Printing for Students

Overview

Student Managed Print Service 

The Student Managed Print Service (MPS) provides A3 & A4, black & white and colour printing from many computer labs and general access computers across campus. Your UNSW ID card is your copy and print card. This is what you use to access the service and add credit to.

When printing a document, select a print queue as below. Depending on the type of printer in your location, there may be one or more of the following print queues available to you:

Printing Queue

  • For A4/ A3 Black & White Printing: BLACK-PRINTER

  • For A4/ A3 Colour Printing: COLOUR-PRINTER

Wireless Printing

To access wireless printing for students, ensure you are connected to a UNSW network (WI-FI or fixed) and go to   UNSW Wireless Printing  site. This site can not be accessed off-campus and will not work using a non UNSW network.

Self Help Guides

How much does it cost to print?
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Single-sided Double-sided
Black & White
A4 Black and white $0.11
A3 Black and white $0.22		 A4 Black and white $0.20
A3 Black and white $0.40
A4 High Quality Black and White $0.18
A3 High Quality Black and White $0.36		 A4 High Quality Black and White $0.35
A3 High Quality Black and White $0.70
Colour
A4 Colour $0.50
A3 Colour $1.00		 A4 Colour $0.91
A3 Colour $1.82
A4 High Quality Colour $0.70
A3 High Quality Colour $1.40		 A4 High Quality Colour $1.30
A3 High Quality Colour $2.70
Scan
A4 $0.04 per scan A4 $0.04 per scan
Large Format Print Output
Black & White A2 $3.00
Black & White A1 $4.00
Black & White A0 $7.50
Custom Black and White Paper Roll* $25.00		 Colour A2 $6.00
Colour A1 $9.00
Colour A0 $15.00
Custom Colour Paper Roll* $25.00

*Custom refers to custom paper sizes including short banners

Printer locations
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Library Printer Locations
 

General Access

Print Facilities

Main Library (Kensington Campus)

Level 2 to 8

Photocopying/ Printing / Scan to email
A4 & A3 black & white
A4 & A3 coloured

Law Library (Kensington Campus)

Ground Floor and Level 1

Photocopying / Printing / Scan to email
A4 & A3 black & white
A4 & A3 coloured

Paddington Library (Paddington Campus)

Block D - Ground Floor

Photocopying / Printing / Scan to email
A4 & A3 black & white
A4 & A3 coloured

Student Printer Locations

Locations

Print Facilities

Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture

School of Arts & Design (Paddington Campus)

 

Block D

Level 1 and Level 2

 

Block F

Level 4 (Postgraduate use Only)

Photocopying/ Printing / Scan to email
A4 & A3 black & white
A4 & A3 coloured

School of Built Environment

 

H13 – Anita B. Lawrence Centre (Formerly Red Centre)

West Wing, Mezzanine Level, M001

 

E4 – Squarehouse

Ground Floor, Room G20A (Outside)

Photocopying/ Printing / Scan to email
A4 & A3 black & white
A4 & A3 coloured, High-Grade Printing, Large Format Printing Colour A0, A1, A2 Custom Sizes A4 Black & White

(High-Grade and Large Format Printing are only available at Anita B. Lawrence Centre)

School of Arts and Social Sciences

 

C20 – Morven Brown Building

Level 1, Room 1001 (Computer Lab)

 

G14 – Robert Webster Building

Level 1, Room 137

Level 3, Room 307

Photocopying/ Printing / Scan to email
A4 & A3 black & white
A4 & A3 coloured

Business School

E15 – Quadrangle Building

Ground Level, Room G021

Level 1, Room 1024, 1043

Photocopying/ Printing / Scan to email
A4 & A3 black & white
A4 & A3 coloured

Faculty of Engineering

School of Biomedical Engineering

 

F25 – Samuels Building

Level 5 Corridor

Photocopying/ Printing / Scan to email
A4 & A3 black & white
A4 & A3 coloured

School of Chemical Engineering

 

F10 – June Griffith Building (Formerly Chemical Sciences Building)

Mezzanine Level, M03 (Computer Lab)

Level 7, Room 713

 

Fig Tree Hall

Mezzanine, Room 003

Photocopying/ Printing / Scan to email
A4 & A3 black & white
A4 & A3 coloured

School of Civil & Environmental Engineering

 

H20 – Civil Engineering Building

Level 2, Room 201 (Computer Lab)

Level 6, Room 611 (Computer Lab)

Photocopying/ Printing / Scan to email
A4 & A3 black & white
A4 & A3 coloured

School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications

 

G17 – Electrical Engineering Building

Lower Ground Floor, Room LG01, LG02

Level 2, Room 217

Level 4, Room 426

Photocopying/ Printing / Scan to email
A4 & A3 black & white
A4 & A3 coloured

School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering

 

