In all branch libraries, copiers for printing and copying
as well as various scanners are available.

Printing and copying cost as follows:

The credit on the student ID / copy cards must be at least about 0.08 € for b/w copiers and about 0.38 € for colour copiers.

You can use the scanners for free.

UDE students,
students of the Folkwang University and the University of Applied Sciences HRW
pay with the credit of your student IDs.

External users
can buy copy cards for the copiers at machines.

UDE staff members
can use special copiers which are operated with the copy cards (paper cards) from the faculties.
In addition, copy cards can be purchased for private printing. Alternatively, the payment function of the personal multifunctional chip card can be enabled for the printing system.

If you want to get a receipt of your printing or copying expenses, please contact the Student Union (Studierendenwerk Essen-Duisburg). Please provide the number of your copy card or your user ID.

Copy cards are available at machines in the Humanities and Social Sciences Library and in the LK Library. A copy card costs 5.00 €. The 5.00 € cover a deposit of 4.00 € and an initial budget.

Top-up-machines are available in the Humanities and Social Sciences Library and in the LK Library. You can top up your card with notes from 5.00 € up.

The maximum credit may not exceed 99.00 €.

In case of technical problems with the copiers, for example defective copies or printouts, please contact the e-Point. Staff members will forward all error messages to Konica-Minolta.

Please contact the Student Union (Studierendenwerk Essen-Duisburg):

• if you have problems with copy cards or student IDs
• if you want to return your copy card and get your deposit back

Please note:
For technical reasons, the processing of complaints is only possible with a time delay.

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Yes, UDE students can start print jobs at all PC workstations in the branch libraries.
To do this, call up the file or website to be printed on a PC and start the printing process: "File > Print" ('Datei > Drucken').

Please select "Print output" ('Druckausgabe') or "Print output (colour)" ('Druckausgabe (Farbe)') as the printer:

A login window appears:

Please login with your UDE ID (= "Unikennung") and your password. Your print jobs will be assigned automatically to your student ID.

Printing is possible on all copiers.

• Insert your student ID card into the card reader.
• Select "Print" ('Drucken') to access the print menu.
• All print jobs that have been assigned to your student ID card via your UDE ID (= "Unikennung") are displayed.
• You can print all print jobs at once or select individual jobs for printing.

Print jobs are available up to five days at the copiers. You can manage your print jobs with the programm "QPilot" which is available at the PCs in the branch libraries.

Start the programm by clicking on the symbol in the task bar:

Insert your UDE ID (= "Unikennung") again and a list with your print jobs is displayed:

You can now delete one or more jobs or mark them "as not yet printed" (= "als nicht gedruckt markieren") to print them again.
  

Yes, this is possible on the colour copiers. You can change the print setting before you start the print job by pressing the blue button.

Yes, this is possible on all copiers. Only USB flash drives formatted for Windows are recognised. Only common file formats are displayed and printed, e.g. *.pdf, *.docx, *.xlsx, *.pptx.

How it works:

• insert the student ID card into the card reader
• connect USB flash drive at the top right of the copier
• select "Dokument aus ext. Speicher drucken" (= "Print document from ext. memory") in the dialogue window
• select the file to be printed from the list:

  
   

• select "Drucken" (= "Print"), to the right of the file list
  optional: Change print settings (e.g. double-sided printing)
• oress the blue button to start the printing process

After the printout:

• remove USB flash drive
• complete the process on the card reader and remove the student ID card

Yes, you can copy in colour on some copiers. 
Please choose the option "Vollfarbe" in the display:

There are few colour copiers in the branch libraries. They are clearly marked by signs on the front.

In addition, you can recognize a colour copier by the little colourful flag next to the type description which is located on the front in a knee-high position. 

Yes, you can copy in DIN A3 format at some copiers.
Please choose "A3" on the display:

No, it is not possible to insert foil sheets into the copiers.

Special copiers for UDE staff members are available in all branch libraries except the Medical Library.

These special  copiers can only be operated with copy cards (paper cards) acquired in the faculties. Copy cards of the AStA or of other institutions are not valid.

Various scanners are available in all branch libraries.

You can use the scanners for free. All you need is an USB flash drive.

Yes, it is possible to scan directly to a USB flash drive on all copiers and scanners.

How it works:

• insert your copy card into the card reader (there will be no costs!)
• connect USB flash drive at top right
• confirm  the option "Dokument in externen Speicher ablegen" (= "export document to external storage medium")
• choose "Anwendung" (= "application")
• activate "separater Scan" (= "separate scan")
• click on the check mark to leave the menu
• use the default file name or choose a new one
• if necessary, adjust the scan options (for example coloured scan)
• press "Start"

After scanning:

• when the scan is complete, choose "beenden" (= "end") and press "Start" again
• remove your card and your USB flash drive

USB flash drives (32 GB) with a value of 6.30 € are available at the lending desks in all branch libraries. In the LK Library and in the Humanities and Social Sciences Library, you can buy a coupon/voucher at the pay machines.

It is not possible to send e-mails from the copiers.

Yes, microform scanners are available for reading microfilms and microfiches and for reverse enlargements.