UF Student Body President Ben Meyers announced an executive order to form a Free Printing Task Force at a student senate meeting Tuesday night.
Meyers, who assumed the position of Student Body President earlier this month, said expanding free printing for students was one of his top platform points.
"Right now, we have the third floor of the Reitz Union," Meyers said in an interview after the meeting. "You can go there and wait in a 45-minute line. My goal is to have [free printing] everywhere."
He said the measure is easier said than done.
Expanding printing privileges means expanding computer labs, which means more money. Meyers said he expects that portion of the project to cost about $300,000.
The project would be funded out of the Activities and Services fee, which is used to fund a variety of campus projects, organizations and events.
Another part of the new free printing process would be a reallocation of paper resources.
Currently, each student has a 300-page printing quota per semester. Meyers wants to eliminate the quota and instead give students unlimited printing from a central pot.
That means students who have 500-page projects due at the end of the semester can print them all using university resources, since a student who takes all online classes wouldn't be using his or her 300 pages.
Officials will debate whether a central printing pot can meet the students' demands. They face the question of whether student fees would have to be raised.
Meyers said he is unsure whether central printing is the solution, and the committee is charged with finding that solution.
At the meeting Tuesday, the senate voted in 21 temporary senators, each of whom will fill the void left by senators leaving for parts of the summer.
Eighteen temporary seats and three permanent seats remain unfilled.
