Printing from Your Account
PCounter is a system that is provided as a convenience to our students. It allows you to pre-load funds for purchasing printing and fabrication services and materials. We encourage you to make deposits as needed and to keep track of your balance. This year, if you have a balance of $5 or more you may make a written request here to receive a refund of unused funds as long as the request is made on or before May 16, 2025. Any balance under $5 or not requested before the deadline will be non-refundable due to the existence of sunk costs related to the services provided during the past academic year. Moving forward, PCounter users will begin fall and summer with a zero balance. Reminders and deadlines will be posted.
- To prevent someone else from printing on your account, make sure you lock or log off of the computer when leaving it unattended.
- Credit will be given only for printing errors that are NOT the student's fault. Students must present proof of printing error to the staff in the Print Bureau.
General Printing Information
Our printer accounting software is separate from other departments, including the Architecture Library. Jobs printed by the Print Bureau staff will have an added service fee.
Students are not allowed behind the Print Bureau counter. Lab assistants will lay prints out on the Print Bureau counter. Unclaimed prints will be placed on the tables outside the Print Bureau and discarded if not picked up after a reasonable time.
When printing on large format printers, create a custom size to match your document.
You must use the printer presets as a starting point for printing. The presets are defined to choose the paper size in the case of the laser printers.
Printing for Other Departments
The Huckabee College of Architecture offers printing services for other departments. If paying from an account, the Account Manager of the account must email the Print Bureau staff their authorization and the account number for the printing charges before the job will be printed.
Files to be printed can be sent by email to architecture.print@ttu.edu or delivered in person to room 604 in the Huckabee College of Architecture building. The preferred file format is PDF.
A per-item service fee of $7 is charged for each project performed by the Print Bureau staff.