MUprint / User Guide

Objective

• To provide guidance on using the MUprint service and release stations

User

• Students, Faculty, Staff, Visitors

Environment

• 10708: MUprint
  • Pay-for-Print, Pay4Print
• 511178: PaperCut
  • Email to Print
  • Web Print
  • Touchless Release

Guidelines

MUprint features

• Students, faculty, staff, and visitors can use MUprint to print black-and-white or color documents
• Cost per printed document (impression) 8.5"x11'":
  • Black-and-white printing, $0.10
  • Color printing, $0.25
• MUprint now includes a follow-me feature
  • Send your job to a virtual printer, and then use any release station to print your job
  • Your job will be held in the virtual print queue for up to 24 hours
• When printing MUprint Color and B&W as your print queue option
• Web Print is a component of MUprint that allows you the convenience of uploading a document to print
  • MUprint / Guide: Web Print PDF file creation
• Email to Print is a component of MUprint that allows you the convenience of emailing a document to print
  • MUprint / Guide: Email to Print PDF file creation
• Simply tap your Mobile ID or swipe your Miami ID (or MUIaa card) at a printer to release and pay for your document
  • The cost for printing will be deducted from your MUlaa account or employee payroll
  • A visitor can obtain a MUlaa card from the Library and add print credits using a credit card
• Touchless Release to release your print job from your mobile phone or computer without using a Release Station
  • MUprint / Use touchless print release

Related Procedures

Print from an on-campus lab computer

1. Using any application, access the printing feature
2. Select MUprint Color and B&W as your print queue option
3. Configure other print settings, as needed
4. Click Print
5. You can now release your print: See Release a print job, below
   • Your job will be held in your selected MUprint queue for 24 hours

Web Print

• Web Print allows you to upload documents to a web page to be printed
• Available on campus on any wired network or MU-Wireless
• Functionality best utilized from computers
• 100MB file size limit

1. In your browser, go to MUprint.miamioh.edu
   • If prompted to log in, use your Miami credentials (your UniqueID and MUnet password)
2. Click Web Print in the left column of the page
3. Click Submit a Job
4. If you require more than one copy update Copies and click Upload Documents
5. Drag files to Upload into the box or click Upload from computer to select files singularly and click Upload & Complete
   • The following file types are allowed: PDF pdf Picture Files bmp, dib, gif, jfif, jif, jpe, jpeg, jpg, png, tif, tiff
   • If you see a red X on your file it is not a valid file type
   • To convert your document to PDF: See MUprint Web Print PDF file creation
6. You can now release your print: See Release a print job, below
   • Your job will be held in your selected MUprint queue for 24 hours

Email to Print

• Email to Print allows you to send documents to an email address to be printed
• Available through your Miami email address
  • Emails must be sent from UniqueID@miamioh.edu e.g. smithx99@miamioh.edu, emails from aliases will be rejected e.g. First.Last@miamioh.edu
  • It is recommended to use the Gmail webmail or Gmail app on iOS or Android devices.
• Email addresses accepting documents for print
  • MUprint-Color@miamioh.edu - printers with Color and B&W capability
• 25MB file size limit
• Available from any computer or device that can attach a file in an email

1. Compose an email and send it to the Email to Print email address with the document to be printed as an attachment
   • The following file types are allowed: PDF pdf Picture Files bmp, dib, gif, jfif, jif, jpe, jpeg, jpg, png, tif, tiff
     • To convert your document to PDF from common applications: See MUprint Email to Print PDF file creation
   • For instructions on how to add an attachment from Gmail web: See Send attachments with your Gmail message
2. You can now release your print: See Releasing a print job, below
   • Your job will be held in your selected MUprint queue for 24 hours

Release a print job

Release Station (available at most MUprint locations)

1. Locate an appropriate print location 

2. Tap your Mobile ID or Swipe your Miami ID or use your Miami credentials (your UniqueID and MUnet password) to log in
   • If you are a visitor, swipe your MUlaa card
3. Select the job you want to print
   • If you do not see the job you want to print, make sure you are at an appropriate release station
4. Click Print

Touchless Release

• Print jobs can be released without using a public release station, either by using Mobile Release or accessing the Jobs Pending Release when using Web Print
• MUprint / Use touchless print release

Add Printing Credits to your MUPrint Account using a Credit Card

If your MUlaa account does not enough funds to print, you can add $2, $5, or $10 to your Papercut account.

1. Log in to https://MUprint.miamioh.edu
2. Click the link Add Credit from the left-hand menu
3. Select an amount to add from the drop-down list, then click Add Value
4. Fill in your purchase information and click Pay Now.
5. When you return to the Papercut screen, click the link Jobs Pending Release to see your queued jobs
   • You can select a job to print, and then select the printer you want to use or
   • You can also go to any MUprint printer and use your Miami Mobile ID (tap your phone), or swipe your ID card to access your queued jobs​​​​​​

Note

• If you anticipate or experience a disability-related issue using MUPrint, report an accessibility barrier