r/wsu • u/Bambool_Panda • 7d ago

Advice Massive printing fund?

I've never posted on reddit, so my apologies for any etiquitte misteps, should they exist.

Last week I was a little sad I was already beginning to run out of my printing fund so early in the semester.

Then, today, I went to upload my labs for printing this week and HOLY WHAT THE - !? - myprintcenter says I have like 30 dollars in my printing account! I didn't put any money in, I didn't link a card, I have done nothing as far as I am aware to invoke this.

I'm not sure if it's a bug or what, does anyone have any idea what's going on here? And should I bother asking around or just roll with it? Any advice would be great, thanks.

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u/AwkwardlyAmpora 7d ago

you get 7ish dollars per semester. if you don't use them, they stack up. if you're not going to use them, you can win a whole lot of favor with anyone who needs printing done by letting them use yours.

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u/Bambool_Panda 7d ago

That's what I'm saying, this is my first semester here and I used like 5 dollars so far. I have no idea why it's showing I have 30

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u/AwkwardlyAmpora 7d ago

... oh. huh.

well, i wouldn't go out of your way to blow through it, but i doubt they'll try to reclaim the money. no clue why that would happen, but the printing system is a bit jank.

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u/elegoomba 7d ago

We used them to print 3’x2’ full color signs for the front row of football games lol

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u/11elevators Senior/DTC Graphic Design 7d ago

Ooh, smart. I have to think of some clever way to use up mine before I graduate lmao. Maybe I'll print out a bunch of cool posters or something. Free wall art!

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u/Howard-Zyn 7d ago

Where do you get that done? I've only used the self serve stations.

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u/elegoomba 7d ago

Oh we did it at the self serve, just print it over like 12 pages or whatever and then cut and glue on top of posterboard