Free Printing Services

These services are free of charge to students and are limited by the print quota allocated to them.

• Print Quota Allocation

Regular full-time and part-time CityU students are entitled to a print quota of 400 pages every half year. The print quota will be reset on 1 January and 1 July of each year. This quota is non-refundable, non-transferable, and cannot be carried forward. Students are allowed to extend their print quota twice within each half year at 200 pages/time for free. This extended print quota already covers the loss of quota due to paper jam, toner low, stuck of print queue and the like.

• Local laser printers
  
  Printers are installed in the CSC Student Terminal Area with several workstations sharing one printer. Students must bring along their own printing paper.
   
• Express laser printers
  
  Express laser printers are located inside the Printing and Plotting Room. One printer is attached to each workstation and specially set up for printing small print jobs. Their uses are subject to a maximum time session as specified in the booking ticket.  Booking for these printers can be made using the local booking system located near these printers. Students must bring along their own printing paper.
   
• Quota Controlled Fast Print Queue 
  
  Students can print to a central print queue and release their print jobs at any print release stations of this service. It provides fast and high volume printing. The print quota will be deducted when users release their print jobs. Printing papers are provided for this service. 
  
   

Charged Printing Service

• Fast Network Printing
  
  It is a charged service to supplement the existing quota-based printing service with the following purposes:
  -  Provides self-service printing in both Colour and in Black & White;
  -  Provides A3 printing;
  -  Provides low-cost printing when the allocated print quota is used up.
  
  Two high-performance colour laser printers (Fast Network Printers) are placed in the corridor between Room E and Room F.  Users may follow the instructions posted near these printers to print and release their Black & White/Colour printouts.   
  
   

Guidelines for the Printing Services

• Best Printing Practice
  http://www.cityu.edu.hk/csc/install-guide/bestprinting.htm
   
• Local and Express Laser Printing Services
  http://www.cityu.edu.hk/csc/install-guide/printing-guidelines.htm
   
• Quota Controlled Fast Print Queue - free service (Guideline for Terminal Room Users)
  http://www.cityu.edu.hk/csc/install-guide/QuotaFastPQ.htm
   
• Quota Controlled Fast Print Queue - free service (Guideline for Notebook Computer Users)
  http://www.cityu.edu.hk/csc/install-guide/QuotaFastPQ_Notebook.htm
   

• Fast Network Printing - charged service (Guideline for Terminal Room Users)
  http://www.cityu.edu.hk/csc/install-guide/FastPrintingServiceGuideline.htm
   

• Fast Network Printing - charged service (Guideline for Notebook Computer Users)
  http://www.cityu.edu.hk/csc/install-guide/FastPrintingServiceGuideline_Notebook.htm
   

• Frequently Asked Questions for Printing Services
  http://www.cityu.edu.hk/csc/install-guide/Printing_FAQ.htm

   

Plotting Services

• An HP Designjet 430 is available at the corridor outside Room G for use by staff and students. This is an A0 inkjet plotter of 600 dpi resolution, supporting HPGL/2 graphics languages.
   

Scanning Services

• Five colour scanners with OCR capability are available at the CSC Student Terminal Area for use by staff and students. These machines can be used to capture colour images and text documents.