Printing

Epson P900s and P800

All printing on the above Epson  printers is self-serve and students must be authorized by a technician or instructor to use these printers.  Authorizations will be held in class.

  • Undergraduate access is from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm, Monday – Friday.  Additional evening access is posted on the door of rm. 132
  • Printers are reserved via our booking calendar
  • Printing reservations are for one hour and you may sign up for a maximum of two hours per day.  If no one signed up, or the person scheduled is more than 15 minutes late, then the printer will become available for walk in access.
  • Undergraduate students in certain classes do not pay for ink costs on the printers but must provide their own (inkjet coated) paper.  There is 13 x 19" inkjet coated paper available for purchase by the sheet at the York University Bookstore.
  • A pdf guide for printing on the Epson SC-P900 printers is available.

Submitting a File for Printing:

Submit your files for printing via this online form:

To submit files you must share a link from your Google Drive account, OneDrive or Dropbox.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Upload your file or folder into your Google Drive.
2. Highlight file or folder and select Share
3. Under General Access set to: Anyone with the link.
4. Click Copy Link.
5. Paste link into required field on form.

Payment is due upon pick up of prints and is through YU card only. Prints cannot leave the facility until they have been paid for.  You can deposit cash onto your YU card via the YU card website: http://www.yorku.ca/yucard/depositfunds.html 

Prints can often be run same day if they are submitted by 10am. This timeline may change at certain times due to volume.

SURFACES AVAILABLE:

Roll paper / Film / Fabric for the large format printers is provided by the facility and students are charged for the amount they use (per square inch).  Widths and surfaces available are subject to change and details of current stock can be found on the print request form along with pricing.

COST CALCULATION:

Price /square inch is specified in brackets beside the paper type listed on the print request form.

Cost calculation: L x W x paper price.

Note: Students registered in certain classes have ink covered by lab fees and only pay for paper.
Example: 16x24" luster print = 16 x 24 x .02 = $7.68 (paper only)

For those not enrolled in these courses, service printing is available with an additional ink cost (.02) added to the paper cost.

Example: 16x24" luster print = 16 x 24 x .04 = $15.36 (ink and paper)

FILE FORMATTING:

  • Files should be labelled with last name, file size and number, ie: Robertson-16x20-1.
    If you have multiple files to submit, please use a folder labelled with your last name.
  • All files should be sized for desired output at a printable resolution (180-360ppi).
  • Files should be flattened and saved as tiff, psd, jpeg.
  • Borders should be built into your file.
  • Test prints: For best results we recommend you make a test print before making your final print. For test prints, please resize / crop and save as a separate file (minimum size: 24"x5").
  • Film output: You will need to prepare your files according to your printmaking process. Please see your instructor for details or refer to the guides available in the print lab, rm. 132.