<p>Step 2 of ordering a CCI computer says “Select a printer”. Do most students have their own printer? Or are there common print services for use on campus?</p>
<p>You get 40 dollars of printing money each semester. You definitely don’t have to have your own printer. I haven’t had one in two years and I haven’t run out of printing money any semesters.</p>
<p>I bought one and didn’t really ever use it until I moved off campus. As packerfan89 said, you get $40 in printing money so most people use the print stations – you can print from your laptop, and then swipe your OneCard at any of the print stations throughout campus.</p>
<p>More information, including a list of print stations, here: [ITS</a> Labs One Card Printing (Pharos) FAQs | UNC-Chapel Hill Help and Support](<a href=“http://help.unc.edu/5965]ITS”>http://help.unc.edu/5965)</p>
<p>Don’t buy a printer – the sort of cheap inkjet you would buy will kill you on the ink costs.</p>
<p>I think printing on campus is 5 cents a page after you use your free allowance. No inkjet will match that, and the quality will be worse too.</p>
<p>My son bought a printer at Staples. Always uses it.</p>
<p>My daughter took one with her but now think she would have better off not having one. The $40 semester printing allotment (included in fees) does not carry over so you just waste the money if you don’t use it.</p>
<p>My son enjoys the convenience of having a printer right in his room. To each his own I guess!</p>
<p>The print stations are fairly ubiquitous throughout campus, the UL, the Union, each dorm has one, there’s really no reason you <em>need</em> a printer, and you’re already paying for $40 of printing on the CCI printers (laser, prints both sided if you want it), so why waste the $ on ink?</p>