Once you have a card printed up, just hand it to the dealer whenever you sit at a table to play or insert it in the card reader when playing a slot machine or video poker.

When you're ready to leave the table wait until there's a pause in the action, between hands at the blackjack table, then tell the dealer you're ready to "color out," then push your chips toward them. (IMPORTANT: Do NOT push your chips into the betting circle or anywhere else bets are normally placed. They may accidentally assume you're just making a giant bet.)

The dealer will then collect your chips and convert the small denominations into larger ones, giving you a single 25-dollar chip for five 5-dollar ones, for example. This way you have fewer chips to carry.

Now just look for the cashier's cage, which is usually somewhere toward the back of the casino. They'll take your chips there (or your printed voucher, if you've just cashed out from a slot machine) and give you cash.

By the way, if you've had a friendly dealer you might want to tip them as you're leaving. You can do this by either placing one last bet and letting them know "this one is for you" or simply pushing a chip forward and saying thanks.