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As part of the recent modernization wave that began with Housing Flexing its muscles, more changes are a-comin’. Columbia University Information Technology has introduced a new user interface to the NINJa printing system, with a global print queue (explained below), making access to a working printer much easier. Spec reported on the proposed changes in February.

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A global print queue allows a printing job sent to one printer to be automatically available on any campus printer. This means that long lines in the Butler computer lab might not look as bad anymore, because you can hop across to Lerner (or Carman, or Broadway… oh, the choices!) to print out that 10-page paper before you sprint to class. At last, the printing system says goodbye to monogamy. The global print queue would also isolate individual students’ printing queues, by allowing you to save 20 seconds of your life and log into the printing station instead of selecting your printing job from a long list of UNIs and Print@CU pseudonyms. No more confusing your print job with theother Daenerys Targaryen.

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