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Statistics show that personal paper use is one of the major factors driving today's environmentally damaging and extreme paper waste. The average daily web user prints 28 pages daily. 115 billion sheets of paper are used annually for personal computers.
To reduce the amount of paper waste, control increasing costs, and provide better printing options to our students, on May 24, 2013, the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing will implement implemented a printing and photo copying photocopying control system . We will implement the solution by working with Centric Business Systems, the same company that provides the printing solution used in the Bloomberg School of Public Health (SPH)in May 2013. The entire University utilizes HP for this service.

Print Quotas and Costs

All other schools within Johns Hopkins University already also implement controls on student copying and printing. Most do not provide free printing, and the costs range from $.04 to $.10 per page. We have chosen to match When we initially implemented our system, we matched the quotas and costs currently offered by the SPH. All SON students (BS, MSN, DNP, PhD) will be were given a quota of 1000 free black and white prints or photo copies each academic year (May 24, 2013 to May 31, 2014 in year 1, then from June 1 to the following May 31 thereafter), and any prints or copies beyond 1000 June 1 to the following May 31 thereafter). This quota schedule proved to be problematic, given the variety of start and end times of SON programs, and the fact that many of our pre-licensure program students continue on to other graduate programs. For this reason, we implemented a new quota system to better accommodate program start and end times. Annual quotas have increased from 1000 to 1500 prints. However, this quota will be distributed throughout the year. Students will be given a quota of 250 prints when they are first admitted to the School of Nursing. This free quota will then be reset to 250 prints every two months (on January 1, March 1, May 1, July 1, September 1, and November 1). Any unused free prints will not carry over. Any prints or copies beyond 250 within the two month cycle will be billed to the student's ISIS SIS billing account at $.04 per page for black & white and $.07 per page for color. 

Most students do not Based on a review of past student printing, we do not expect that most students will exceed their quota. The SON will continue to bear most of the cost of student printing and copying. We anticipate that implementing these These limits will reduce wasteful printing and will help control costs.

Wireless Printing and Release Stations

The system that Centric will install for us will allow printing system has been upgraded and now allows students to print directly from their laptop computers (Mac or Windows) . This is functionality that we do not currently support. Printing wirelessly will require installation of Pharos client software. Wireless printing will be made available on May 24, 2013.to any student printer in the building. We also now have print release devices at each printer, so that a student knows how much a print job will cost before releasing the job to print.  Instructions for configuring printing on your personal device can be found here https://wiki.nursing.jhu.edu/x/FoAoAg 

Recycling

We also encourage everyone to continue recycling efforts. Special containers for paper products are located throughout the building. If you have to print, recycle the pages once you have finished using them.

Questions?

If you have any questions or concerns about this plan, please contact Michael Vaughn, Assistant Dean for Information and Technology Integration, or Nancy Davis Griffin, Associate Dean for Enrollment Management & Student Affairs., please contact the SON Help Desk https://wiki.nursing.jhu.edu/x/XoAuBQ