You can print, copy and scan using the DS-Print service on the desktops in MCS computer rooms in Colleges and Departments. You can also print from your own device, either on or away from the University network, but you will need to install DS-Print software first. You pay for printing through credits either on your Common Balance or Local Balance. Many Colleges and Departments use the University-wide Common Balance, while some operate their own Local Balance scheme, which may include some free credits. If high-volume reprographics are needed contact our Printroom.
1. Installing DS-Print software
Students
Windows
Use Print Deploy using credits on either your Local Balance or Common Balance when connected to the University network. If you're away from the University network use Cloud Print for Windows with credits only usable from your Common Balance.
MacOS
Use DS-Print for macOS desktops and laptops using credits on either your Local Balance or Common Balance when connected to the University network. If you're away from the University network use Cloud Print for macOS with credits only usable from your Common Balance.
Chrome OS
Use Cloud Print for Chrome OS using credits on your Common Balance only, when either on or away from the University network. Local Balance is not supported.
Apple iOS
Use Mobility Print for Apple iOS using credits on you Common Balance only, when connected to the University network. Local Balance is not supported.
Android
Use Mobility Print for Android using credits on your Common Balance only, when connected to the University network. Local Balance is not supported.
Staff
Windows
You will typically only have credits on your Local Balance, so you should use Print Deploy when connected to the University network.
MacOS
You will typically only have credits on your Local Balance, so you should use DS-Print for macOS desktops and laptops when connected to the University network.
Chrome OS
You will typically only have credits on your Local Balance. These are not currently supported.
Apple iOS
You will typically only have credits on your Local Balance. These are not currently supported.
Android
You will typically only have credit on your Local Balance. These are not currently supported.
2. Web-based Printing
Use Web Print to print to DS-Print multi-function devices (MFDs) using a web browser. You do not need to install any additional software. Web Print can be used by both staff and students with credit on either their Local or Common Balance.
3. Topping up print credit
Local Balance credits
Ask your local IT staff about topping up your Local Balance credits. You can check your balance online via the My DS-Print portal.
Common Balance credits
You can top-up your Common Balance online using the My DS-Print portal, or with cash at some participating Colleges and Departments. The minimum top-up is £1, which buys about 20 black and white A4 sheets of printing or copying.
3. Where you can use DS-Print
You print in both Colleges and Departments. These tables tell you what printers are available and where to find them.
Colleges
Local Balance:
Local and Common Balance:
- Christ's
- Clare
- Clare Hall
- Downing
- Fitzwilliam
- Girton
- Gonville & Caius
- Homerton
- Hughes Hall
- King's
- Lucy Cavendish
- Newnham
- Pembroke
- Peterhouse
- Queens'
- Robinson
- Selwyn
- Sidney Sussex
- St. Catherine's
- St. John's
- Trinity
- Trinity Hall
- Wolfson
Departments
Local Balance:
Cambridge Conservation Initiative
Local and Common Balance:
- Archaeology
- Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
- Biochemistry
- Careers Service
- Centre for the Study of Existential Risk
- Chemistry
- Classics
- Computer Laboratory
- CRASSH
- Criminology
- Digital Humanities
- Divinity
- Economics
- Education
- English
- Gates Cambridge Trust
- Geography
- Haddon Library
- History
- History & Philosophy of Science
- Information Services
- Land Economy
- Lauterpacht Centre for International Law
- Law
- Mathematical Science
- Medical Library
- Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics
- Mongolia & Inner Asia Studies Unit
- Music
- Pharmacology
- Philosophy
- Physics and the Maxwell Centre
- Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
- Plant Sciences
- Politics & International Studies
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Toxicology
- University Library
- Veterinary Medicine
- West Hub
- Zoology
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Get help
If you have any queries contact your local IT support, or for general enquires about the service contact servicedesk@uis.cam.ac.uk