Digital Service Bureau for Learning

The DSB and Copy Center is CLOSED

We will reopen for Summer Session on Tuesday June 25th.

Summer Session hours:
June 25- August 8
Tuesday and Thursday 10:30am - 9:30pm

If you need to make copies please use the West Bank Copy Center
or ask Sonja or Karen for access.

On Saturday April 13th & 20th as well as May 3rd & May 11th the DSB will be open from 10:00am - 5:00pm! (normally open 10:00am-1:00pm)

Please come and print!

Before you are allowed to print in the DSB you must either attended a training session (recommended - times are listed on this blog every semester. Sessions are offered the first 1/2 of the semester and you must sign up) or have signed this contract and gone over the printing directions briefly with the DSB attendant (Download the contract here: DSB Training Contract.doc, also, but please note if we are busy we may not be able to go over printing at that moment). 

PLEASE stop by the DSB in W138 to sign up for a training session, e-mail, dsb@umn.edu, or call 612-626-4196 to sign up or learn more about training sessions!

X Tues Feb 5th 10:30am X
X Sat Feb 16th 11:00am X
X Wed Feb 27th 10:30am X
X Mon Feb 25th 5:00pm X

The Art Department copy machine is now housed in the DSB, and although faculty, grads, and students can use it during regular DSB hours we have specific hours set with staff to assist faculty in making copies.

The DSB is adding extra hours as it is not a copy center and provides copy machine access to the art department.

To make a reservation please go to: checkout.dsb.umn.edu and follow the directions to reserve the printer of your choice.

If the checkout site is not working properly please stop by or call the DSB during open hours 612-626-4196. Please note that if you call during open hours and we do not answer call back in a 1/2 hour or so - our voice mail is not checked regularly

The DSB can now accept payment via your Gopher Gold card (also known as your student ID). Students can put money into their Gopher Gold account, present it when checking out at the DSB. Your payment will be made and a receipt e-mailed to you!

To see where to go to add money to your Gopher Gold card/student ID see below!

http://www1.umn.edu/ucard/umtc/valueports.html

blog login link

Epson V700 Flatbed Scanner.pdf

Nikon_scanning_workflow_v10.pdf

Preparing a Digital File for Print.pdf

Where to buy paper for Epson 9800/4800 printers:
(MUST BE EPSON APPROVED)
West Photo

Printing and Mounting Services
The Lab
Digi Graphics

University of Minnesota Print Labs

Links
halftones and screen angles
halftone separations for 4 color process screenprinting
and another color separations for 4-color process

checkout.dsb.umn.edu
Users may reserve Print stations at the DSB counter in person or online.

Reservation Restrictions

• User may book a piece of equipment up to 10 hours per week.
• Reservations can be booked online up to 2 weeks in advance.
• 15 minutes is required between reservations for processing.
• Reservations can be made in 30min, 45min, and 1 hour slots
• Users must be present within 10 minutes of their reservation time or their reservation will be canceled.
• Up to 2 back-to-back reservations may be made but there must be a 15-minute processing time between reservations. The user may stay at the printer during this 15-minute time. Example: if you want to use a printer from 11:00- 1:00 you will make one reservation from 11:00-12:00 and the second reservation from 12:15-1:00.

User Responsibility

• Users are responsible for finishing using the workstations at their scheduled reservation end time, this includes prints being completed by the printers. The larger the print the longer the printer takes to print it.
• Prints on the small printers should be sent no less than 10 minutes before the end of their reservation and prints on the large printers sent no less than 30 minutes before the reservation end. Larger prints may require more time to print!
• All prints will be paid for at the time of printing, either by a class fee or pay-as-you-go. For pay-as-you-go the DSB technicians will supply students with a bill that must be paid at the photo crib before the prints can be taken from the DSB. Or students may use their Gopher Gold/U card if there is money on the card.
• No prints leave the DSB without being paid for!

Printers:             4800 printers print sheets of paper up to 17" wide.
                     9800 printers print on rolls 24" or 44" wide. Sheets may also be put in these    
                          printers, but paper registration is more difficult.

You must choose a printer that prints on the media you will be printing on as the inks are different for matte paper and glossy/luster paper. This is marked on the checkout site.

For questions contact the DSB at: 612 626 4196
Or Lead DSB Supervisor: Caroline Houdek, dsb@umn.edu

Two paper media are available for use on the designated digital photo printers:
Epson Enhanced Matt Paper and Epson Premium Luster Photo Paper. 

We also have transparency for Printmaking applications which can be used on specific 9800 Luster Printers.  The PhotoCrib has vellum for sale which can printed via the Experimental Printer only.

