By using the DSB you agree to the terms in this usage agreement:
Art Department Checkout Agreement Form: Before you are allowed to print or check out printers you must Fill out the Online google form, UMN Art Dept Checkout Agreement Form. Only students who have filled out the form are allowed to be in the DSB, no tag-alongs, friends, or other visitors.
Find the form here.
Reservations: Although you may walk in to print in the DSB, to ensure there is a printer available we recommend you make a reservation at: https://checkout.cla.umn.edu/sso/patron#!/ . You must fill out the UMN Art Dept Checkout Agreement Form (above) before you can access the checkout site.
Food and Beverages: Food and beverages cannot be in the DSB.
There is a counter where they can be left while working.
Paper: We carry Epson Luster, Epson Matte, and Transparency material available for purchase to use in the printers. We do not sell paper without it being printed on. Students may bring their own paper but must be verified as safe for the printers by a DSB supervisor. Only specific printers may use non-coated papers (non-photo papers). These printers are labeled “Experimental.” Papers like Rives BFK, rice paper, etc. may be used ONLY in these printers.
Please no newsprint.
Computer Use: The DSB is not a general computer-use room. Please prepare your files off site and be prepared to print during your reservation. If you are editing files, vs. printing, you may be asked to leave if someone ready to print needs a printing station. The DSB is also not a Photoshop or digital software tutoring center. DSB attendants assist with printing - not file editing.
Mistakes: Mistakes involving user error (things that are covered in the printing directions by each computer) will be charged for. Mistakes involving the printer (clogged heads, etc.) will not be charged for if the attendant is notified right away. If multiple prints are made because of a fault with the printer you won’t be charged for the first print,
but will be charged for all other prints made after it. If your print does not look correct out of the printer, talk to the DSB attendant right away.
Test Strips: We usually do not charge for test strips to encourage learning and less waste, but these need to be tracked. Excessive tests strips will be charged for.
Before Leaving the DSB: Students must check out with the DSB attendant to count the prints they made.
This includes test strips and all mistakes.
Payment: Any payment for prints must be made BEFORE the user leaves the DSB with the prints. Students may pay with check, credit card or gopher gold. NO CASH. All prints must be paid for even if you decide you don’t like the print once printed, do not use it for class, or the print is damaged while you are handling it.
Course Fees: Some classes have a portion of their course fees for use in the DSB. There are no refunds or transferring of unused portions of student course fees. Any unused course fees stays in the general DSB account. Course fees disappear at the end of each term so you must use your course fees or loose them. Students do not all print the same amounts for each assignment or project. This means that some students will not exhaust their full course-fees print credit: the DSB depends on the unused portions to help pay for maintenance tanks, Kraft paper, unexpected repairs, etc. We recognize that it may seem unfair, but it is similar to what happens in all other art courses; all students pay the same exact materials fee, but they each use less or more amounts of materials.
Failure to follow these instructions or instructions given by DSB attendants, technicians, or instructors will result in loosing DSB privileges.
Last updated June 2022