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The University has a range of printers available which may be used for printing maps by all University students and staff. In addition, some external users may use these facilities. Students and staff should also check the facilities available in their department or faculty.

Printers available


Printer Type Epson Plotter
Location Graphics Support Unit, Main Library Building, Tel: 651 1234
Network Name Big Plot
Cost per sheet £15.00
Capabilities This plotter can take anything up to A0 size and is high resolution.
Approximate Print Time 2 hours for a full A0 sized plot
Recommended Uses For producing high quality large sized maps
Printer Type Canon 123 A4 ColorJet
Location Reception Area, Main Library Building, Tel: 651 1234
Network Name Rudolf 2
Cost per sheet £1.00
Capabilities Limited print resolution. A4 size printouts
Approximate Print Time 30 seconds per sheet
Recommended Uses Low quality A4 print outs in colour or black and white for class assignments
Printer Type Hewlett Packard Colour A3
Location Geography Department, Russell Street, Tel: 658 9765
Network Name Geog34
Cost per sheet £3.00
Capabilities Medium Quality up to A3 Size
Approximate Print Time 1 minute
Recommended Uses For producing smaller high quality paper maps up to A3 size for class assignments and dissertations

How to Print Documents


Instructions and advice are available in the following computing service documents. All are available online or from Computing Service Receptions. Some documents are also distributed in the University Computing Labs.

  • Printing from the Central Computing Labs:
    • Printing from a Mac
    • Printing from Windows
  • Printing to a central service printer:
    • Sending output from an Apple Mac to a central service PostScript printer
    • Sending output from a Windows PC to a central service PostScript printer
  • Printing to a Resource Centre printer:
    • The printers in each Resource Centre may only be used from within that Resource Centre
    • Staff at the Resource Centres will be pleased to help

 Page written: 20 June 2005