There are new instructions for printing using touch cards, email and mobile print from Monday 24 February.

If you have an Imperial device, you may need to install new drivers.

Printing, scanning and photocopying

Find out how to use Imperial College London campus printers to print, scan or copy your documents. Play video
Find out how to use Imperial College London campus printers to print, scan or copy your documents.

Watch our printing, scanning and photocopying video for step-by-step instructions on the following (written instructions can be found below):

  • Print, scan or photocopy a document
  • Print using email or the mobile printing portal (useful when printing from a tablet or smartphone)
  • Connect your computer to the touch card printer

Print, scan and photocopy using the touch card printers

Send a document to print
  1. Click Print in your application.
  2. Select from MPS-Mono (black and white) or MPS-Colour on hpprt-pcmob0x (the "x" will be a number from 1-4). 
  3. Choose from single or double sided. You can choose the number of copies at the printer.
  4. Go to the nearest touch card printer and tap your ID card.
  5. Select Pull documents.
  6. Select the documents you wish to print, and press Print.
  7. If you wish to print all documents in your queue press, Print all.
  8. Press Sign out.
  9. Retrieve your documents.
Scan a document

The majority of our touch card printers offer a free scan to email service for Imperial account holders.

To use the scan to email service follow these steps:

  1. Tap your ID Card on the public printer.
  2. Press Scan to E-mail.
  3. Lift the lid and place your document on the glass, or use the multi-page feeder.
  4. Enter the recipient name(s) using the on-screen keyboard.
  5. Press Options to select resolution, file format and contrast.
  6. Press Send and your document will be sent.
  7. Confirm your account.
  8. Press Back to choose another option or Sign out.
Photocopy a document

The majority of touch card printers at Imperial College London offer a chargeable photocopying service, which deducts print credits from your account in the same way as the printing service and at the same cost.

To photocopy your document, follow these steps:

  1. Tap your ID card to validate and press Copy.
  2. Lift up the lid and place your document on the glass following the paper size guide markers.
  3. Press Copy to make one single-sided copy.
  4. Confirm your account when asked.
  5. Change the displayed options as needed to make double-sided and multiple copies of your document.
  6. Press Back and choose another option when your printing is complete or Sign out to end your session.

Printing from your personal laptop or mobile device

You can print documents from your mobile device (laptop, smartphone or tablet) by emailing them to the printer or by using the mobile printing portal.

The following document formats can be printed in this way; pdf, jpg, jpeg, gif, png or tiff. You can also print webpages and documents created using Microsoft Office or OpenOffice.

How to use the mobile print portal?

Print by email
  1. Email the documents you wish to print to print@imperial.ac.uk.
  2. Go to a touch card printer.
  3. Tap your ID card to login.
  4. Select Pull Print.
  5. Choose the document you wish to print and tap Print.
  6. Collect your document and press Sign Out.

University email addresses are automatically registered to use this service. If you wish to use an external email address, you will first have to register the address to your account. You will only be asked to do this the first time you send a document to print from an external email address.

Printing via the mobile print website

Please note that devices using iOS and Windows mobile operating systems are not supported. Please use the email method instead.

Documents

  1. Go to the ICT print service mobile website.
  2. Enter your Imperial username and password and click Login.
  3. Select Web Print from the left-hand-side menu.
  4. Click Submit a Job to navigate to the document you wish to print.
  5. Select any of the printers from the list displayed.
  6. Click Print Options and Account Selection.
  7. Choose the number of copies required.
  8. Click Upload Documents.
  9. Either upload your files or drag and drop.
  10. Click Upload and Complete.
  11. Collect your document and press Sign Out.