You can print from different devices using credit which can be added to your multicard by accessing our printing portal PaperCut.

To obtain a high-quality printout, you need to follow certain steps:

  • Prepare
  • Set up the printer depending on your device
  • Think about print layout

Preparing to print

To be able to print at Malmö University, you need to:

  • create a WiFi account and connect to the ‘Eduroam’ wireless network with the device you want to print from, such as a mobile phone, computer or tablet.
  • create a print account on a printer.
  • add credit to your print account.
  • possibly do set up for the printer.

Create a WiFi account and connect to the network

Create a WiFi account by logging in to IDS. You will need your computer ID, for example ab1234.

Log in to IDS

Forgot your password/username (IDS)

Connect to the WiFi network for the first time

Create a print account on a printer

To be able to print, you must have a multicard and create a print account on a printer. This is done by tapping your multicard on one of the University’s printers.

Multicard

Add credit to your print account

Once your print account has been created, you can add credit to it using the PaperCut portal.

Log in with your computer ID and you will find your balance under the heading ‘Add credit’.

Add credit to your print account

Printer set up

Log in to PaperCut using your computer ID and then select the device you are using. Instruction videos are available in PaperCut for how to set up a printer. 

Log in to PaperCut

Set up a printer – instruction videos

Set up a printer on a Windows device

Set up a printer on a Mac computer

Set up a printer on an iOS device (iPhone or iPad)

Set up a printer on an Android device 

Printing on a device

Print from your own device

To print from your own private device, you need to prepare it for printing.

  1. Open the file you want to print and select ‘Print’.
  2. Select the ‘eduPrint-MAU’ printer.
  3. Read through the print settings under the heading ‘Printing layout’ before printing.
  4. Find your nearest printer.

Be aware that the print queue resets every night.

Print out – instruction videos

Print out from an iOS device (iPhone or iPad)

Print out from an Android device 

Print out from a Mac computer

Print out from a Windows device 

Print from a University desktop computer

  1. Open the file you want to print and select ‘Print’.
  2. Select the ‘eduPrint-MAU’ printer, which is installed on all University computers.
  3. Before printing, read through the print settings under the heading ‘Printing layout’.
  4. Find your nearest printer.

Retrieve the printout from the printer

  1. Log in to any printer with your multicard.
  2. Select ‘Release print job’ to print.

Prices and printing balance

Students' prices

Black and white, per page:

  • A4 single-sided 1.00 SEK
  • A4 double-sided 0.925 SEK (sheet 1.85 SEK)
  • A3 single-sided 2.00 SEK
  • A3 double-sided 1.95 SEK (sheet 3.90 SEK)

Colour, per page:

  • A4 single-sided 3.00 SEK
  • A4 double-sided 2.80 SEK (sheet 5.60 SEK)
  • A3 single-sided 4.50 SEK
  • A3 double-sided 4.25 SEK (sheet 8.50 SEK)

Prices for external visitors

Black and white, per page:

  • A4 single-sided 2 SEK, double-sided 3.70 SEK
  • A3 single-sided 4 SEK, double-sided 7.80 SEK

Colour:

  • A4 single-sided 6 SEK, double-sided 11.20 SEK
  • A3  double-sided 9 SEK, double-sided 17 SEK

Check your balance and printing history

You can easily check your balance in PaperCut, where you also can see your printing history. 

Printing layout

To ensure correct printing, you should always check the printer settings on your device before printing. The settings may vary depending on whether you are using a PC or Mac, as well as which programme you are printing from.

Please note:

  • Double-sided printing is the default setting on all printers at Malmö University.
  • Black and white printing is also the default setting on the University’s computers.
  • If you want to change the settings, you need to do so manually for each individual print job.

You need to have credit on your print account to be able to print.

Add credit to your printing account

Print layout on a Mac

Single-sided printing from Word

  1. Select ‘File’ and then ‘Print’.
  2. Select ‘Layout’ by clicking on the arrows.
  3. Click on ‘Double-sided’ and select ‘Off’.

Printing in colour from Word

  1. Select ‘File’ and then ‘Print’.
  2. Select ‘Printer Options’.
  3. Select ‘Printer Features’.
  4. Under ‘Colour Mode’, select ‘Colour’.
  5. Click OK.

Print layout on a PC

Single-sided printing from Word

  1. Click on ‘File’ and then ‘Print’.
  2. Select ‘eduPrint-MAU’.
  3. Select ‘Print on both sides’.

Printing in colour from Word

  1. Click on ‘File’ and then ‘Print’.
  2. Select ‘eduPrint-MAU’.
  3. Click on ‘Printer Properties’.
  4. Select ‘Colour Mode’ and then ‘Colour’.
  5. Select ‘OK’.
  6. Select ‘Print’.

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