Shared Accounts / Print Billing Codes (PaperCut)
Shared Accounts (Print Billing Codes) are used when students, faculty, and staff print for a department, course, faculty member, special project, or other department-sponsored need.
Requesting a Shared Account
Shared Accounts must be requested each semester (Fall, Spring, or Summer). The account title will always include the semester and year.
The department coordinator must submit the request and provide:
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A valid budget code
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A list of authorized users’ UPenn email addresses
Accounts must be created before printing begins to ensure charges are applied correctly.
Billing
At the end of each semester, total charges will be sent to the Finance Department for processing against the provided budget code.
Access Requirements
Shared Accounts can only be accessed from:
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A Weitzman domain-joined computer
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With the PaperCut client installed
This includes Weitzman computer labs and public print stations.
Please Plan Ahead
If printing occurs before a Shared Account is created, charges can be transferred, but this requires multiple manual transactions. To avoid delays, request your account and confirm access before printing begins.
Once IT has processed your request, authorized users will receive an email confirming access to the Shared Account and instructions to select either their personal or shared account when printing.
