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Printing Equipment, Supplies, & Services

Procurement Agent(s):
Tisha Campbell
Jason Utz

Description:

Printers and Printer Supplies

Most printer brands, toners, and printing supplies including 3D printer supplies are available on ISU contracts with CDWG, Office Depot (ODP), and B&H Photo on cyBUY. Please search those catalogs on cyBUY for your printing needs. Office Depot is our contracted supplier for HP toner.

Printing Services

Departments are to contact Printing Services at 294-0000 for authorization before utilizing outside suppliers for printing or copying services. In addition, departments must obtain hanging banners, retractable banners, foam core signs, printed buttons, and nametags, or magnets, personalized business cards, stationery or letterhead from Printing Services.

Printing also offers imaging services, professional level scanning, engineering-sized copies, foil stamping, large-format color plotting, laminating, personalized printing, bulk mailing, ink-jet addressing, computer publishing and networked digital printing. Contact Printing at printing@print.iastate.edu for additional information.
 

University Printing Policy

Procurement Procedure:

To find the best way to procure the goods or services in this category,
please answer each of the following questions by clicking [yes] or [no].

Have you contacted Printing Services about the proposed printing service?

[yes] [no]

Could they do the service?

[yes] [no]

Submit your order to Printing Services. Alternate sources will only be considered if approved by Printing Services.

Is the dollar value of the purchase over your Purchasing Card limit?

[yes] [no]

Create a non-catalog requisition in Workday with any accompanying information about the requested purchase to Procurement Services (i.e. order form, quote, email from supplier, etc.). If you need assistance creating a non-catalog requisition in Workday, email the information to finance_delivery@iastate.edu.

Do you have an ISU Purchasing Card and will the supplier accept the card for the transaction?

[yes] [no]

Use Purchasing Card and provide receipts, business purpose and Worktag to your ISD by emailing to finance_delivery@iastate.edu or add the receipts to your PCV in Workday.

Create a non-catalog requisition in Workday with any accompanying information about the requested purchase to Procurement Services (i.e. order form, quote, email from supplier, etc.). If you need assistance creating a non-catalog requisition in Workday, email the information to finance_delivery@iastate.edu.

Contact Printing Services for quote of approval of using an outside source and return to this page.