Printing, Scanning and Copying
In the Central Library and in the Departmental Libraries you can use print and copy stations for copying, printing and scanning and other machines for duplication. The display of the stations is wheelchair accessible: Pull out the display and adjust the angle.
To use the print and copy stations for copying, printing and scanning you need a charged card (GeldKarte).
- You can use one of your own cards as a GeldKarte: A GeldKarte chip can be found for example on your cash card ("EC-Karte"), on your UniCard or FHCard.
- You can charge your card with credit at the loading terminals on the TU Dortmund campuses. The GeldKarte on your cash card can be charged at cash terminals, too.
- Charging the chip of your cash card at the charging station is free of a service charge, regardless of which bank you are with. Please note: However, some banks charge a basic fee for the usage of the GeldKarte function.
- Or you can use a lendable GeldKarte. You can get such a card for a refundable card deposit of 10 Euro at the InfoPoint of the Studierendenwerk in the mensa building. There you can
- get a card and charge it with your cash card at one of the loading terminals.
- get a card and charge it with cash (only notes; minimum amount 5 Euro) at a special loading terminal in the mensa building.
- get back a remaining credit of a functioning UniCard and all other money cards (please note: remaining credit of a non-functioning UniCard is paid back by the Sparkasse).
Printing
-
Starting a Print Job from a USB Flash Drive
- Insert your card with the GeldKarte chip or your lendable card into the card reader.
- Insert the USB flash drive. Please note: The print stations will only print PDF, Postscript, JPEG oder TIFF files.
- "Externer Speicher wurde erkannt" -> confirm with "Ja" -> select the document(s) you would like to print -> "Drucken"
- Select specific settings if needed, e.g. duplex, black and white (default = multi-colour) -> press START
- Don't forget to eject the USB flash drive: "Speicher entfernen" in the lower taskbar
-
Printing multiple pages on one
- open original file
- click on the printer icon
- select printer "pdf"
- "page setting and options" -> "multiple" -> pages per sheet, e.g. 4
- page orientation -> "rotate pages automatically on every sheet" -> "print"
- rename file -> select drive and folder -> "save"
-
- open original file
- click on the printer icon
- select printer "pdf"
- open the paper feed flap on the right side (flap in the middle)
- loading paper: the side to be printed on must be face down
- select "Papier-Auswahl" -> "Univ.-Zufuhr"
- start printing
-
- open original file
- click on the printer icon
- select printer "pdf"
- "number of pages to print" -> enter number of pages, e.g. 1-10 -> "print"
- rename file -> select drive and folder -> "save"
Scanning
-
Scanning with the Overhead Scanners
- Easy to handle overhead scanners are available for free during opening hours. The overhead scanners offer
- scanning hardbacks ergonomically and with limited risk of material damage, in colour or black & white
- scanning is possible up to 480 x 360 mm (ca. DIN A3), in the Departmental Library of Architecture and Civil Engineering up to 620x460mm (400 dpi resolution)
- scans can be saved on USB stick
- easy to handle touch panel
- additional pedal for scanning extensive material
- additional ocr
- Manual (in German)
- Short manual: scanning via upload/email (in German)
- Easy to handle overhead scanners are available for free during opening hours. The overhead scanners offer
-
Scanning with the Print and Copy Stations
- Scanning is free of charge. Please note: The GeldKarte chip has to be charged so that the scan function can be used. For technical reasons the GeldKarte will be ejected after 8 minutes, previously scanned files will be saved. Insert your card again and proceed to scan.
- Insert your card with the GeldKarte chip or your lendable card into the card reader -> place upon/insert a book/document
- Insert the USB flash drive -> "Externer Speicher wurde erkannt" -> confirm with "Ja" -> "Datei speichern"
- Select specific settings if needed via "Funktionen" in the lower taskbar, e.g. choose a file name or "Mehrfach-Scan" for scanning more than one page in the same file -> press START
- Don't forget to eject the USB flash drive: "Speicher entfernen" in the lower taskbar
-
Digital Scanner for Micro Formats
A digital scanner for micro formats (microfiches, microfilm rolls) is available on the ground floor of the Central Library. Please ask at the service centre.
Copying
-
Copying at the Print and Copy Stations
- Insert your card with the GeldKarte chip or your lendable card into the card reader -> place upon/insert a book/document
- Select specific settings if needed, e.g. A4/A3, black and white (default) or multi-colour, duplex ... -> press START
-
- click on the copying icon
- open the paper feed flap on the right side (flap in the middle)
- loading paper: the side to be printed on must be face down
- select "Papier-Auswahl" -> "Univ.-Zufuhr"
- start copying
More Services
We offer a variety of services for printing, scanning and copying.
- Scan Service: Scans are made by library staff. Mostly for rare books and interlibrary loans which are to be read in the reading room only. Costs 35 Cents per page (DIN A 4). Please contact the digitisation department for further information (telephone: 0231 755 4067).
- Copy Service: You can make copies or have copies made for you at the digitisation department of the Central Library, notably documents in DIN A 3 - charges.
Locations
-
Print and Copy Stations for Copying, Printing and Scanning
- Central Library: ground floor, basement level 1 on the right, second floor on the right, third floor on the left
- in every Departmental Library
- All print and copy stations on campus
-
Loading Terminals on campuses of TU Dortmund
- on the ground floor of the Central Library
- in the foyer of Emil-Figge-Str. 50
- in the foyer of the Mensa building
- at the central cashier's office of the 'Studierendenwerk' in the mensa building
- on the ground floor of auditorium building 2
- in the 'Sparkasse' branch office, Food Fakultät
- next to the porter's office on the South Campus
- in the foyer of the 'Archeteria" on the South Campus
- in the Fachhochschule Dortmund building at Emil-Figge-Str. 40a
- more loading terminals in the Fachhochschule Dortmund buildings Sonnenstr. and Max-Ophüls-Platz and in the 'Sparkasse' branch office in the district 'Kreuzviertel'
- ITMC information: Geldkarten laden/testen (in German, login to the ServicePortal necessary)
- charging your GeldKarte with money: loading terminal in the Mensa foyer (at the back of the foyer, right from the passage door to the Studierendenwerk).
Price List
Questions?
- Our reference staff will help you.
- Email: Print and Copy Stations: Feedback
- Liability: Dortmund University Library does not warrant the functioning of the print and copy stations and does not assume liability for possible malfunctions of the used software.
15.08.19