Library Services & Resources

Both your print funds and your documents are connected to your myLoneStar account. You need to activate your account by sending a document to the printer queue or by logging in and out on the print station computers. You will not be able to add money to your account before it's activated.

Adding Money To Your Account

Cash:

There is an "add value station" located by the printers. Do NOT create a guest print card, as this will only work with guest log-ins.

1. Activate your print account first by either sending a document to the printer or by signing in at the print station.
2. Scan your student ID number barcode OR type in your 7-digit ID number on the machine.
3. Insert your money. The machine only accepts paper money, not coins, and does not make change. If you need to exchange a bill for smaller denominations or convert coins to a dollar bill, ask at the front desk.
4. Press the red "Done" button on the touchscreen.

Credit/Debit Card and PayPal:

1. You can log in to MyPrintCenter through myLoneStar.
2. Look for the "Add Funds" button near the bottom of the screen. It should take you to an online form (powered by PayPal) where you can enter your billing information. The minimum amount you can add is $5.

Sending Your Document to the Queue

From a Lab Computer

1. Log in to any computer in the library labs with your student email and password.
2. Have a document -- whether you're downloading it from an email you sent yourself, opening it from a flash drive, or creating your assignment right then. 
3. File > Print. 
4. Select the UP-BW printer for black and white (10 cents/page) or the UP-PCL for color (50 cents/page). 
5. Adjust your other print options (like number of copies, double-sided) as needed.
6. Hit Print. 
7. Proceed to the Print Station to release your document from the queue. 

From Your Laptop

1. Make sure your file is saved to a known location.
2. Go to myPrintCenter.LoneStar.edu and log in.
3. Click Upload.
4. Select your document.
5. If needed, adjust Print Options to print in color, print double sided, page range, and how many copies of the document you need.
6. Proceed to the Print Station to release your document from the queue. 

Releasing Documents (Actually Printing)

1. Go to the Print Station and log in to a computer.
2. Once logged in, you will see your available balance and the print jobs that were sent. 
3. Select print Job and click Print.
   1. Hold the Ctrl key down to select multiple jobs at once.

Guest users who sign in to the computers using one of the GST-#### passes provided by the front desk will have to create a print card at the Add Value Station, located next to the copy machine.

Print cards cost $0.50, which will be automatically deducted from your first payment, but they are reusable, reloadable, and never expire. Hang on to your print card! It can be reloaded with more money in the future and you can use it with different guest passes.

Create a Print Card

You must do this before telling your document to print!

1. Insert your money.  When you're creating a card for the first time, don't add more than $1; the machine will "lose" anything greater than that amount initially. You can add more in just a moment.
   1. The machine only accepts paper money, not coins, and does not make change. If you need to exchange a bill for smaller denominations or convert coins to a dollar bill, inquire at the front desk.
2. Press the red "Done" button on the touchscreen. 
3. Activate your card immediately when prompted by the screen by scanning your print card's barcode in the barcode reader slot.
4. You will now have an active print card with $0.50 available for printing.
5. If needed, you can add more funds to your account at this point.

Sending Your Document to the Queue

From the library computers:

1. You already made a print card, right?
2. Open your document and look for the print command (probably through the File > Print menu, or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+P).
3. Choose a printer: UP BW or UP Color.
4. Make any changes to the number of copies you need, etc.
5. Click 'Print.'

Releasing Documents (Actually Printing)

1. Go the Print Station.
2. Log in to a computer using your print card number and your guest log-in.
3. Select your document(s) (ctrl + click to select more than one at once) and hit 'Print.'

Hang on to your print card! It can be reloaded with more money in the future and you can use it with different guest passes.