Student Printing Setup

PaperCut Client

General Information

IMPORTANT: You must be on the Yale Network or off-campus VPN to download the PaperCut Client.
Print using Yale Printing and Publishing's Print Management System with PaperCut.

Download instructions

Click the appropriate link above for your operating system to complete all required steps to configure your machine for printing on the Yale campus. Follow the instructions on the new page that opens to download and install the BluePrint queues and PaperCut client on your machine.

Please note that if you have Windows 10 Home or Windows 11 Home, you will not be able to setup Papercut - you will need to use Web Print, which can be accessed by clicking here.

Web Print print queues for Duplex and Simplex:

• BluePrint_BW = Black & White Double Sided
• BluePrint_BW_Simplex = Black & White Single Sided
• BluePrint_Color = Color Double Sided
• BluePrint_Color_Simplex = Color Single Sided

Student Printing - Windows Client and Queues Set-up

1. You must be logged onto the Yale Network with a Yale netid.
2. Download the file to your desktop. 
3. Extract the installer by right click and select "Extract all" in that list. Locate a destination to extract it and select extract.
4. Double click ‘install_printers_student_windows.exe’.
5. Put in your Yale Netid credentials when prompted.
6. Click Install
7. Click Finish
8. The PaperCut Balance window should show on the screen.
9. The PaperCut icon should show in the system tray.
10. The Blueprint BW and Color queues will install automatically.

Student Printing - Mac Client and Queue Set-up

1. You must be logged onto the Yale Network with a Yale netid.
2. Download the student printer files.
   
3. Double-click the zip file to extract.
   
4. Run the PCClient installer to install the PaperCut client.
5. The PaperCut balance window should appear.
6. Run the printers_student_queues.pkg installer to install the queues.
   1. Double check System Preferences → Printers & Scanners and make sure BluePrint_BW and Color are present.

To Web Print: Navigate to the Yale Printing and Publishing page by clicking here

To Add Funds: (funds are required for printing for MBA/MAM/MMS/GBS students)

1. Navigate to the Yale Printing and Publishing page by clicking here
2. Log in with your NetID and password
3. Click Adding Funds
4. Select Add Funds under  I have a Yale NetID and wish to add funds to my print account
5. Fill out the form and select  Credit my printing account

How much is printing?

The current rates of printing and copying are:

B&W = $ 0.08 per image for the 1^st side and $ 0.04 per image for the 2^nd side.

Color = $ 0.25 per image for each side.

Scanning is Free.