main campus.)

Printer Locations