The Help Centre has self-service colour printing facilities for PC and Mac users. To use the printing facilities you must have a Help Centre account or an OUCS course user name. You do not need to book - simply drop in. Paper is provided for all printers.
If you are interested in large format A2/A1/A0 and A4/A3 printing on colour-calibrated printers, please see the Computer Room Printing pages (includes information on poster printing).
1. Self-service Black and White Laser Printing
The Help Centre has a HP Laserjet 4200 35 pages-per-minute, 1200 dots-per-inch black and white laser printers for PC and Mac users.
The printer is connected to a print server which allows you to send your work directly to a printer from the computer you are working on. Instructions for using the printer are displayed on a poster adjacent to the printer.
The cost for black and white printing is 5p per A4 page (including paper), payable via an OUCS Paycard. Paycards are available from a dispenser in the Help Centre or the OUCS Online Shop.
2. Self-service Colour Laser Printing
The Help Centre has a HP Laserjet 4600 600 dots-per-inch A4 colour laser printers for PC and Mac users,
The printer is connected to a print server which allows you to send your work directly to a printer from the computer you are working on. Instructions for using the printer are displayed on a poster adjacent to the printer.
The cost for colour laser printing is 25p per A4 page (including paper), payable via an OUCS Paycard. Paycards are available from a dispenser in the Help Centre or the OUCS Online Shop.
3. Current Printing Costs
| Self-service printing in the Help Area | |
| Colour Laser Printing | |
| A4 paper 25p (21p ex VAT) |
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| Black and White Laser Printing | |
| A4 paper 5p (4p ex VAT) |
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4. Other Colour Printing Services
OUCS also provides a colour laser printing service (A4/A3 paper) and poster and other large format printing service (A2, A1 and A0 paper).
Note: These printers are situated in the Computer Room at OUCS, not the Help Centre.