Printer Policies

Revised: March 2, 2007

ACD maintains a population of network printers, dispersed in locations throughout our site. Locations are chosen at the discretion of the ACD Systems staff. At least one black and white laser printer exists on each floor, and at least one color laser printer exists at the site.

Networked printers, whether they are one of the divisional printers, or a printer owned by a group or individual, are given queues on ACD's CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) server to which other computers on the ACD network may send print jobs.

Personal printers

  • Personal printers are allowed. They may be directly attached to a computer (via USB cable) or they may be networked.
  • ACD provides inkjet cartridges for supported HP inkjet printers only. These include the following printer models (but check with your Primary Sysadmin for an updated list):
    • HP Officejet 6100/6200 series
    • HP Deskjets which use the type 56 black cartridge or type 57 tri-color cartridge.
  • If you own an older model printer, you must provide cartridges for it, or replace it with a printer for which ACD provides cartridges.
  • Inkjet transparencies must be provided by printer's owner or group.
  • Laser Printers are allowed -- either black and white or color. ACD will provide networked printer queues via the CUPS print server, but maintenance and consumables are the responsibility of the individual or project which owns the laser printer.
  • Inkjet printers are more expensive per page than laser printers. Keep that in mind when making personal printer choices, or when choosing where to send output.

Project Printers

Project laser printers for labs or scientific sections of ACD are allowed, and networked print queues may be set up through the divisions CUPS printer server. However, the group in which a printer exists is responsible for its maintenance and consumables.

ACD Color Laser Printers

We maintain a separate policy and procedure page for the color printers