Student Printing

Sending a job to print from a learning space:

• Select File -> Print
• Select one of the print queues below:

• Press OK
• You can release your print job at any Datapac printer on campus. 

Retrieving a print job (Pull Print):

• Touch Pull Print on the screen
• Enter your Student number, you can do this by typing it on the printer keypad or Touch Screen, or by scanning your Student Card.
• Enter your 4 digit PIN on the keypad or Touch Screen.
• Select your print job by using up/down scroll keys on the touch screen and checking the box to the left of the document you want to print
• Press OK to select print job
• Press Return to print job or C/Ce to cancel job

When you are finished printing your document please log off the printer using the yellow button on the keypad. 

View Datapac's How to Print Video 

• Touch Copy on the screen
• Enter your Student number, you can do this by typing it on the printer keypad or Touch Screen, or by scanning your Student Card
• Enter your PIN on the keypad or Touch Screen
• Copier is now activated and ready to use

When you are finished copying your document please log off the printer using the yellow button on the keypad. 

 Copying of books bigger than A4

• Touch Copy on the screen
• You will be asked to enter your Student number, you can do this by typing it on the printer keypad or Touch Screen, or by scanning your Student Card
• Enter your 4 digit PIN on the keypad or Touch Screen
• Change Paper Selection from Automatic to A4
• Change Content Orientation from Portrait to landscape.
• Change Original Size from B4 to A3.

View Datapac's How to copy video

• Touch Email on the screen
• Enter your Student number, you can do this by typing it on the printer keypad or Touch Screen, or by scanning your Student Card
• Enter your 4 digit PIN on the keypad or Touch Screen
• Touch "more options" tab at the end of the screen
• Scroll down until you find "Job Build"
• Change the job build option from off to on

When you are finished scanning your document please log off the printer using the yellow button on the keypad. 

You must have a non zero balance in your Printing account to allow scanning to work.

View Datapac's How to scan video

You can credit your account in either of two ways

1. Online top up

• Go to www.ditprint.ie and enter your Student number and 4 digit PIN number to login
• Click ePayand follow the instructions to top up your account. 
  • Minimum top up: €2
  • Maximum top up €50

Topping up online can be done with visa or Mastercard

2. Top up station:

• Go to a pay kiosk located in your nearest library. Enter your Student Number. 
• Enter the amount you want to top up. Click Finish or print receipt

The pay kiosks accept 10c, 20c, 50c, €1, €2 coins and €5, €10, €20 notes. There is no change facility at the kiosks.

View your balance

• Go to www.ditprint.ie and enter your Student number and 4 digit PIN number to login
• Click Transactions. Your credit balance is shown here along with a list of all your print transactions. 

Print / Copy costs

There is no cost for scanning however you need to have a non-zero balance in your account for scanning to work

There are 4 methods of mobile printing available

1. Print by installing print drivers*
2. Upload your document to print
3. Copying a web address to print
4. Emailing your document to print

‌‌  * Install print driver for Windows\MAC is the preferred print method because it is the only method that allows printing from any program that supports printing and it allows you adjust printing preferences such as A4 \ A3, B&W\ Colour. 

Getting started

To print using any method click the following link http://ditprint.ie and click "Click Here to Access Mobile Printing". Login to the Datapac Mobile Print Login using the following credentials:

• Username: Student / Staff number
• Password: 4 digit printing PIN

1. How to Print by Installing print drivers 

This option enables you to print from your Laptop or MacBook. This will allow printing from all applications, i.e. Microsoft Office and will allow you to select your printiing preferences such as black & white or coulour printing, double sided ro single sided, A4 or A3. 

• Click Install Print Driver for Windows \ MAC
• Follow the instructions to install the driver

 When you need to print a file, Click File - Print and then Select DITDriverPrint

Note: if you send a print job to the printer which has colour, you will be charged at colour rates. For driver printing, should you only need the job in black & white do the following:

2. How to print by uploading your documents to print

 This will allow you to upload your document from PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android Devices and submit it to your print account. Supported file types are PDF, PS, GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP, Tiff.

3. How to print by copying a web address to print

This option allows you copy a web address from your browser and submit the page for printing. Supported file types are PDF, PS, GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP, Tiff.

4. How to print by emailing your document 

• Click Email your document to the print system
• Your default email client will automatically open and allow you to attach your file to be printed 

or

• If you are using your student web based Google email, copy the Default email address or the Option 1 email address into the "To" field of a new email. Then attach your document and send. This will email the attachment to your print account. 

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