Student Printing via Pay-for-Print

How to Print in 3 steps

In the Library Commons (Goodman Center, 6th floor) and in the open Computer Commons Labs (Feldman Center, CC15 and CC15A) student printing is facilitated via Pay-for-Print system. Print release stations set up in these areas deduct payment from your online account (Fashion Express) on a pay-per-page basis.

Black and white laser printing is $0.10, and color printing is $0.90 per page (pricing is the same for 8.5x11" and 11x17" prints).

Step 1: Add money to your FIT ID card

Make a cash or credit/debit deposit via a Campus Pay Kiosk located in:

  • 5th floor Library lobby
  • Basement of the Feldman building in CC15
  • Outside PrintFx in Pomerantz, D529A
  • Dining Hall, first floor of Dubinsky Student Center

OR Make an online deposit on the eAccounts portal or use the Transact eAccounts mobile app.

Refer to our step-by-step instructions on how to add money online.

Step 2: Log on to set up your print

Log onto a student workstation computer and set up your print.

(Recommended: Save as a PDF and print from Adobe Acrobat)

Step 3: Release your print

at the Print Release Station

  • Use your FIT credentials to log in
  • Print from any student workstation by choosing PFP_B&W or PFP_COLOR printer from the printer selection dropdown menu. Recommended: Save your file as a PDF and print from Adobe Acrobat.
  • Select your print job from the queue, click "OK" to print
  • Payment is charged at this time
  • Pick up your prints at the adjacent printer. 

You can release and pick up your prints from any print release station: Library 6th floor (Goodman Center) or  Computer Commons (CC15, Feldman Center).

Other Printing Options

Professional quality digital printing services, fabric, and specialty media printing, and fabrication services such as laser cutting and engraving, vinyl cutting, and 3D printing are available at PrintFX / FabLab in Pomerantz Center, Room D529A. 

» Complete Guide to Printing on Campus for all other printing options

Printing Tips and Troubleshooting

Carefully prepare before printing because you will be charged for all released print jobs.  Here are few simple resource-saving techniques:

You have to be logged in to the FIT Lab computer with your FIT network credentials (firstname_lastname and password) for setting up and releasing the print at the Print Release station.

  • If you are working under someone else's log in, the print job will be attached to someone else's account for printing 
  • There is no printing from personal devices (laptops, phones, etc.)

Save files to the computer -- either on the desktop or documents folder -- DO NOT print from external storage, OR the web browser. Print PDFs from Adobe Acrobat DC, not Apple Preview or other programs. Files saved onto a computer are scrubbed every 24 hours.

Use the print-preview before printing:

  • This will allow you to adjust margins and scale your document
  • Print more than one page on a sheet. Note: they will come out much smaller
  • Select only the pages you wish to print, etc.

If you need to reprint a document, only print those pages that have been changed, instead of the entire document.

If your print job does not print immediately, do not send it to the printer again without checking the print release station because it may still be waiting in the print queue or the printer is warming up.

Remember to log out of your account before you leave the lab.

Pay-for-Print Limitations

  • There is no printing from personal devices
  • No duplex (double sided printing)
  • No custom paper (must use paper supplied)

A print job cannot be canceled. If you wish, you may also select the job from the Print Release Station and select Delete.

Print jobs are not released (or charged) until after you have entered your network password at the print release station and selected which jobs you wish to release. Jobs that have not been released within 10 hours will be deleted from the printer queue.

We make every effort to keep the printers in good working order; however, you may receive pages that are of poor quality due to low toner or other printer malfunctions. Please inform the technician/lab monitor on duty, who will either re-print for you at that time, or will help you to fill out and submit a Refund Request Form; refund will be credited to your account.

These printers are set-up for business quality printing and should be used for draft quality color printing. Any special printing and portfolio-quality printing can be done in PrintFX located in D529.

Printers are calibrated for specific type of paper, and under NO circumstances different paper or any other materials should be placed into the printers. These objects may jam and damage the printer's inner components.

It is your responsibility to guard your user ID and password. We will not reimburse you for any charges made to your account by another student. If you think another student is using your user ID and password, please contact the IT for FIT Help Desk. 

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last updated: 3/23/25