Students may bring in their own paper, but can only use coated media on the photo printers.

Why aren't my students listed yet in the DSB print-tracking file?
Instructors from digital classes must send their final class lists (after folks have added and dropped) to Caroline Houdek at the DSB (dsb@umn.edu)before their students are able to print. It takes a few days to enter them into the system. All other classes use the pay-as-you-go method for making prints.

What if some students in my class print digitally but others print in the silver darkroom or with the litho stones?  Do I send you the entire class list?
No. if you teach advanced photography, advanced printmaking or independent study for which a digital course fee is collected, and you have some students working digitally and others working chemically, please send ONLY the student names who will be using the DSB as the regular printing base. We transfer area course fees into the DSB account based on what you tell us, so you will need for students to declare up front where their fees should go. If a student wants to work both digitally and with other means, you can split their fee and send half to us and keep half in the area; but you and the student need to determine the appropriate amount. If someone initially chooses the non-digital route but then changes their mind mid-semester we can transfer funds then, but please try to determine this at the beginning of the term. The DSB uses these funds to supply inks, papers, and maintenance tanks and needs to receive the bulk of the fees at the beginning of the term.

Can I bring my classes into the DSB when the DSB supervisors are not there or during closed hours?
No, there is no after-hours access. Classes are allowed in the DSB only during regular open lab hours when the supervisors and monitors are present.

Can I bring my class in last-minute for a demo?
No. Please arrange times for in-class demos with Caroline Houdek (dsb@umn.edu) with at least 48 hours notice, but preferably at the beginning of the semester so we can avoid conflicts with other class demos. We expect instructors will want to teach the demos themselves to their students.

Do students have to pay for test strips?
Normally no, but if a student makes excessive test strips then they will be charged the regular persquare-footage rate for the extras. All test prints and contact prints must be paid for.

Will the DSB supervisors print or prepare my files for me or my students?
No. Users must prepare their own digital files (off site) and be familiar with resolution, color profiles, and Photo Shop. The staff will assist new users and help with any problems along the way, but they are not there to print files for others. Their first priority is to help the students learn the equipment.

Can students print whatever they want on the experimental printer?
No, there are limits even on this printer. Students cannot run wet media through the experimental printer, including wet-coated papers and surfaces and prints with wet inks on them. Newsprint should also not be used even on these printers as the fibers clog the ink nozzles too badly.

Do students have to pay for prints that don't turn out well when using the experimental printer?
Yes, students must pay for all prints on these machines. The DSB supervisors maintain the
experimental printer in the best shape they can, but due to the unregulated use of materials we cannot guarantee accurate color results, adequate paper feeding, or printing with uncoated media. Please discuss with your students the experimental nature of the process so that they fully understand the additional costs for using this printer. Send any tips you have for getting good results.


Download PDF

DSB FAQs for instructors.pdf

•    The DSB is a hands-on learning environment in which users sit at the computer stations and print and scan their own projects. We have Epson 9800 (with printing up to 44 in. wide) and 4800 (with up to 17 in. wide) digital inkjet printers, two Nikon 9000 film scanners, and one Epson V700 flatbed scanner. Two paper media are available for use on the designated digital photo printers: Epson Enhanced Matt Paper and Epson Premium Luster Photo Paper. There is also specific media available for the designated uncoated/printmaking printer. Students may bring in their own paper, but can only use coated media on the photo printers.

•    The DSB is not a general computer-use room; please prepare your files offsite.

•    The DSB is monitored by the DSB supervisors during all open hours; there is no access outside of regularly scheduled hours. The supervisors are on hand to assist users with scanning, printing, handing out and loading paper (if needed), and other aspects of the digital workflow. However, users must already understand how to prepare digital files for printing (we do not teach Photoshop or prepare files for printing), and either be currently enrolled in a digital printing class (digital photography, printmaking, or digital drawing), have taken a digital class within the past year or must take a tech demo on the machines (arranged by lead DSB supervisor by appointment only).

•    Presently access to the DSB is restricted to students, staff, and faculty affiliated with the Department of Art. Note: adjunct faculty have access to the DSB only during the semester they are teaching.

Location: Regis Center for Art W138
Email:  dsb@umn.edu
Tel:  612 626 4196

Regis Center for Art
405 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis Minnesota 55455

Summer 2013

DSB and Copy Center is CLOSED

 

We will reopen for Summer Session on Tues June 25^th

Summer Session hours:
June 25- August 8
Tuesday and Thursday 10:30am - 9:30pm

If you need to make copies please use the West Bank Copy Center
or ask Sonja or Karen for access.