Using the campus printers

For printing out from the pool computers, but also from your own devices, you will find a number of publicly available printers distributed throughout the university campus, the so-called campus printers. These campus printers are operated by Kopierzentrum Passau GmbH. For general information, please refer to the campus printer website of ZIM.
The accounting system is based on the Mensacard. The credit account for these print and copy stations and the canteen credit are independent accounts and not transferable among each other. One of the charging stations for printer credits is located on the first floor of the FIM (below the computer center).

Copies and prints are charged by points. One point costs 5 cents.

The system charges:

• 1 point for a black and white copy DIN A4
• 4 points for a color copy DIN A4
• DIN A3 formats = 2 x DIN A4

Printing is done via the graphical user interface.

• Select the print function in the desired application. If you want to print a pure text file under LINUX, load it with an editor like kate, other file types can be displayed and printed with ocular or evince. PDF files are best printed under Windows and LINUX with Adobe Acrobat.
• Select the printer "CUPS/Campus printer".
• Check the paper size (A4) and the color selection (Gray or Color) in the Printer Properties. Make further settings, e.g. to print reduced several pages of the document on one sheet.
• After activating the print function a window "Request for printID" opens.
  Enter the card number of your Mensacard (6 digits, without letters) and click on the check mark.
• Go to any campus printer (e.g. in the computer lobby (color printer) or in the large CIP computer room (GrayScale station))
• Insert the Mensacard into the card reader and select "Print" with the cursor keys and confirm with the "Check" key.
• If there are several print jobs, select the correct one with the cursor keys.
• Use the "Recycle Bin" button to DELETE the selected print job if necessary or use the "Checkmark" button to PRINT.
• Issue the Mensacard from the card reader by pressing the "door" button.
• Don't forget your printout and Mensacard!

Printer defective or no paper?

• Report to the copy center (Kopierzentrum Passau) by phone 1266 or e-mail to kopierzentrale@uni-passau.de

Card lost or forgotten at the copier?

• ATTENTION: Print jobs not yet retrieved could be printed.
• The loss should be reported as soon as possible at the copy center (Kopierzentrum Passau) by calling 1266 and at the Studentenwerk.
• Damage in the amount of the remaining credit