J17 – Ainsworth Building

Level 2, Room 203, 204

Level 3, Room 306

Photocopying/ Printing / Scan to email
A4 & A3 black & white
A4 & A3 coloured

School of Minerals & Energy Resources Engineering

 

K15 – Old Main Building

Lower Ground Floor, Room LG021B

Photocopying/ Printing / Scan to email
A4 & A3 black & white
A4 & A3 coloured

School of Photovoltaic & Renewable Energy Engineering

 

H6 – Tyree Energy Technologies Building

Lower Ground Floor, Room LG34, LG35

Photocopying/ Printing / Scan to email
A4 & A3 black & white
A4 & A3 coloured

Faculty of Science

School of Chemistry

 

F12 – Dalton Building

Ground Floor, Room G11

Photocopying/ Printing / Scan to email
A4 & A3 black & white
A4 & A3 coloured

School of Materials Science & Engineering

 

E10 – Hilmer Building

Level 1, Room 123

Photocopying/ Printing / Scan to email
A4 & A3 black & white
A4 & A3 coloured

School of Mathematics & Statistics

 

H13 – Anita B. Lawrence Centre (Formerly Red Centre)

East Wing, Mezzanine Level, Room M020

East Wing, Ground Floor, Room G012

Photocopying/ Printing / Scan to email
A4 & A3 black & white
A4 & A3 coloured

Faculty of Law and Justice

F8 – Law and Justice Building

Common Lab, Copy Room

Photocopying/ Printing / Scan to email
A4 & A3 black & white
A4 & A3 coloured

 

How to print from a UNSW PC
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When printing from any student or public Mac and PC on campus, your job will be delivered to all printers on campus. Once the job has been started/ printed, you will need to release/ collect the job at your desired printer.

The guide below will instruct you on printing from UNSW PC’s.

Step 1 - Open the file you wish to print. From the application the file was opened in, navigate to File > Print.

Step 2 - In the print dialogue box, you can choose to print in either black and white or colour by selecting -BW or -Colour as the printer.

Below is a short example of this process for you to follow along with:

Printing for Students PC

Step 3 - Go to any printer and tap your UNSW ID Card against the scanner.

    Note: If you wish to print in colour, you will need to choose a printer that supports colour printing.

Step 4 - Press 'Print Release' and you will see a list of documents that you have sent to the printers. The cost of the job is listed on the left.

Step 5 - Select the document you wish to print, and then press 'Print'.

Step 6 - When you are done, press 'Logout'.

How to print from a UNSW Mac
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When printing from any student or public Mac and PC on campus, your job will be delivered to all printers on campus. Once the job has been started/ printed, you will need to release/ collect the job at your desired printer.

The guide below will instruct you on printing from UNSW Mac’s.

Note: When printing PDF files, do not use Apples Preview App. This is the Macs default app that deals with images and PDF files. Please use Adobe Acrobat to print PDF files.

Step 1 - Open the file you wish to print. Once in the files designated application, navigate to and select File > Print.

Step 2 - In the print dialogue box, you can choose to print in either black and white or colour by selecting -BW or -Colour as the printer.

Below is a short example of printing a PDF for you to follow along with:

Printing for Student Mac

Step 3 - Go to any printer and tap your UNSW ID Card against the scanner.

    Note: If you wish to print in colour, you will need to choose a printer that supports colour printing.

Step 4 - Press 'Print Release' and you will see a list of documents that you have sent to the printers. The cost of the job is listed on the left.

Step 5 - Select the document you wish to print, and then press 'Print'.

Step 6 - When you are done, press 'Logout'.

How to collect your prints
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Step 1 - Access the touch screen on the Printer.

Step 2 - Press the Print Release Station icon.

Step 3 – Tap your University ID card.

Step 4 - Enter your 4 digit PIN.

Step 5 - Select your print job/s.

Step 6 - Your current balance and the cost of the selected job/s will be displayed.

Step 7 - Press Print.

Step 8 - Press OK.

How to scan to E-mail
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Note: At UNSW you for the most part cannot scan directly to a computer. You use one of the public printers to email yourself a copy of what you are scanning.

Step 1 - Access the touch screen on the Printer.

Step 2 - Tap your University ID card.

Step 3 - Enter your 4 digit PIN.

Step 4 - Press “Scan To Email”.

Step 5 - Enter in the email address you wish to send the document to.

Step 6 - Place the document face down on the scanner glass (top left corner - portrait orientation) or face up into the document feeder (portrait  orientation) if scanning individual A4 sheets".

Step 7 - Press Start or the Green button.

Step 8 - The press Send on the screen.

