How to print
- Richard Leslie Talbot
- Matt Softly
- Alice Heppel (Unlicensed)
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About Printing
You can print from any computer on campus, or from your personal laptop, phone or tablet using our mobile print service. Printers are conveniently located all over campus, usually in or near to study spaces where there are computers.
Print from a Campus PC
Log on to any Campus PC
Open the file you wish to print
Select File > Print
Collect your printout from the printer
See below instructions
Print from a Mobile Device
Open the Outlook app
Sign in if prompted
Select New Email
Attach your file
Send the email to mobileprinting@essex.ac.uk
⚠️ You must send the email from your Essex email address as non-Essex email accounts will not work.
Collect your printout from the printer
See below instructions
Collect your Print
When you print, your document is sent to the printer and held in a secure queue for 3 days. After then your document is automatically deleted from the queue unless you delete it before then.
Locate your nearest printer
Swipe your Campus Card or alternatively enter your uniFLOW PIN
More guidance here
Tap Secure Print
Locate the print job in your queue
Select the job(s) you wish to print.
You can press Edit to change print options
Tap Print job(s) to release to the printer
Collect your print from the dispenser tray
Printing Options
The welcome screen of the printer will look similar to the below. Once you have logged in, you will be presented with a number of options and printing options.
Secure Print is where you can access your print queue, this will contain anything you have printed to the “Essex Printing” queue, or any attachments you have sent to mobileprinting@essex.ac.uk
Copy allows you to make photocopies of hardcopy resources. You can also use this feature to take photocopies of passports and ID cards. Please adhere to the University’s copyright guidance
Scan takes you to the Scan menu, although shortcuts can be found using the following three buttons.
Scan to Essex Email allows the scanning of any hardcopy resource which can then be sent as an attachment to your Essex Email address, you can change the file type of the attachment.
Scan to Box is available to our users who have access to Box, and allows the scanning of any hardcopy resource which can then be saved to your Box cloud storage space. As default, this will be saved to your myBox folder.
Scan to OneDrive allows the scanning of any hardcopy resource which can then be saved to your OneDrive cloud storage space. As default, this will be saved to the top level folder.
Scan and Store allows the scanning of any hardcopy resource which can then be saved to your external USB drive, the USB socket is usually located on the right-hand side of the printer.
Tutorial features a number of videos and guides for using the printer.
Access Stored Files allows the printing of files saved on your external USB drive, the USB socket is usually located on the right-hand side of the printer.
Out of printer credit, or running low?
Please visit the below page for guidance on requesting additional print credit.
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