Printing, Copying and Scanning: How-To

Contact Information

Contact library staff in the first instance. They will point you to relevant guides or find an IT Librarian who will give you help and advice.

IALS uses PaperCut to provide printing, photocopying and scanning facilities to its library users. You will need to register online for an IALS-PaperCut account and have money in it before you can print, copy or scan. 

To register for a PaperCut account:

• Go to the main PaperCut page, https://printing.london.ac.uk.
• Click on Register as a new user and enter a username and password of  your choice.
• Click Register. 
• You will receive an email from Information Systems asking you to confirm your details.

Online

Users can top up their credit remotely via their PaperCut account.    

• Go to https://printing.london.ac.uk (there is a shortcut called IALS-UOL Printing Portal on our computers) and follow the steps below:   
• Log in to your account with your IALS PaperCut account username and password. 
• Select Add Credit.Choose a value from Amount to add. Then click Add Value. 

You will be redirected to the payment gateway where you can enter your card details. Once the payment has been processed you will be redirected back to the PaperCut interface. 

Onsite

Users are welcome to top up by asking staff at the Library Enquiries desk.  IALS no longer takes cash payments so please be ready with your debit or credit card.  A receipt is issued for all payments made this way.

You can log on to one of the MFDs at IALS to photocopy, scan or print.   

If you have a plastic IALS library card just tap the card on the MFD to log on automatically once you have assigned the account to your card.   

If you have a temporary paper card log on manually at one of the MFDs using the username and password you created. 

To Assign Card for Automatic Login

• Tap the card on the sensor located on each MDF.
• Enter your username and password.
• Tap OK.
• The card is now assigned to the PaperCut account.

• Log on to one of the copiers using your IALS plastic library card or manually by entering your username and password for your IALS PaperCut account.
• Tap Device Functions.
• Select paper size, b & w/colour, single or double-sided options as required.
• Press Start to photocopy.
• Press the Home button and Log out when finished.

From Library PCs

• Send your print job to the default printer.
• You will be asked to log in – use your IALS-PaperCut account username and password.
• Your account balance will be displayed.
• Go to one of the copiers and log in to retrieve your document.
• Right-click your balance to Log out/Exit.

Please note that your money will not be deducted from your account until you release the print job. Unprinted jobs will be held in the queue for 24 hours and then automatically deleted.

From Your Device (Laptop, Tablet or Phone)
 

Windows users

Minimum requirements: Win 10.

• Download and install the PaperCut Windows client.
• Select the Windows driver from the list.
• It will also ask you to log in – please use your IALS Papercut account username and password you created earlier.
• Once installed send your print jobs to UOL_Mobility_Print [uni-studprint1].
• Go to one of the copiers and log on to retrieve your document. 

Mac users

Minimum requirements: Apple OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) or higher.

• Download and install the PaperCut client for Mac.
• Select the Mac driver from the list.
• It will also ask you to log in – please use your IALS Papercut account username and password you created earlier.
• Once installed send your print jobs to UOL_Mobility_Print [uni-studprint1].
• Go to one of the copiers and log on to retrieve your document.

iOS users

• Download and install the PaperCut client for iOS.
• Select the Mac/iOS driver from the list.
• It will also ask you to log in – please use your IALS-Papercut account username and password you created earlier.
• Once installed send your print jobs to UOL_Mac_Print [uni-studprint1].
• Go to one of the copiers and log on to retrieve your document. 

Android users

• Download and install the PaperCut client for Android, the link will direct you to the Google Playstore.
• Install PaperCut mobility print app..
• Once installed send your print jobs to UOL_Mobility_Print [uni-studprint1].
• Log in – please use the IALS Papercut account username and password that you created earlier.
• Go to one of the copiers and log on to retrieve your document.

From USB

• Log on to one of the copiers using your IALS plastic library card or manually by entering your username and password for your IALS-PaperCut account.
• Insert USB. (USB drive must be in FAT 32 format. Please ask for help if you are not sure).
• Tap Device Functions.
• Press the Home button.
• Tap Removable Memory.
• Select file or tap folder and tap open until you find the file you want to print.
• Tap Print.
• Select colour/single or double-sided options.
• Press Start button.
• Tap Remove Memory or Back to List to choose next file.
• Press the Home button and Log out when finished.

Using Webprint

Our web print facility is currently offline for remote access via the link below.  Should you need to use this, please use one of our PCs here at IALS or alternatively your laptop and the mobility print driver.

• Log in to Papercut on your device at printing.london.ac.uk.
• Select web print from the left-hand menu.
• Select option to print in colour or black and white.
• Upload a document from your device.

The following file types are allowed:

• PDF.
• Picture Files: bmp, dib, gif, jfif, jif, jpe, jpeg, jpg, png, tif, tiff.
• You can send print jobs before leaving home, ready to print on your arrival at IALS.

To an Email Account

• Log on to one of the copiers using your IALS plastic library card or manually by entering your username and password for your IALS-PaperCut account.
• Place your original on the glass or in the sheet feeder.
• Tick the ‘Prompt for more pages’ box to scan more than one page in a document.
• Tap Scan and then Scan to My Email.
• Log out when finished.

The scanned document will be emailed to the email address you entered when you joined the library. You can change your email address by logging into your account from our catalogue Library Search.

To a USB

• Log on to one of the copiers using your IALS plastic library card or manually by entering your username and password for your IALS PaperCut account.
• Insert USB. (USB drive must be in FAT 32 format. Please ask for help if you are not sure).
• Tap Device Functions.
• Press the Home button.
• Tap Removable Memory.
• Select file or tap folder and tap open until you find the file you want to print.
• Tap Print.
• Select colour/single or double-sided options.
• Press Start button.
• Tap Remove Memory or Back to List to choose next file.
• Press the Home button and Log out when finished.