Printing

Printing at MSU

MSU Print is the centrally supported printing solution for MSU students, faculty, staff, and departments. More than 1.5 million pages are printed each year.

Printing Web Print from Your MSUnet 3.0 or eduroam Connected Device

  1. Log in to https://print.msu.edu with your MSU NetID credentials. Make sure you have print credits, which are available for purchase on the print.msu.edu website.
  2. Click Web Print.
  3. Click Submit a Job.
  4. Select the East Lansing Campus.
  5. Select print options (e.g., single- or double-sided, black & white or color).
    • All MSU Print printers can print single- or double-sided.
    • Black & white printer can only print in black & white.
    • Color printer can print in black & white or color.
  6. Click Print Options and Account Selection.
  7. Enter the number of copies and click Upload Documents.
  8. Click Upload from computer, select your file(s), and click Upload & Complete.
  9. Click Held in a queue (this may take a moment).
  10. Click Print.
  11. Choose your printer.

Web Print is only available from MSU campus locations. Print jobs can be uploaded and released from anywhere on campus (using MS Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, JPG, and Plain Text File formats).

Printing Web Print from MSU Libraries

  1. Log in to https://print.msu.edu with your MSU NetID credentials. Make sure you have print credits.
  2. Click Web Print
  3. Select MSU Libraries.
  4. Select print options (e.g., single- or double-sided color, black & white or color).
    • All MSU Print printers can print single- or double-sided.
  5. Click Print Options and Account Selection.
  6. Enter the number of copies and click Upload Documents.
  7. Click Upload from computer and click Upload & Complete.
  8. Click Held in a queue (this may take a moment).
  9. Click Print.
  10. Choose your printer.

Web Print is only available from MSU campus locations. Print jobs can be uploaded and released from anywhere on campus (using MS Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, JPG, and Plain Text File formats).

Tabloid Printing (11 x 17)(only available using the color printer in the Business Library -Room 50 (msuprint\LIBBUS )

  1. Login to print.msu.edu and make sure you have print credits. (11x 17 printing is $0.40/page)
  2. Click on Webprint
  3. Select MSU Libraries
  4. Select print options (e.g., single- or double-sided color, black & white or color).
  5. Upload the document that has the 11 x 17 size printing selected in the document you are uploading.
  6. Click Held in a queue (this may take a moment).
  7. Click Print.
  8. Select the printer: Business Library -Room 50 (msuprint\LIBBUS )

Cost to Print

Black & white prints prices:

  • 12 cents per 8.5 x 11 page
  • 24 cents per 8.5 x 11 duplex page (double-sided)
  • 24 cents per 11 x 17 page (Tabloid size is available using the color printer in the Business Library -Room 50 (msuprint\LIBBUS )).

Color prints:

  • 30 cents per 8.5 x 11 page
  • 40 cents per 11 x 17 page (Tabloid size is available using the color printer in the Business Library -Room 50 (msuprint\LIBBUS )).

Double-sided printing counts as two pages.

Print credits can be purchased by credit card, Spartan Cash, and student receivable accounts on the print.msu.edu website.

MSU Print Policies

  • Spartan Cash transfers are non-refundable.
  • Refunds of remaining balances will not be granted for students who leave the University.
  • The remaining balance of Print Credits is non-refundable.
  • Print credits are not transferable to another account.
  • Print credits may be issued for damaged prints, low toner, or too-light prints.
  • Refunds requested through the print credit request form must be submitted within 30 days of the original purchase.

Computer Lab Printing

Printing is available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, in many locations, depending on computer lab building hours.

Department Printing

Departments can also request that printers be deployed in specific unit locations as part of MSU Print. To make a request, contact the MSU IT Service Desk at (517) 432-6200 or visit ithelp.msu.edu.

Available Printers by Location

  • Color/Black & White printers in the East Lansing Campus Zone (excluding Libraries)
    • Akers 22
    • Brody Hall Engagement Center
    • Business College Complex Pavilion Hallway
    • Business Library, room 50
    • Case North Lounge
    • Holden Engagement Center 
    • Hubbard Engagement Center
    • Human Ecology 106 
    • McDonel Engagement Center
    • Multicultural Center 2005
    • Natural Resources outside Room 183
    • Packaging 121
    • Shaw Hall 1st Floor West Entrance
    • STEM 3rd Floor Hallway
    • Union 42
  • Black & white only printers in the East Lansing Campus Zone (excluding Libraries)
    • 1855 Place, Bldg 507, Rm103
    • Anthony Hall 1st Floor Hallway
    • Bessey Hall 1st Floor Hallway
    • Bott Nursing Center C115
    • Business College Complex Lobby
    • Business Library, room 50 B/w
    • Business Library BI, room 22 B/w
    • Case North Lounge
    • Chemistry 235
    • Communication Arts and Sciences 241
    • Fee E101
    • Holmes East Lounge
    • Hubbard Engagement Center
    • Human Ecology 106
    • Kedzie Hall South 100 Hallway
    • Owen Hall Lobby
    • Radiology Basement
    • Snyder Hall Lounge
    • University Village Community Center 111
    • Vet Med Student Center
    • Wells Hall A Wing
    • Wonders Hall North Lounge
    • Yakeley Hall East G26
  • Black & White only Printers in the MSU Main Library and Business Library
      • Main Library 1st Floor East Wing (North East)
      • Main Library 2nd Floor West Wing
      • Main Library 3rd Floor West Wing
      • Business Library – Room 50
  • Color/ Black & White Printers in the MSU Main Library and Business Library
    • MSU Main 1st Floor West Wing (Lobby)
    • Business Library – Room 50
  • Health College Distance Learning printers
    • Detroit Medical Center G026 B/W
    • Flint Student Lab 133 B/W
    • Grand Rapids Secchia 257-1 B/W
    • Grand Rapids Secchia 259 B/W
    • Grand Rapids Secchia 324 B/W
    • Grand Rapids Secchia 324 Color
    • Macomb University Center UC4 213 B/W

Sustainability

Our black & white printers use 20lb paper, which is 30% post-consumer recycled, and the Color printers use 24lb paper.

We use HP printer toner with recycled content.