In advance of Fall 2025 semester, university IT shared the following campus-wide message announcing On Campus Printing From Personal Devices, allowing "any constituent with an active Westfield State University account may now print documents directly from their personal devices while connected to the universities secure network, including all academic, administrative buildings and residence halls."

Key Details

• Functionality: This feature allows printing from personal laptops, smartphones, and tablets without the need to transfer files to a university managed device.
• Installation: Installation link is listed below.  Please note that the installation and printing must take place ON CAMPUS.
• Access Requirements: Devices must be connected to the university network.
• Compatibility: Supported platforms include Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android.
• Security Measures: All print jobs are encrypted and require user authentication at the printer to ensure confidentiality and compliance.

Click here to install the Papercut Client

A note about Papercut troubleshooting assistance

Please note that university printing services is maintained by the university's IT Department, and troubleshooting assistance is available at the Technology Support Desk.

The Technology Support Desk is available to help with any problem that you may run into during the install process to the best of their ability, and reminds that every personal device is different and there may be issues that IT staff is not able to resolve.

As always, should you require assistance with setup or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Technology Support Desk for assistance.

Ely Library has a number of computers, printers, and scanners available for use.

Students can print by swiping their Westfield ID at any library printer.

Library printers are set to black and white printing by default. Printing in color is possible by following the library's Printing in Color instructions. Library staff is available to assist students with this process as needed.

Students receive $10.00 to use for printing each semester. This is the equivalent of 200 sheets of paper (this allows up to 400 printed pages, if every page printed is double sided). If you use up your $10.00 allotment during the semester, you will be charged 5 cents for each additional sheet of paper to your OWL Bucks account. To learn more about Printing and printing quotas, review information provided by Campus Technology Support.

Ely Library has one printer with copying capabilities. The $10.00 printing allotment each semester also applies to copying, equivalent to 200 sheets or 400 double-sided pages. Exceeding this allotment incurs a charge of 5 cents per additional sheet, billed to your OWL Bucks account.

This unit is located closest to the Staff Office on the Main Floor of the library.

Library staff is available to assist with any questions.

Ely Library has three printers with scan-to-email in .pdf format capabilities at the library.

Students can use scanners by swiping their Westfield ID at the printers with scanning capabilities.

Scanning documents will be sent via email in .pdf format from the printer.