Hours

The Communications Center is located on the ground level of the Bryan Center and is open Monday through Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Certain rooms of the Communications Center are accessible by authorized staff at other times by checking out a key from the Circulation Desk during normal Library hours.

Desktop Publishing and Copy Center

The computer in the Communications Center uses the Xerox DCCS50 as a scanner and has a large screen and desktop publishing software installed such as Photoshop, Illustrator, PageMaker, InDesign and so on. With these professional programs, you can make sophisticated publications.

Scanner

To digitize an image, use the scanner in the Library's Sight + Sound Studio or the scanner or color copier in the Communications Center. The staff in the Communications Center will help you scan your images and size them for publication.

Fax

• Put the paper to be faxed face up in the handler • Touch the MONITOR/CALL button; you will hear a dial tone • Dial 16 + PIN + 9 + 1 + Area Code + 7 digit number • You will hear the machine dial the number and the number ring • When you hear the fax modem sound (the irritating, high pitched sound), press the green START button • The document handler will pull the sheet(s) to be faxed through and start sending them • Your confirmation sheet will display either a row of the letter A (AAAA) or nothing for the number (including PIN) you called • If you hear a busy signal when you dial the number, the best thing to do is touch the CANCEL button and try your fax again later.

Copying Services

To request photocopy services: 1. Bring the originals to the Communications Center along with a completed Communications Center request form. 2. Place the job in the Communications Center in-box, or give it directly to the Communications Center Manager. 3. Log the job on the "Copying Log".

Communications Center staff use the "Copying Log" to prioritize jobs according to time submitted, time needed, job requirements, and perceived institutional priority. The number of original pages and any additional finishing services determines turn-around times:

# COPIES TURN AROUND TIME

1 to 750 1 business day

751+ 2 business days

Requests for collating, binding, or special colored paper inserts require an additional business day. Patrons needing a faster turn-around time should consult with the Communications Center Manager to determine if that is feasible.

Completed jobs are available for pick-up in the Communications Center by the turn-around time indicated. Upon request, the Communications Center will notify the patron by phone or e-mail when the job is completed. The Communications Center will also deliver completed jobs to faculty/staff mailboxes upon request.

Only the Communications Center Manager, and specially approved and trained staff, may use the Xerox copier. Staff trained for use of the Xerox copier may use the machine when it is not in use by the Communications Center staff and may access the machine after hours by checking out the key to the Xerox copier room from the Circulation Desk during normal Library hours.

Charges

Photocopy services and resources are available for NCSSM programmatic purposes. The Communications Center charges 2 cents per impression made for black and white 8.5 x 11 inch page and $.25 for each color 8.5 x 11 inch page. Note that a single sheet of paper has two sides and can contain two pages. Therefore a double sided color sheet will be billed at $.50. A 12 X 18" sheet of paper may contain four pages.

Color transparencies cost $.1.00 each. Binding fees are 75 cents per unit. The cost is automatically charged to the department making or requesting copies by using a four-digit code assigned to each department or academic unit. Each month, the Communications Center calculates how many copies are made from each account and creates a bill for each account. The Business Office then transfers the billed amount from the department to the Communications Center.

NCSSM photocopy resources are to be used only for NCSSM programmatic purposes. Copies for personal use may be made on the coin-operated machine located in the Library at the rate of 10 cents per page. Personal use color copies are available by paying Willie Painter $1.00 each. He will issue a receipt when payment is made.

Printing

The Minolta Di350 is a networked black and white 600dpi printer capable of duplex printing (front and back of the same sheet of paper) up to 11X17 inches. The Xerox DCCS50 is the color printer/copier which prints up to 12X18 inches duplexed. Both are designed to create high quality original prints of digital files.

Our Cannon ImageRunner 8500, which replaced the obsolete Xerox 5390, will soon be on the network also. Copies printed on either machine are billed to the departments. Students may use these machines if an adult gives them permission and a Lit@Com printing pass.

The Minolta Di350s use PostScript III technology--invented after NT4.

Certain symbols and bullets may not print if the computer sending the job is running on Windows NT4 technology. Use a computer running on Windows 2000 technology or send the job to Mr. Painter, Communications Center. He will print the job for you.

Adobe Acrobat files (.pdf) do not use PostScript technology. Send all Acrobat (pdf) files to the Minolta Di350 PCL driver in the Communications Center or to the Xerox Color Copier (DCCS50).

If printing B&W to the Xerox DCCS50, be sure to set it to B&W in both the main properties menu and the "Advanced" properties menu--otherwise it might print out using the color settings at $.30/page rather than $.02.

How to Print to the Color Printer in the Communications Center

I. Map the printer

1. Click on the Start menu in the lower left-hand corner of your screen
2. Select Printers and Faxes
3. Select Add a Printer
4. Screen 1: Next
5. Screen 2: Select Add a Network Printer, Next
6. Screen 3: Select Find a Printer in the Directory, Next
7. Screen 4: Select Find Now, scroll down, select ColorCopierRicohCommunicationsCenter, OK
8. Screen 5: Default? No, Next
9. Screen 6: Select Finish

II. Select the printer

1. Open the program from which you want to print
2. From the File menu, select Print
3. From the Printer Name pull-down menu, select ColorCopierRicohCommunicationsCenter
4. While in the Print menu, select Properties
5. Select the Valid Access tab
6. In the User Code cell, enter your copy code
7. Select OK
8. Select OK

Your job will be sent to the color printer in the Communications Center and your department will be charged 10 cents per page.