Printing at Architecture Computing

Printing Equipment

The School of Architecture maintains a wide variety of printing and plotting equipment for use by students, faculty, and staff. Our equipment ranges from black-and-white laser printers for text to 36-inch wide, full-color 600 dpi plotter for presentations and posters. Please see our guide to printing from your own computer.

315 Architecture Computer Lab

One HP LaserJet 5200 monochrome laser printer, capable of 600 dpi letter and tabloid size printing (Print Queue name = ARCH 315 LASER)

Two Hewlett Packard DesignJet 1055CM+ color designjet plotters which print on semi-gloss photo paper, capable of 600 dpi and 36-inch wide output, (Print Queue name = Arch 315 PhotoPlot 1 + Arch 315 PhotoPlot 2)

Two Hewlett Packard DesignJet 4000 PS color designjet plotters, capable of 600 dpi and 36-inch wide output (Print Queue name = Arch 315 Colorplot Left + Arch 315 Colorplot Right)

One HP Color LaserJet 5550 color laser printer, capable of 600 dpi, letter and tabloid size output (Print Queue name = Arch 315 ColorLaser)

One HP Inkjet, capable of letter and tabloid size printing (Print Queue name = Arch 315 Inkjet)

Hours: The 315 Architecture lab is open 24 hours per day, including breaks and holidays.

TBH Printing Center, Rm 20

Two HP DesignJet 4500ps plotters with Stackers, capable of 600 dpi and 36-inch wide output

One Hewlett Packard DesignJet Z6100ps color designjet plotters which print on semi-gloss photo paper, capable of 36-inch wide output

Two HP Color LaserJet 5550hdn printers, letter and tabloid size duplex output

One Oce TDS320 Black and White laser plotter, suitable for monochrome AutoCAD line drawings

One HP LaserJet 5200 monochrome laser printer, capable of letter and tabloid size duplex printing

One HP Inkjet, capable of letter and tabloid size printing

One Universal Laser Systems Laser Cutter V-460, 24x18 cutting area

One Universal Laser Systems Laser Cutter X-660, 32x18 cutting area

Hours: During normal semester class days and weekends, the Print Center is open 8am-10pm Monday-Thursday, 8am-8pm Friday, 1pm-5pm Saturday, and 12pm-10pm Sunday, excluding breaks and holidays.

Art East Annex Studio 1 Computer Lab, Rm 100

One HP LaserJet 5200 monochrome laser printer, capable of 600 dpi letter and tabloid size printing

Hours: The 100 Annex lab is open 24 hours per day, including breaks and holidays.

Prices

The School of Architecture charges a small fee for most printing services. Prices are set based on ink, paper, and maintenance costs and all revenue from printing is used to purchase replacement printers, ink, and paper.

All printing must be paid for in advance. Each Architecture student has a printing "account" whose balance is automatically tracked by special software that controls the print queues. If insufficient funds are in your account to cover a print job, it will be deleted from the print queue. You may add money to your print account in the computer lab if you use the web-based credit card system . Checks must be payable to the University of Illinois and given to the Undergrad Office, 117 TBH.

Printing and Plotting Fee Schedule for School of Architecture Students (effective Fall, 2008):
Type of Print	Size	Cost (in dollars)
Black & White Laser	8.5" x 11"	$.07/page
Black & White Laser	11" x 17"	$.15/page
Color Laser	8.5" x 11"	$.35/page
Color Laser	11" x 17"	$.65/page
Color InkJet	8.5" x 11"	$.20/page
Color InkJet	11" x 17"	$.35/page
Black and White Laser Plots (line drawings)	Any	$.35/square ft.
Color Bond Paper Plots	Any	$.65/square ft.
Color Photo Paper Plots	Any	$1.35/square ft.
* Plots will be measured and charged based on paper consumed, not printed area.

Printing and Plotting Fee Schedule for Landscape Architecture/Urban Planning Students - Available in the TBH Print Center Only (effective Fall, 2008):
Type of Print	Size	Cost (in dollars)
Black & White Laser	8.5" x 11"	$.13/page
Black & White Laser	11" x 17"	$.25/page
Color Laser	8.5" x 11"	$.50/page
Color Laser	11" x 17"	$1.00/page
Color InkJet	8.5" x 11"	$.30/page
Color InkJet	11" x 17"	$.50/page
Black and White Laser Plots (line drawings)	Any	$.50/square ft.
Color Bond Paper Plots	Any	$1.00/square ft.
Color Photo Paper Plots	Any	$2.00/square ft.
* Plots will be measured and charged based on paper consumed, not printed area.