Should I bring a printer to dorm?

blinkangel44
Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:20:55 +0000

I was very, very happy to have a printer last year. My roommate and I split the cost last year. We’re rooming together again this year, so it’ll work out quite well, especially since I live in MA and could easily store it over the summer. I always ended up printing my stuff 15 minutes before class, which I could not have possibly done if I had relied on Info Commons. I had a lot of problems with the computers there (they are extremely slow) and waiting in line was a pain.

There is indeed free printing for honors students in West Village F, but they are always out of ink.

If it is a big financial concern, you can definitely get by with printing in the library, but I was so pleased with the convenience of having my own printer. Definitely a stress-reliever. We even got the all-in-one so it had a copier and scanner, which came in handy when I realized that I needed passport scans and whatnot for my study abroad.