Printing
We now have a brand new print service. To register, please visit https://myprint.salford.ac.uk (on-campus only, when signed up to the University of Salford Wi-Fi network), and login with your Student email address and password.
*For students on mobile devices, select 'Desktop Mode' at the bottom right of your screen to access the full view of the PaperCut page.
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Authenticating your card
To release print jobs on the new service you'll first need to authenticate your ID card using the instructions provided on the printer. Once your card is authenticated you can use it to access the printers. All new students get £2 of free credit.
Printing guides
Payment and costs
ePayment
***To pay for printing using ePayment you must have previously used our printing service as this creates your printing account.***
You can pay by visiting myprint.salford.ac.uk and selecting "Add Credit". If you are visiting the webpage on a mobile device, you will need to view in desktop mode.
Please note: Unused printing credit is not refundable.
You can also view your printing history and pending jobs from this webpage.
Printing costs
Costs depend on the size of paper and type of print job:
| Printing | Cost per sheet |
|---|---|
| Black & White A4 (single-sided) | 3p |
| Black & White A4 (double-sided) | 5p |
| Black & White A3 (single-sided) | 7p |
| Black & White A3 (double-sided) | 13p |
| Colour A4 (single-sided) | 18p |
| Colour A4 (double-sided) | 32p |
| Colour A3 (single-sided) | 25p |
| Colour A3 (double-sided) | 45p |
Types of printing
If you are printing through webprint, you can choose to send the document in colour or mono, and as double or single-sided.
Single-sided printing
If you are not printing through webprint, all of our printers automatically print double-sided and need to be set to print single-sided:
- Choose File, then Print. Click Print on both sides in the print preview and a new window will appear.
- Four options will appear, select Print One Sided then continue printing as normal.
The settings will revert to double-sided automatically, so you will need to repeat this process with every document you want to print single-sided.
Print in colour
You will need to change the settings before you send the file to print:
- Choose File, then Print. Click on Printer Properties in the print preview and a new window will appear.
- Change the drop-down box in the bottom left-hand corner from Black and White to Colour. Click OK and continue printing as normal.
My document contains black and white and colour pages - will I be charged for colour for every page?
When you select colour print, you will be charged for colour printing for each page of your document, regardless of whether every page uses colour. Avoid being charged for colour for any black and white pages in your document by sending them separately.
Step 1: Identify your colour pages: Click your cursor on a colour page and then check the bottom left-hand corner to find out the page number. In the example below, you can see that the colour page is page 2 of 4. Make a note of which pages you need to print in colour.
Step 2: Send your colour pages: Click on 'File' and then 'Print' as you would do normally. In 'Settings' there is a text box called 'Pages:'. In the text box, type in the numbers of the pages you want to print in colour. There is a specific format to the pages you type in:
- They must be written as numbers (1) not text (one)
- Each page number must be separated from the next with a comma and a space
- If you want to print a series of pages, for example every page between page 4 and page 10, you can write this as '4-10'.
In the example below, you can see that we are going to print pages 1, 3-4. Click print. Only the pages you have entered will be printed.
Step 3: Send your black and white pages: Using the same method as step two, enter the number of the pages you wish to be printed in black and white. Click 'Printer Properties', which will load a new window. Click on the drop-down box that says 'Colour/Black and White' and change this to 'Colour'. Click OK, and then continue printing as normal.
Step 4: Release your printing: When both print orders have been sent, print as normal. You can sort the printed pages back into the order you planned.