Lancaster University ISS - Paying for Printing at Lancaster University

New staff and students are given a basic print quota of £1.00 at the beginning of their time at Lancaster University. After this has been used users need to top-up their printing budget prior to printing.

Printing Costs

The cost of printing at Lancaster University for 2011 - 2012 is as shown in the table below:

Type & LocationCost Notes
Simplex mono printersA4- 5p
A3 - 11p
See printing document
Duplex mono printersA4 - 10pSee printing document
Simplex colour printersA4 - 20.5p
A3 - 29p
See printing document
Duplex colour printersA4 - 20.5p See printing document
Colour plotter in Library
N.B. Charges are per cut sheet, any other size will be charged pro rata
A0 - £8
A1 - £4
A2 - £2
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Ways to top up

Users can top-up online using the Print Budget Management application which allows them to:

  • Increase print budget.
  • View current print budget.
  • View/print a statement of recent printing activity.

Visit this link to use the print budget management application.

Users can also use either of the prepayment kiosks located in the Library atrium. Staff may also use an Internal Requisition as payment.

Unused budget

Users can reclaim any unused budget at the end of their course or during the last two weeks of term by taking their library card to the ISS Service Desk.

Note - Many departments have their own printers (which may or may not be maintained by ISS). Users should contact their department for details of any charges for using these printers.

Print Budget Refund Policy

The ISS Printing Budget Refund Policy is available online.


e-Assessment Courses

ISS has been working with LUSU to encourage staff to reduce the need for printing, including for assessment. As part of ISS's campaign to reduce the amount of printing, ICT Focus will be running three courses for staff in e-Assessment during the academic year 2010/11:

  • 10:00 - 11:00 on 11th November 2010.
  • 14:00 - 15:00 on 9th February 2011.
  • 14:00 - 15:00 on 18th May 2011.

Booking e-Assessment Courses

Course bookings will be taken from September via the ISS staff training page. Staff can also register their interest now by e-mailing iss-training@lancs.ac.uk


Last updated: Monday, 08-Nov-2010 20:11:05 GMT

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