<p>It appears that having a computer, whether it be a desktop or laptop, is necessary to avoid all the hassle.
Is a printer as necessary as a computer when it comes to getting things done (especially in stern)?</p>
<p>thanks for responses!</p>
<p>everyone needs a printer, you'll be printing stuff out literally every day. You can get one for like $20 no reason not to get one.</p>
<p>you should check with your roommate...usually one printer/room is fine...coordinate and see if you can split what to bring.
for the heavy printing, free printing in stern labs</p>
<p>thankss everyone. but will I be printing mostly colored documents or simple black and white papers? usually new color printers are +100 dollars..
ehh. this computer already cost me $1600! :-0</p>
<p>new color printers are less than $50 nowadays, I think mine was $30.</p>
<p>a few things in color, mostly black and white. When you start doing more Stern classes, you'll need to print colored graphs and such though.</p>
<p>i recommend not sharing printer with a roommate. My roommate initially shared mine, and 1) we always ran out of paper 2) printer is generally going to be right by someones head, and early morning/late night printing is going to wake your roommate up and **** him off greatly (and you will be in a rush for atleast some of the paper) 3) hard to figure out compensation (ink is expensive)</p>
<p>Do they have photocopiers at the Stern computer labs? Just wondering, because people would want to go to Kinko's every time they want to photocopy things for presentations....:D</p>
<p>It'd be more convenient to have a printer, but no, not necessary if you don't mind waking up 10 min earlier and printing something out at a computer lab. 3 different labs in Tisch Hall have free printing & (not free) photocopiers, one has a scanner (free). For freshmen, there is free printing at the 3rd North lab and (I think) the Weinstein lab.</p>