By Marizza Espinoza
Reporter

We all know how crucial printing is on campus. At CSU Bakersfield, our library has 10 printer services available for students. The library basement also has computer labs that are available to students to print when a professor is present.
To print, it is 15 cents per page and the charging rates have stayed 15 cents for some time now. As a campus, we are trying to go green. In retrospect, we’d think of getting rid of printers and wasting paper.
Kal Shenoy, Interim Assistant Vice President for Information Technology Services, stated that they have to provide printer services for the students – whether the students choose to use the service or not.
Cost recovery for printers on average per month, based on July 2014 to December 2014 data, is $3,000. Maintenance and supplies on average for the month, based on the same period, is $3,500.
The printers, along with copiers, are maintained and serviced on campus through a contract agreement by an external company and Business and Administrative Services Division manage the contract.
Shenoy stated “expenses and recovery varies during the year – less during the summer time and holiday time when school is not in session.”