The free access labs, in reality, are an exercise in futility. There are also a number of computers that are usually turned off while they await to be upgraded. Those that are on can barely be described as working. Floppy and ZIP drives usually do not work and Internet access is sporadic. When the disk drives are working, the first thing to appear on your disk is usually a virus.
Printing can be even more frustrating.
For the majority of the semester, only one of the lab's computers has been hooked up to a printer. The computer labs attempted to throw students a bone when they stopped charging students for printing. The result instead was a lot of wasted paper. There are maybe many solutions to the lab's woes, but one thing is for sure, the free ride needs to end. The basic problem is that the lab is free.