MyPrint Portal
Your personalised MyPrint portal can be accessed at https://myprint.staffs.ac.uk. From the MyPrint portal you can:
- View a summary of your activity, transaction history and jobs pending release
- Add print credit onto your account
- Access the Main Portal (our off-site print facility)
- Access our Print Bureau (our specialist on-site print facility)
- Use the Web Print feature on your own device
- Setup Mobility Print
Adding Print Credit
To purchase print credit, simply visit the MyPrint portal and choose the link to Add Print Credit.
For help with this process, please see the Print Credit User Guide.
Main Portal
The Main Portal is our off-site facility for specialist and bulk printing. Students can submit print jobs and have them delivered directly to their home, term time address or from our Print Bureau.
Print Bureau
The Print Bureau is our centralised printing hub located in Henrion offering a wide range of high quality printing including vinyl banners, large format inkjet, riso, ceramic transfers, and fabric printing. Prints can also be purchased online.
Printing from University PCs and Macs
Don't worry about choosing a specific printer. If you are working on one of our computers, simply choose MyPrint to print in black & white or colour. You can then go to any printer in any of our buildings to collect your stuff.
- On your computer go to the File tab, then Print
- Choose MyPrint on printservice.staffs.ac.uk, then click Print
Contactless Print Job Release
You can do a contactless job release from any of our MFDs, meaning you won't have to physically login to the device or touch it.
- Go to any printer
- Scan the QR code on the printer with your phone's camera app and follow the link that appears
- Log in and authenticate with your username and password
- Select the items you want to print, then tap Release
Print Job Release with ID Card
You can use your student ID card to sign into our MFDs and release your print jobs.
- Go to any printer
- Hold your student ID card over the card reader to sign in
- Swipe your card over the card reader
- Press Print Release on the home screen
- Select individual print jobs, and then Release
- Or to print everything, Select Print All
- For unwanted documents select the job and press Delete
- Select Log out when finished
If you need any help, just contact us.
Printing from your own laptop / device
If you are using your own laptop or mobile device, you can still use our printers.
You can submit print jobs from your web browser using Web Print within your MyPrint portal.
- Open a web browser and navigate to myprint.staffs.ac.uk (login with your university credentials)
- Choose Web Print from the left hand menu
- Click Submit a job
- Choose the relevant print queue (E.g. Black & White Double Sided)
- Select Print Options and Account Selection
- Choose the number of copies and then select Upload Documents
- Either drag files onto the webpage or select Upload from computer
The following file types are allowed: Microsoft Excel xlam, xls, xlsb, xlsm, xlsx, xltm, xltx Microsoft PowerPoint pot, potm, potx, ppam, pps, ppsm, ppsx, ppt, pptm, pptx Microsoft Word doc, docm, docx, dot, dotm, dotx, rtf, txt PDF pdf Picture Files bmp, dib, gif, jfif, jif, jpe, jpeg, jpg, png, tif, tiff XPS xps
- Select Upload & Complete
- Your documents will be sent to the printer
When it is done, you will get a 'Complete' message in a green box. Once you see this, you can collect your printing from any printer.
Email to Print
You can also submit print jobs by attaching documents to an email.
- Open your email client (e.g. Outlook)
- Attach your documents to the email
- Send the email to myprint@staffs.ac.uk
The following file types are allowed: Microsoft Excel xlam, xls, xlsb, xlsm, xlsx, xltm, xltx Microsoft PowerPoint pot, potm, potx, ppam, pps, ppsm, ppsx, ppt, pptm, pptx Microsoft Word doc, docm, docx, dot, dotm, dotx, rtf, txt PDF pdf Picture Files bmp, dib, gif, jfif, jif, jpe, jpeg, jpg, png, tif, tiff XPS xps
Mobility Print gives you the option of permanently installing our MyPrint queue onto your device. It's a one-time install and then you can send print jobs to our printers from any of your apps. Mobility Print is supported on Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android and Chrome OS.
Web Print allows you to submit most documents using a web browser and is the recommended method for infrequent printing from personal devices.
Mobility Print is suited to frequent printing or when you need more control of the printing options, such as when using applications like Photoshop.
NB: setup and use of the mobility print queue can only be done whilst on campus. To setup:
- Ensure that your device is connected to the University Wi-Fi (eduroam or Airnet-Student)
- Once connected to the Wi-Fi, navigate to this web link: https://mobileprint.staffs.ac.uk:9164/setup
- Follow the prompts to download the installer
- Run the downloaded mobility printer setup on your device
- When prompted, authenticate with your University username and password
- Once the setup is complete you will have the MyPrint [Staffordshire University] (Mobility) Printer added to your list of available printers
How much does it cost to print?
| Job | Price |
|---|
| A4 black and white |
3p |
| A4 colour |
10p |
| A3 black and white |
6p |
| A3 colour |
20p |
Scanning
You can scan your stuff free of charge at any of the printers, which are actually multi-function devices. Hold your student ID card on the scanner to log in, then choose Scan on the screen.
Scan to Email will send a PDF of your scanned document to your University email account.
Photocopying
As well as printing and scanning, the multi-function devices also photocopy.
- Swipe your card over the card reader
- Press Copy on the home screen
- Place your documents in the feeder or glass
- Press options for more choices
- Select how many copies and press Start
- Select Log out when finished