As we come to the end of the Winter Term and begin the Spring/Summer Term, you will want to pay attention to these important dates:
Week of April 22: All student files will be deleted from Lab computers and server.
April 26: Card access deleted for students granted access due to a Winter class (i.e., non-majors).
April 29 – May 14: No services. Computers available by card access only.
May 6: Spring classes begin.
May 15: Spring/Summer service schedule begins: in-person services Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays or by appointment; support via email Tuesdays and Fridays.
Lab staff will take additional vacation time in June, July, and August. These dates will be announced in late May. If you need services during those months (we’re looking at you, graduate students), let us know as soon as possible what your deadlines are so that we can create a schedule for all students to access our lab services in a timely manner.
There are two ways to laser print for users of the IAML:
Using the campus Student Printers (this is available to all UCalgary students), or
Using the IAML Colour Tabloid laser printer located in the IAML Main Lab.
Campus Student Printer
If you want to print to the campus Student Printers, IT has a help page that describes how you can print via email (Black & White double-sided only), from a mobile device (phone, laptop), or from a public computer on campus.
Our computers right beside the campus Student printer (in AB611A, the hallway outside the Main Lab North door) have a printer named Student Printer that can print directly to these printers. Simply use the Print command from your app and select Student Printer. Since you are logged in to the computer, it will know to send the job under your name.
Most importantly, if you send it this way, it will default to printing in colour (this is by request from Art students). If you are only printing in Black & White, you can save money by changing the colour settings in the print dialog box. First, look for the Printer Options section, then click the > to reveal those options. Click on Printer Features (see screenshot below).
When you do, you will be presented with the option to change the Color Mode from Color to Black and White (see screenshot below). Click on the pop-up menu to change it, then click OK. You may now press the Print button to print in Black & White.
Payment for all print jobs to the student laser printers is by Unicard.
IAML Laser Printer
There is also a laser printer inside the IAML Main Lab. To send jobs to it, you use the IAML Colour Tabloid Laser in the Print dialog box in your app. In most cases, you can just send your print without specifying whether you want Colour or Black & White, as we will only charge you based on what comes out of the printer rather than the mode it was sent. In fact, we recently adjusted our prices to match the campus Student Printer prices but with a small bonus for those printing text-only, Black & White term papers, music notation files, or small drafting documents: those prints are just 5¢ per Letter-sized page (10¢ for Tabloid).
Payment for print jobs sent to the IAML Laser can be made in Cash (rounded to the nearest 5¢) or by Unicard (exact amount). Happy printing!
All majors in Art, Music, Drama, and Dance who had a valid Unicard on Friday, September 22 should now have card access to the IAML every day from 07:00 to 23:00. Graduate students in those disciplines should have 24 hour access. This also provides card access to the Art Building.
Effective immediately, you can pay for services in the IAML with your Unicard. Historically, the IAML has only accepted cash, so if you did some printing and weren’t carrying cash, it would have required a trip to MacEwan Hall to get money from an ATM. Now that we accept Unicard, you have the option to load your Unicard with any amount online if you have a credit card. As well, if you go to the Service Centre on the main floor of International House (formerly Hotel Alma), you may load your Unicard using credit, debit, or cash.
Until at least the end of March, we will continue to accept cash in the IAML.
For students in the Department of Art, you will be able to pay with your Unicard for any services provided by the Art technicians (photography, woodshop, metal shop, printmaking). Art Department chits are no longer for sale, but you may still use existing chits until the end of the Winter Term.
