Multifunctional printers

Multifunctional printers can print, scan and photocopy. While on campus you're only ever a few metres away from a multi-functional printer.

You can print from any computer or phone to any of the printers across the Manchester Met campus.

What you can print

Printers across Manchester Met locations offer:

  • Black and white (also called ‘mono’) printing at A4 and A3 on every printer
  • Full colour printing at A4 and A3 on every printer
  • Scanning and photocopying in A4, A3 and custom sizes up to the maximum size of the glass.

How to print

1. Send your file to print

Select File > Print in your chosen application.

This will automatically send your file to your default printer queue.

Remember:

  • Once you send your file to one of these queues, you can print from any printer on campus
  • Mono is black and white only

2. Find a printer

You can collect your prints from any one of the printers across the University. However, they will not be physically printed until you select Print on the printer itself.

Remember: There are a limited number of ‘A4 only’ printers. If you are printing in a size bigger than A4, check the label on the front of each printer which will note the machine type.

3. Log into the printer

Log into the printer by tapping your MMU ID card on the main screen.

Alternatively, you can log in manually by tapping any of the icons on the printer screen, then entering your MMU ID number and password.

Please note: if you have recently had a new ID card printed, it may take up to 24 hours to work with readers across campus. In the meantime, you will be able to log in manually.

HP user guide

Read guidance on logging in and printing, copying, scanning to email, and loading the paper trays.

Printing by email

You can also print by email:

  1. Make sure you’re using your student email account
  2. Create a new email and attach the document(s) you want to print
  3. Send the email to:
  4. Collect your work within 48 hours from any Manchester Met multifunctional printer by swiping your ID card or logging in with your ID number and network password.

About printing by email

  • You must send files from your University email address - no other email address will work.
  • Works with most major file types (images, PDFs and office documents) up to 20MB in size
  • Images are printed to their actual size; documents at the printer’s default document settings
  • The whole document is printed. To print specific pages, paste them into a separate document
  • Double-sided printing is standard
  • You cannot send files by email to wide format printers

How to pay for printing

Students pay for printing online:

  1. Go to the PaperCut Portal
  2. Log in with your student ID number (i.e. 21345678) and password
  3. On the left hand menu, click ‘Add Credit’
  4. Select the amount to add from the drop down list
  5. Credit will be added to your account

NB: Use your ID card to ‘unlock’ campus printers.

Click for support using the PaperCut printing portal.