Service news – Printing from your personal devices

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IT Services has confirmed that due to essential maintenance, the Printanywhere service will be unavailable until further notice.

During this time, you will not be able to send documents to print from your personal devices using the Printanywhere service. Printing from a University classroom PC will not be affected.

You can still send documents to the printer from your devices using our WebPrint service. More information on this can be found here.

Remember, WebPrint is not suitable for printing law essays as it defaults to double sided printing and this cannot be changed. Please, use a classroom PC instead, and select Print One Sided option before sending your document to the MFD.

If you need further help, please get in touch with us.

Taylor Library Team
lawlib@abdn.ac.uk

 

 

Getting help with your dissertation – printing and binding

Hard binding – image taken from The Print Shop, University of Aberdeen

As the time of the summer dissertation submission is fast approaching, we would like to provide you with some information about printing and binding. If you are a postgraduate student preparing for a dissertation submission, you might find this post especially useful.

Once you have finished your thesis and completed the final check, you might want to get your work printed and bound. The Print Shop (23 St. Machar Drive – Auris Building, Old Aberdeen) will be able to help you with both. If you are busy, you do not need to go there because they accept requests via email (printshop@abdn.ac.uk).

In your email, you have to specify your request (binding style, copies required, etc.), and attach a copy of your dissertation in a PDF file. (Word files will not be accepted.) The Print Shop staff will have a quick glance over the text (for incorrect margins or page numbers, etc.), and email you back with the suggested corrections and the price prior to start any work. Do not expect them though to check every grammatical or spelling mistake or to proofread your dissertation. 

Please, check the following information for printing prices:

80gsm paper

• A4 b/w printing – 3p per page (double sided 5p)
• A4 colour printing – 10p per page (double sided 19p)
• A3 b/w printing – 4p per page (double sided 6p)
• A3 colour printing – 11p per page (double sided 20p)
  (Add 1p to above prices for 100gsm paper.)

You also have the option to acquire binding services only. In that case, theses will be handed in to The Print Shop already printed. Both, soft binding and hard binding are available there.

Soft binding

Soft binding could be Comb & Ring style binding, Metal style binding or Card style binding. In case, you need Card binding, you can choose from the following colour card options: white, green, pink, blue or black. As soft binding takes less time than hard binding, you can usually get your work bound within a day or even less time. Please check The Print Shop website for service times. For prices, please, see the bullet points below:

Comb & Ring Style Binding

• up to 50 pages £2.00
• 51 to 100 pages £3.00
• 101 to 150 pages £4.00
• 151 to 220 pages £5.00
• 221 to 310 pages £6.00

Metal Style Binding

• up to 50 pages £4.00
• 51 to 100 pages £5.00
• 101 to 150 pages £6.00
• 151 to 220 pages £7.00
• 221 to 340 pages £8.00

Card Style Binding

• up to 100 pages £7.00
• 101 to 250 pages £8.00
• 251 to 420 pages £10.00

Soft binding – images taken from
The Print Shop, University of Aberdeen

Hard binding

If you wish so, The Print Shop can provide hard binding services for you. As it is more complicated job, they require at least a week to bind your dissertation. For example, if you submit your thesis on Monday, you can collect it the following Monday. In exceptional circumstances or Bindery closures, it may take longer time.

There are four colour options available for this type of binding: black, navy, green, or wine. For basic information about prices, please see the list here:

• up to 2 copies £30.00 each
• 3 or more copies £27.00 each
  (based on a maximum of 420 pages. If a thesis is more than this, it will be bound as 2 volumes)
• University of Aberdeen gold block logo – £2.95 per volume.

Express printing/binding services are also available there for extra cost.

For more information, please visit the following pages: The Print Shop – services, The Print Shop, and Submission of research theses.

Taylor Library Team 
lawlib@abdn.ac.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two ways to top-up your print budget in Old Aberdeen campus

Is your credit too low for printing and you have an assignment to submit? Don’t panic, just keep on reading this post.

