This article covers how to use the University printers.
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Instructions
You can print from any computer on campus, or from your personal laptop, phone or tablet using our mobile print service.
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Printers are conveniently located all over campus, usually in or near to study spaces where there are computers.
When you print, your document is sent to the printer and held in a secure queue for 8 hours. After then your document is automatically deleted from the queue unless you delete it before then.
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Our printers use a feature called "follow me", which means you can collect your print from any printer on campus.
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Tap your staff or student registration card on the card reader to log in to the printer.
Mobile Print Service
Our mobile print service lets you send documents to the printer by email.
Send the email from your Essex Email Account
Using a non-Essex email account will not work
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Print from a Campus PC
Log on to any Campus PC and open the file you wish to print.
Click File>Print. Choose Student Managed Print from the printer list (it should be the default option) and print your file.
Go to collect your print
Print from a mobile device
Log in to your Essex email account. Open a new email and attach the
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file you
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wish to print
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Send the email to mobileprinting@essex.ac.uk
You must send your file from your Essex email account - using a non-Essex email account will not workGo to collect your print
Collect your print
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ℹ️ Your documents are held in a secure queue for 8 hours.
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You have 8 hours to collect your print from a campus printer.
At a campus printer, tap your Essex ID card on the card reader or log on using your Essex IT account.
Choose Secure, Print, Scan and select the document you wish to print.
Press Print and Delete (the delete means the file will be deleted from the printer queue).
Collect your print from the dispenser tray.
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Out of printer credit?
You can Request Top-up via MyEssex once every three months.
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