Ninja Printing at the Health Sciences Library

Information Commons (IC) and the Hammer Medical Center Library provide 1 color and many black and white high-speed laser jet printers for the Computer Labs and Classrooms located at the Health Sciences Library and PH17, including one printer in the Bard Hall Lobby.

The printers are controlled by the Ninja terminals located adjacent to each printer. Students enrolled in classes on the CUMC campus with active Columbia email accounts have a printing quota of 700 pages total for the Spring (Jan. 1 - May 21) semester and 700 pages total for the Fall (Aug. 7 - Dec. 31) semester, and 200 pages total for the Summer (May 22 - Aug 6). Please use your pages wisely. If you should use up your quota before the end of any of these time periods you may purchase more pages at the cost of $.10 per page, in increments of $5.00.

Printing charges are $.10 per page for black and white printing and $1.00 a page for color. Additional pages for Ninja printing can be purchased at the IC Helpdesk in minimum increments of $5.00.
Pages can also be purchased online at: http://www.columbia.edu/acis/facilities/printers/purchase.html for use at both the CUMC and Morningside campuses.

General Printing Instructions

1. From your computer, issue the print command from the software application.
2. Select the printer from the following list in the Print Dialog box:



Printer Name	Printer Location
Ninja2	Hammer 2nd Floor in the E-Lounge
Ninja5si	Hammer 2nd Floor near NinjaColor
Ninja8150	Hammer 2nd Floor across from the Help Desk
NinjaColor	Hammer 2nd Floor past Ninja8150
Hammer2ndflNinja6	Hammer 2nd Floor in the Microcomputer Lab
Hammer2ndflNinja7	Hammer 2nd Floor in the Microcomputer Lab
Ninja8150DN	Hammer 2nd Floor in the Microcomputer Lab
NinjaLobby	Hammer Lobby
NinjaLobby2	Hammer Lobby
Ninja4	Hammer Lobby/24 Hour Room
NinjaLL1	Hammer Lower Level 1
NinjaPH17	Presbyterian Hospital 17th Floor Computer Lab
NinjaBardHall	Bard Hall Lobby



3. Note your workstation name located at the top of the monitor. This name identifies your print job in the Queue at the Ninja terminal.
4. Go to the printer to which you printed and locate your workstation name in the list of pending jobs and then do the following:
1. Highlight the job by moving the selection bar using the up or down arrow key.
2. Press "ENTER" to select your job.
3. Type your UNI (first part of your Columbia University e-mail).
4. Press the "TAB" key to go to the password field.
5. Type your Columbia University e-mail password and hit "ENTER".
6. Print jobs stay in queue for 30 minutes and will automatically expire afterwards.

If you do not have a Columbia UNI or email account, please go to the Information Commons Help Desk on the 2nd Floor of the Library to receive a printing UNI and purchase pages to print.

Students can also configure their personal computers to send print jobs to any of the Ninja printers. Please select the appropriate link for your computer's operating system next to the "How to Setup Your Computer to Print @ IC" document on our Printable Tutorials page.

The Student FAQs page also contains more information about using the Ninja Printing system.