JumboCash is the only form of payment accepted at copier and printers in Tufts libraries and computer labs. Members of the Tufts community who have a valid Tufts ID may add money to their JumboCash Account as follows:
JumboCash Guest Cards may be purchased for $1 at the PHIL station. This is a one-time cost. The card is reusable.
Tufts departments can only purchase a JumboCash Guest Card or add value to a JumboCash Guest Card using an IDR through Dining Services.
Black-and-white copiers are located in the Circulation area of the library and on the third floor. The cost per copy is 10¢. One copier, located in the Circulation area, accepts cash, all other copiers accept JumboCash cards.
There are two black-and-white printers in the Ginn Library, two in the Mugar Computer Lab, and one on the first floor of Cabot. All of these printers default to printing front-and-back (also known as "duplex"). Duplex printing costs $.07 per side printed, while one-sided printing costs $.10 per side. A 2-page document printed on two sheets of paper deducts $.20 from your JumboCash account, but only $.14 if you print it on the front and back of one sheet of paper (duplexing).
There is one color printer in the Ginn Library. This printer defaults to printing front-and-back (also known as "duplex"). A single paged document costs $.30 per page. Duplex printing costs $.225 per side printed. A 2-page document printed on two sheets of paper deducts $.60 from your pay-for-print card, but only $.45 if you print it on the front and back of one sheet of paper (duplexing).
You can print from the Ginn Library or Mugar Lab computers. You can also print from a laptop that has been registered on the Tufts Network. See Laptop Printing below. All printers on the Medford campus automatically print double-sided (duplex).
Instructions on changing the printing option from double-sided to single-sided can be found at:
If you wish to print multiple pages per side to conserve paper:
To name and retrieve your print job:
Once you have sent a document to the printer, you have two hours to print it before it is deleted from the print queue. You do not have to release the document in the same location from which you printed it; if you send a document to the printer from the Ginn Library, Mugar Computer Lab, Eaton Computer Lab, Cabot 1, or EPDC, you can print it out from any of those locations.
To set up your personal laptop to print to a public printer in a computer lab or university library, you must download the printer drivers and software package from Tufts ITS. Please note there are different instructions for PCs and Macs.
Printing from the laptop is similar to printing from the public computers:
Scanners are located next to the printers in the Ginn Library and in the Mugar Lab. You can save scanned documents to a flash drive, email them directly from the scan station, or print to one of our printers. There is no cost for scanning; however, printing costs apply for documents sent to printers.
If you have any problems with printing from your laptop or a public computer, please stop by the Mugar Computer Lab and/or e-mail student-printing@ase.tufts.edu.
Report all problems with printing in the Ginn Library to the Circulation or Reference desk at once. The Ginn circulation desk has paper and spare toner cartridges if supplies run out during the evening or on a weekend.