PC Suite Printing

PC Suite Printing

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What is the PC Suite Print Service? 

Direct Printing 
PC Suite desktops have a number of print queues available.  The default print queue is for an A4 black and white printer usually located in the PC Suite.  Print jobs sent to it print out directly to the printer e.g. the print queue Arts_Science is for the printer in the Arts & Science PC Suite.  A small number of PC suites also contain printers that can produce A3-sized printouts.

Release Printing 
For colour printing, you must submit jobs to the  Colour_Release print queue.  Jobs sent to this queue are held for 24 hours until you release them from a print release station.  For full details of where the release stations are located see the print release station page. Black and white jobs can also be sent to the BW_Release print queue and released at any print release station.  

Release stations offer you flexibility in that you can send a print job to the release queue and release it later from a variety of locations.  You can also view your queued jobs and choose to delete them, at no cost, if you no longer want to print them out.

Setup instructions

In the General Access PC suites, both print queues are installed by default. Users can select which print queue they wish to use:

• BW_Release - Black & White printing only
• Colour_Release - Colour printing

The print jobs are submitted to a release queue and you can visit any MFP to release and print your job, you will be charged once your job is released. If you are printing a colour job, ensure the printer you choose is a Colour_Release MFP. Your print job will be available up to 24 hours after the job was submitted.

Departmental PC suites may have dedicated printers available within the suite, you can use these to print your document by clicking File > Print and selecting the default printer (Departmental Printer). It is also possible to use the two MFP print queues mentioned above by choosing the one you wish to use. Please note that print jobs sent to Departmental PC Suite printers do not need to be released, once you confirm the Print Credit costs your print job will print automatically.

What do I need to use the PC Suite Print Service?

You need to have a Campus Account username and password (see the CASS website).  A print account is automatically created for you.  Print credit can be purchased from print kiosks* or online at https://printcredit.nuigalway.ie/.  You can also check your current print account balance at the kiosk or online.  A deduction is made from your print account for each page printed.