Wireless Printing - How to print from your laptop, tablet or phone
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Step 1 - Visit http://wirelessprinting.unsw.edu.au/ and log in with your UNSW zID and zPass.

Step 2 - Select the file(s) you wish to print.

Step 3 – Once the status of the job is “waiting for release”, Go to any printer and scan your UNSW ID Card.

Step 4 - Select ‘Print Release’ to print your job.

Student Photocopying
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Step 1 - Access the touch screen on the Printer.

Step 2 - Press the Print Release Station icon.

Step 3 - Tap your University ID card.

Step 4 - Enter your 4 digit PIN.

Step 5 - Select the ‘Use Copier Function’ option, then ‘Quick Copy’.

Step 6 -  Adjust the appearance of your copied document (e.g. colour or black & white) using the options presented. Once you are satisfied, select ‘Start’ to begin copying your document.

Troubleshooting Guides

I've forgotten my PIN for printing
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Step 1 - If you have forgotten your PIN number you can change it online at https://recharge.it.unsw.edu.au/mymonitor/.

Step 2 – Login to this page with your zID & zPass.

Step 3 – From the left hand menu select “Change Your Settings” (icon below).

Change Your Settings icon

Step 4 – Click on the Account PIN tab (icon below), close to things centre of the page.

Account Pin icon

Step 5 – From here you enter then confirm your new 4 digit pin.

Step 6 – Once entered click on “Change”.

I don’t have any print credit, how do I recharge my card?
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Method 1: Online

Step 1 - If you have forgotten your PIN number you can change it online at https://recharge.it.unsw.edu.au/mymonitor/.

Step 2 - Login to this page with your zID & zID Password.

Step 3 - From the right hand side of the page click on “Add Value” (icon below).

Add value icon

Step 4 - Next enter the value you wish to add to the card, the click “Pay”.

Note: You can only use a card with credit functionality via the web page. If you only have a debit card, you will need to find one of the Print Pay Stations around campus.

Step 5 - You will next be taken to the “Online Payments” page. Confirm your details are correct here and then click “Process Payment".

Step 6 - Next select the "Visa, Mastercard, JCB or Amex" button (icon below).

Payment button

Step 7  - Next all you need to do is enter your credit your credit card details.

 

Method 2: At A Pay Station On Campus

Pay stations can be found at the following locations:

Main Library

Near the Entrance, Level 2, Building F21

Law Library

Ground Floor, Building F8

Art & Design - Paddington Library

Block D - Outside the High Use Collection Room (PADDINGTON CAMPUS)

Art & Design

Block D, Level 1 (PADDINGTON CAMPUS)

Anita B. Lawrence Centre (Formerly Red Centre)

Building H13, West Wing, Mezzanine Level, M001 - Print Room

Computer Science and Engineering

Engineering Admin Office, Building K17

Michael Crouch Innovation Centre

MCIC, Building E10

Follow the on-screen prompts to recharge your UNSW ID card for printing.

Printer out of paper/ toner – general printing quality & completion issues
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When there are issues in relation to print jobs please do one of the following:

Option 1 – Contact The UNSW IT Service Desk over the phone on (02) 9385 1333.

Option 2 – Visit the Print/Copy Services desk - (F21) UNSW Main Library, Level 2

 

When contacting either option you will need the following information:

  1. Printer Asset Number. This is located on a metallic blue and silver sticker. This is usually located on top of the printer.

  2. Printer Location. This at least needs to include the building name/number, level and room the printer is in/ closest to.

  3. Resource The Printer Is Low/ Out Of.

Money was deducted but nothing was printed? – General printing transaction issues
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When there are issues in relation to the payment of print jobs please do one of the following:

Option 1 – Contact Monitor Print Solutions over the phone on (02) 9385 3757.

Option 2 – Visit the Print/Copy Services desk - (F21) UNSW Main Library, Level 2

 

When contacting either option you will need the following information:

  1. Printer Asset Number. This is located on a metallic blue and silver sticker. This is usually located on top of the printer.

  2. Printer Location. This at least needs to include the building name/number, level and room the printer is in/ closest to.

Help around printer credit, transactions or refunds
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If you need help around printer credit, transactions or refunds, please contact one of the following:

Option 1 – Contact Monitor Print Solutions over the phone on (02) 9385 3757.

Option 2 – Visit the Print/Copy Services desk - (F21) UNSW Main Library, Level 2

Assistance around printing, copying or scanning
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If you need any further assistance around printing, copying or scanning in general, please contact one of the following:

Option 1 – Contact the UNSW IT Service Desk over the phone on (02) 9385 1333.

Option 2 – Visit the Print/Copy Services desk - (F21) UNSW Main Library, Level 2

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