uniFLOW Smartphone App

Owned by Matt Softly
Last updated: Sept 17, 2024 by Richard Leslie Talbot
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A smartphone app is available for the University’s Print Copy Scan service.

This app allows users to:

  • Add print jobs to your personal print queue using files and photos on their phone

  • Preview and apply finishing options

  • Release print jobs using a QR code

  • View recent activity

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Setting up the uniFLOW Online App

  1. Install the app on your smartphone using one of the following app store links, or search for “uniFLOW Online” on the App Store or Google Play

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  1. Once installed, open the app

  2. Tap Next

  3. Choose Login via QR Code, and tap Next

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The App will show a new screen with a 6 digit generated code

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  1. Navigate to https://uoe.uk.uniflowonline.com/

  2. If prompted, log in with your University of Essex email address and password

  3. Select the image-20240909-145101.png button from the series of buttons next to your name in the top right corner of the screen

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  1. Enter the 6 digit code shown on the mobile app into the Secret box on uniFLOW Online and select Next

You will now be shown a QR code on uniFLOW Online

  1. On the smartphone app, select Scan QR Code

⚠️ If requested, give the app permission to access your device’s camera.

  1. Scan the QR Code

The app will now be connected with uniFLOW Online and will take you to your Dashboard

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Adding a print job to your queue

  1. Tap the Print icon at the bottom of the app

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  1. Choose File upload or Take Picture

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  1. If prompted, give the app access to access files on your device.

For Files…

  1. Browse the documents or photos held on you device, or other storage services you have connected to your smartphone

  2. Select a document or photo

  3. Select Print settings to adjust finishing options (such as Colour/B&W, single/double sided, number of copies etc)

  4. Select Add to queue

 

For Pictures…

  1. The app will open your smartphone’s camera - take a photo of the resource you wish to print.

    1. Select Retry if you need to retake or OK and move to the next step

  2. The app will try to correct distortion in the photo. Either select image-20240909-152640.png underneath the photo to select the whole photo, or adjust the selection.

  3. Select Next to continue

  4. Choose if you want to rotate the image, then select Next

  5. Select Print settings to adjust finishing options (such as Colour/B&W, single/double sided, number of copies etc)

  6. Select Add to queue

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Managing / releasing a print job from your queue

  1. Ensure that you are near a University of Essex printer and that it is showing a QR code on the welcome screen

  2. Select the My queue icon at the bottom of the app to view a list of print job(s) in your queue

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  1. Select which jobs your wish to manage by selecting the name of the job

  2. Delete a job by selecting the image-20240909-153638.png icon in the top right of the screen, the app will check if you intend to do this, select Close if you want to keep the job

  3. Release a job by selecting Release job(s) at the bottom of the screen

  4. The app will open your smartphone’s camera so that you can scan the QR code shown on the welcome screen of the printer

  5. Once the QR code is successfully scanned, the app will display a ‘releasing’ notification

  6. The printer will display a ‘Initiating release of job’ notification

Your print job will be printed