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Printing and Scanning How to

Print credit

Your account is automatically credited with a starting amount when you enrol at AUB.

Foundation: £5 | Undergraduate: £25 | Postgraduate: £7.50

To check your balance and add additional money to your print credit account, log into MyAUB and select the Print Balance tile. Further guidance can be found on the ServiceDesk help pages.

If you have any problems with print credit, please contact ServiceDesk.

Printing costs
Colour:
A4: 5p per page
A3: 10p per page

Greyscale:
A4: 2.5p per page
A3: 5p per page

Printing one-sided from Word

  1. Click File and then Print... from the dropdown menu
  2. In the Print window open the Copies & Pages dropdown menu and select Finishing
  3. Open the Print Style dropdown menu and select 1-sided Printing
  4. Click Print

Printing one-sided from a PDF

  1. Click File and then Print... from the dropdown menu
  2. In the Print window click Printer at the bottom of the window
  3. When the dialog box pops up saying "The Print Setup dialog..." click Yes
  4. In the next window click Show Details
  5. Open the Layout dropdown menu and select Finishing
  6. In the Print Style dropdown menu select 1-sided Printing
  7. Click Print

Below is a PDF of these instructions with images

Paper size when printing 

The Library printers will only print on A3 or A4 sized paper. If what you are printing is set to print out on any other paper size, your document won't print. The printer will sound five short beeps and alerts will display at the bottom of the screen saying Check the Status Monitor Screen and Load Paper.

To print your document on A3 or A4 paper press the Status Monitor button (with an eye symbol next to it) on the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. In the Status Monitor Screen select either A4 or A3 paper and click OK. 

If the printer has run out of paper please ask at the Library counter and we will refill it for you. Please don't open the trays yourself.

Reducing image size before printing

Word (text in blue for Mac users)

  1. Try printing the pages with images separately.
  2. Insert pictures instead of copying and pasting, or dragging and dropping. (click the Insert tab at the top of the page and then select Picture (Photo) Pasted images become bitmap files, which are larger in comparison to Jpegs. 
  3. You can also compress the size of the pictures within a document:
  • Left click the image.
  • Click the picture tools – format tab (Format picture) at the top of the screen.
  • Click the compress pictures (compress) icon (Use the drop down arrows to select. Best for sending in email (96ppi))
  • Tick Apply only to this picture (selected pictures only) unless you want to apply compression to all pictures in the document.
  • Select email – 96ppi (the image quality difference is negligible for images on an A4 page).

You can also reduce the image size in Photoshop before inserting it into the word document.


Photoshop

  1. Open the image.
  2. Click Image>Image size from the top menus.
  3. If you are printing directly from Photoshop or planning to use images in other applications, save the image as a jpeg to ‘flatten’ the image.

If you are still having problems printing, please contact the Service Desk on 3333.

Below is a PDF of these instructions.

Scanning onto and printing from a memory stick

  • First insert your memory stick into the MFD and logon to the machine using your card or user number and password.
  • Once you have logged onto the MFD select Show All in the top right hand corner.
  • To scan a document and store it onto your memory stick select Scan and Store
  • To print a document already stored on your device select Access stored Files
  • Note: MFD’s are only compatible with PDF or Jpeg files.
  • Select Memory Media
  • Next select your device and choose the folder you wish save your document to / or print your document from.
  • Select Scan or Print in the bottom right corner.
  • After choosing your settings press the green button.

Below is a PDF of these instructions with images.