Printing
There are various printers located throughout the campus. These guides are designed to answer any questions you may have. Unless stated otherwise, all printers are filled with A4 recycled paper.
Black and white (mono) print jobs can be viewed and released from any printer.
Colour print jobs can be viewed and released from ONLY the floor standing colour printers.
Where are the printers?
Secure release printers can be found at the following locations:
Colour devices are indicated in brackets.
(W102), W222, W602
(M141), M222, (M317), (M541), M608
A536
(MS021)
Open access colour secure printers are available in the following locations:
- Campus Life Lounge – 2 printers
- 24-Hour Lab (ground floor Students' Association building) - 2 printers
- The Sir Alex Ferguson Library:
- Level 0 – 3 printers
- Level 2 – 8 printers
- Level 3 – 3 printers
- Level 4 – 1 printer
- GCU London – 2 printers
A3 printing is available on Level 0 and Level 4 of The Sir Alex Ferguson Library.
How much does it cost to print?
Paper is included in the price
| A4 single-sided page black and white laser | £0.05 |
| A4 double-sided page black and white laser | £0.08 |
| A4 single-sided page colour laser | £0.35 |
| A4 double-sided page colour laser | £0.56 |
| A3 single-sided black and white laser | £0.10 |
| A3 colour | £0.70 |
What is my print/copy quota?
Your print credit account has two separate quotas:
This is an annual allowance that is applied to your account by GCU. Your initial free quota print credit is based on your course classification. This is an annual allowance and is not topped up during Trimesters B or C. Any free quota print credit remaining in your account at the end of the academic year will not be carried over to the next academic year. This free quota print credit can be used for printing and copying throughout campus.
This is money that you add to your print credit account personally. You can add money to your balance when required. This balance print credit can be used for printing and copying throughout campus.
Any money added to your print credit account will be carried over to the new academic year, however, any balance left over after you complete your course will not be refunded.
You can view your current balances by logging into your print portal or any of the print release devices.
How do I print?
All lab and open access PCs are automatically mapped to the mono print queue: GCU-Print-Mono
This allows you to collect your print jobs from any print/copy area listed above. You will be charged the current mono printing costs per page.
Your print job will remain in the print queue until you collect it or 12 hours have passed after which time the job will be automatically deleted.
You can print a colour document from any Information Services Computer Lab. You will be charged the current colour printing costs per page.
To print a colour document:
- Once you're logged into a computer lab PC, open the document you wish to print
- When you are ready to print your document, select the GCU-Print-Colour printer from the drop-down menu in your printer preferences box.
- Select Print
Your print job will remain in the print queue until you collect it or 12 hours have passed after which time the job will be automatically deleted.
Send an email to eprint@gcu.ac.uk with the document you wish to print as an attachment.
Please note the file will print out in mono only.
Print job management
Instructions on logging into the printers is available on posters next to each printer.
The print release system allows you to confirm your print jobs (number of pages, costs etc) before releasing them.
If you have accidentally sent too many pages to print, you can delete your print job from the system. Deleted print jobs will not be deducted from your print credit account.
Your print job will remain in the print queue until you collect it or 12 hours have passed after which time the job will be automatically deleted.