Printing | Guide for employees

Step 1

You will need to have the new employee card to use the new printers. Please obtain your employee card from HR.
Use enter your employee uoAccess credentials to access the printers functionalities.

If you are a Professor using a device not provided by uOttawa, please refer to this guide

Screenshot of the credentials use on the new printer

Step 2

Please note that the following step requires your device to be connected to the campus Network:

Eduroam
Ethernet
VPN

Windows

From the Software Center app on your computer, find the application called uoImprimer | uoPrint, click on it to find the Install button and press to install.

MacOS

Download the employee print deploy app from the uoImprimer | uoPrint folder in LiquidFiles. You will need to launch the download to start the installation process.

Liquid file uoprint client downlload window screenshot

Step 3

In the PaperCut Print Deploy Client window, click Sign in to install.
Log in with your uoAccess account (requires only the first part of your email without the @uottawa.ca)
Once you've logged in, it should start installing the print queue called uoImprimer - emp - uoPrint automatically.
It will give you confirmation once it's installed and ready to be used.

Step 4

You can now print by selecting the printer called uoImprimer - emp - uoPrint from all the different applications.
The print jobs will stay in the system for the next 12 hours, you do not need to go to the printer right away

Step 5

Find a printer.
Once at the printer, find the card reader and scan your employee card. The card reader will beep after few seconds, then it will unlock the features.

new HP public printers next to a uOttawa card

Step 6

you will find your queued print job(s) under the Print Release button on the screen.

Step 7

To release your job(s), you can select them individually or checkmark the box beside the select all jobs and click the print button at the bottom right of the screen.
Please note that the Print as grayscale and Print as 2-sided options are checked by default. You can uncheck them for all job(s) or can do so for each job; by clicking on the button, on the right side of the print job, to enter its different options.

If you have access to a shared account

After authenticating at the printer, use the Account Selection option on the screen to view all of your accounts.

Screen shot of the account selection window on the printer

All of your job(s) will require you to select an account to charge. You can also select all of your job(s) at once and click print.

You will get prompted to select one account for all job(s). You can also specify which account to charge, by selecting individual print job(s) using the options button on the right side of the print job.

Web print

The uoPrint portal is secure and allows you to access and manage the entire printing process from any device.

If you need to print a file previously uploaded and sent to print from your account, you can check the list of previously printed files.

When using the portal, you can uoPrint these types of files: .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ptp, .ptpx, .xml. Most common image formats are also accepted, such as .jpg, .gif, .png, .tiff, and .bmp.

Please Note: You can only upload files that are 100 MB or less.

Follow these steps to submit a document for print:

Send your documents for print from your device.
Log in with your uoAccess credentials (username without @uottawa.ca and password).
From the left-side navigation menu, select Web Print.
Click Submit a Job.

Select a printer: cws-p301\uoImprimer - emp - uoPrint

Select the number of copies you require by selecting Print Options and Account Selections.
Click Upload Documents. You can drag & drop files, or select Upload from Computer.

To send the documents for print, select Upload & Complete.

Once the upload is successful, the status displayed will show Held in queue.

Printer usage guide for employees