You can top up your print budget online by using our PrintManage application. On classroom PCs, you will find this app on the Desktop. If you want to use your own computer, please go to https://printmanage.abdn.ac.uk/ and switch user to ‘Use another account’. Login with your university username and password, and follow the onscreen instructions to do the top up online. All payments are made in exact multiples of £1.00. Minimum payment is £5.00, maximum payment is £20.00.

The other way to credit your print budget is to go to the coffee shop either in the MacRobert Building or in The Sir Duncan Rice Library, where staff can do the top up for you by cash.  This service is also available in the shop of the Union Brew (Students’ Union Building).

If you need more information about IT services at the University of Aberdeen, and particularly about printing, please visit the web pages of Learners Toolkit.

Taylor Library
lawlib@abdn.ac.uk

IT tips for new Postgraduate and Erasmus students

It was great to meet all of you who attended our library tours last week. We know all too well how hard it is to find your way around the university campus and the library. We have been assisting new students for years (some of us for decades) and to give you even more help, we have decided to share a few IT tips with you.

1. Setting the WiFi

The University of Aberdeen provides authenticated access to the internet for registered students from most academic, administrative and residential buildings.

You can set up the WiFi connection either on your computer or your phone. Please, follow the links below for instructions and more information:

Computers:
Wireless connection – Mac 10.9+
Wireless connection – Windows 7
Wireless connection – Windows 8
Wireless connection – Windows 10
Wireless Connection – Chromebook

Phones:
Wireless connection – Android
Wireless connection – iPhone

2. Printing

While you are on campus, you can send documents (PDFs, Word docs, images, charts, etc.) directly to networked printers. (We actually call them MFDs – multi-function devices – because they can be used for printing, photocopying and scanning).
But, this is not the only way of printing at the university. You can use your own computer as well, once you have set up wireless printing on them. The following guides explain more about the services:

Help with printing – an introduction for students
Printing – Windows 10 PCs/Laptops
Printing – Mac or Macbook OS X 10.13.6

3. Top up your print budget

As stated above, MFDs can be used for a number of purposes: photocopying, scanning or printing. Scanning is a free service but you need to pay for photocopying and printing. Use your student ID card to access the services at the MFDs.

Every student has a printing budget from which charges for all jobs are deducted. Each time when you use your ID card for printing or photocopying, the cost will be taken off your print budget. As a new student, you start off with an initial print budget of £1.00. As long as you have credit on your print budget, you can print.

You can check your balance or top up your print budget through the PrintManage  application. On classroom PCs, you will find this app on the Desktop. If you want to use your own computer, please go to https://printmanage.abdn.ac.uk/ and switch user to ‘Use another account’. Login with you university username and password, and follow the onscreen instructions to do the top up online. All payments are made in exact multiples of £1.00. Minimum payment is £5.00, maximum payment is £20.00.

Alternatively, you can credit your print budget by cash in the following places in Old Aberdeen campus: the coffee shop in the MacRobert Building (ground floor); The Sir Duncan Rice Library (ground floor) and the shop in the Students’ Infohub.

If you need more information about IT services at the University of Aberdeen, and particularly about printing, please visit the web pages of Learners Toolkit.

Taylor Library Team
lawlib@abdn.ac.uk

 

 

 

 

 

Computer Room closed in Taylor Library

IT Services is replacing the computers in the IT classrooms, and for this reason the Computer Room in Taylor Library will be closed all day on Friday 13 July 2018.

As the Computer Room is closed, our only colour printer will not be available for users today. You can find colour printer in Taylor Block B (on the bridge, outside B2) or at the IT Service Desk in the Edward Wright Building.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused. If you have a question about study spaces or need any kind of help, please come to the Issue Desk and speak to a member of staff.

Taylor Library Team
lawlib@abdn.ac.uk

Taylor Library MFD update

IT Services have analysed usage of MFDs in Taylor Library (and across campus) and have made a some of changes as a result of their findings. Now, the four MFDs opposite the issue desk are all black and white machines as they are by far the most heavily used. If you require colour printing, the MFD in the PC classroom on floor 2 provides this option. It has been replaced with a larger model in order to better cope with the level of use. Just make sure to select the colour printer when sending your job.

