What is BlasterPrint for Fac/Staff?
BlasterPrint is our campus-wide printing service. The BlasterPrint service is funded by student tech fees for student use and IT department funds for employee use.
All students workers (who have a contract in Workday) are recognized as Fac/Staff. As such they will enjoy subsidized printing while employed. The BlasterPrint system uses the Tech Fee allocation first, and then will fall back to simply accumulating charges for IT to pay out IT's operating budget.
If you have a file to print, submit it to the BlasterPrint queue by following the instructions below, then find a release station (located in most buildings across campus) to initiate the printing.
How do I send a print job to BlasterPrint?
You can use BlasterPrint by:
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Log into any classroom lab computer or IT-managed computer and select a BlasterPrint printer.
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When printing is required, Select BlasterPrint printer, Print.
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Walk to any BlasterPrint printer/device on campus. Badge into the device with your BlasterCard. Select items to print.
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To connect your non-IT managed computer, you will need to use Mobility Cloud Print.
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Log into BlasterPrint using a web browser with your Mines email and password and select web print. You must be on the campus network to use the above -- wired, "Mines", eduroam, or VPN connections all work.
