We have made printing services accessible and secure – there are plenty of MFD printers across our campuses, printing from campus PCs or your personal devices, and no print credits needed.
It is already connected to the campus printers. You can print directly in black and white or colour, with no extra setup needed.
Access the PaperCut portal for the Web Print function (for basic printing via the web) and the Mobility Print function (advanced printing from your own device while on campus).
The ongoing cost-of-living crisis has significantly impacted our students, our staff, and the University as a whole. We want to help where we can.
To ensure that you can access printing when you need it and keep printing sustainably, we have permanently suspended the print credit system for all users and introduced a Fair Use printing policy.
As print credit purchasing is no longer required, we have disabled our old print credit portal (also known as Pcounter).
If you are a student, you will no longer need to buy print credits with your own money.
If you are a member of staff, the cost of printing will be administered by IT. You will no longer need to use departmental cost codes.
Printing credits will serve as an indicator of how much printing can be done and will no longer be shown to users as a monetary value in pounds (£) and pence.
We have assessed how much printing typically happens throughout the year and have programmed our system to give everyone more than enough printing credits to meet demand.
There are still limits in place as part of Fair Use. If you are trying to print a document that is too long (like an entire thesis) then our printing system will notify you by email.
Remember that documents can be split into smaller sections for easier printing, and you can also refer to our tips for economical printing below.
Our printing system does still require that we set a limit of some kind. The system expects us to charge you money, so we had to get creative to find a way around this.
While we are giving more than enough credit to each user for regular printing, we have also assigned everyone an extra credit ‘buffer’.
This means that you will still be able to complete your current printing job if you do print enough to hit a system limit. You will not be required to ‘pay back’ any of this credit buffer – it is there to help you.
The Fair Use policy allows printing services to be offered to all users sustainably and without additional printing charges.
Ensure that your printing is as sustainable as possible by referring to our tips for economical printing below.
If you need to print more than the Fair Use policy allows (or if you have already 'run out' of your Fair Use printing allowance for the year) then please contact the i-zone, who will log your request to the IT department for further advice.
Please note that the IT department is unable to guarantee that requests for additional printing will be granted.
We must all work together to keep the Fair Use printing system sustainable. Before you print, please consider these printing tips:
We are committed to our ‘Digital first’ policy in all the academic and professional services we offer. However, we also understand the needs of our students and staff for printing. To merge these two objectives, all printing is set to double-sided and black and white by default. You can manually change these options when sending your files for print.
The PaperCut portal gives you access to your own Environmental Dashboard on the ‘Summary’ page. It uses data visualisation and real-life terms to show you the impact your printing, and the printing at the University, has on our environment.
Check how well you are doing compared to your classmates or the University’s average, and consider if your printing habits can be any more sustainable.
If you need something printed in sizes bigger than A3 and/or bound, our Reprographic Team are happy to help.
They can provide the following:
Situated in the Ramsey Building, their opening hours are: 9:30am - 12:30pm and 2pm - 4pm (Monday to Thursday), 9am – 12pm and 1:30- 3:30pm (Friday).
For further details or to place an order please email repro@canterbury.ac.uk.