Tip of the Day: Printing single-sided

 

Printers are set to print double-sided but you can determine whether your document will be double or single-sided. This can be done before you send your document to print. (No changes can be made once it has been sent to the printer.) Read our post and find
out how!

Word documents

When you are ready to print:

1. Open your document and click on the FILE tab at the top left hand side of
   the screen.
2. Choose Print. This will bring up the printing menu.
3. Make sure to choose BW-pull-pcl on class –print.uoa.abdn.ac.uk, or COLOUR-pull-    pcl on class -print.uoa.abdn.ac.uk.
4. In Settings, click on the drop down arrow in Print on Both Sides to get the choice: Print  One Sided. Choose the desired option and then send off the work to print by clicking on ‘Print’.

(You also have options for defining the size, orientation and margins of your
document, as well as the number of pages per sheet.)

PDF documents

If you are working on a network computer, BW or COLOUR-pull will be the default
printer destination.

1. In a document that is saved as a PDF, click on File then Print.
2. You will see the following pop-up window:

3.  Untick the box next to Print on both sides of paper and hit Print.

If you are viewing an e-book and you wish to print a chapter from it, click on
View PDF to open the file and click on the printer icon. Depending on the browser,               you will see an options window like above or below:

If you wish to print single-sided, untick the box next to Two-sided (in Options).

Please note that we have different copyright permissions with different
publishers regarding printing and downloading.

For information on how to set up your laptop to the wireless printing network,
click here. (Printing tab)

 Taylor Library Team
lawlib@abdn.ac.uk

 

HeinOnline announce enhanced tools and new features

Since HeinOnline released its updated interface in August they have worked to enhance existing tools and add new features to improve their users’ experience.

Over the past two weeks they have announced two new features: the ability to e-mail a direct PDF link; and updated print/download options, which include the ability to instantly download a PDF from HeinOnline.

New Video Available: Printing and Downloading in HeinOnline

Elaine Shallcross, Information Consultant, Law
e.shallcross@abdn.ac.uk

Print one item from your printing queue

Copying, printing and scanning is available in all libraries. Multi-Function Devices (MFDs) across the University allow you to print, scan and photocopy documents.

To send a job to the printer (MFD):

1. open the document you wish to print and click on the FILE tab on the far left of the ribbon and
2. choose Print to bring up the print menu.

From the drop-down arrow, make sure to choose MFD-PULL-BW if you are printing in black and white, and MFD-PULL-COLOUR if you are printing in colour.

Click here to see printing charges.  The printer network allows you to send jobs from any classroom PC and retrieve them from any MFD printer on campus. You don’t have to necessarily print in the site where you sent the job from!

Retrieving the job(s) from the printer

In Taylor, there are 4 MFDs on floor 1, located opposite the Issue Desk. Once you have sent your document(s) for printing, login to the MFD by scanning your card on the reader. You can also tap the screen and enter your University username and password manually.  Tap the Pull Print icon. Your name and print credit will appear on the top left, just above the list of jobs you have sent for printing.

You can either ‘Print all’ from the top right, in which case the MFD will start printing all jobs in reverse order (the last one sent will be printed first),

 

 

or, you can highlight one at a time and choose ‘Print’.

 

 

You can use the same method to Delete or see information about individual print jobs. Just highlight and chose the desired action. Every time you print a title it disappears from your list. You can log off and come back to your printing later as jobs stay in the queue for four days.

When you are finished, go Back and Logout. Remember to top up your printing budget if you have more printing coming up! For more information on paying for printing click here.

Sending print jobs from your laptop and mobile device

• Find information on how to configure your personal device to the printing network here. This is a one-time setting and you won’t have to repeat it every time you send jobs from your laptop!
• Also see the guide about printing from a mobile device when working on the move. WebPrint allows you to send jobs from your phone or tablet and collect from a networked MFD/printer.

We also have a podcast on using the MFDs in Taylor. You will find it under the My Zone tab on the Library website.