Student Printing Info

Costs and quotas

All printing is monitored and charged against your account. Printing costs are dependent on the type of printing required.

You must have sufficient quota for the job you intend to print.

  • University and faculty/school funded quota

    University funded quota

    Each year there are two printing periods:

    • Printing Period 1 - 1st January to 30th June
    • Printing Period 2 - 1st July to 31st December.

    Undergraduate and Postgraduate Coursework students will be provided with a University funded quota of $18.00 for each printing period. It will be applied to your account within the first week of the commencement of each period. Any unused University quota from a previous printing period will not be carried forward into the next period.

    Faculty/school funded quota

    Faculties/schools may choose to contribute additional quota for their students. 

  • Self-funded quota

    If you have exhausted your University funded print quota and require more to continue with printing, you will be able to purchase self-funded print quota online. Please note self-funded quota is non-refundable.

    Your printing account will be updated immediately after the payment is verified and you will also be notified of your transaction via email.

    Please contact Ask Adelaide for assistance with printing or payments.

    Other printer support channels include:

    • ITDS (available any time on +61 8 8313 3000 or by logging a ticket on MyIT via the Printing Enquiry form).
    • IT Support Walk-up desk (11am to 3pm, Monday to Friday, at North Terrace Campus Level 3 Hub Central).
    • 'Print' Knowledge Articles.

  • Print faults & system maintenance

    Adjustments for print faults

    If you have been charged for faulty printing you should present your faulty document to a member of the Ask Adelaide staff in Hub Central and request that an adjustment be made to your printing account. Students will be advised of the outcome of their request by email.

    System maintenance

    If you print a job during system maintenance, the job will print and will be charged to your account when the service returns. If this results in a negative balance, this amount will be deducted from any future quota applied.

  • Printing costs

    Costs as of Monday 27th February, 2012

    Print type

    2012 Approved Rates

    A4/Black & White Single Sided

    8 Cents

    A4/Black & White Duplex

    16 Cents

    A3/Black & White Single Sided

    16 Cents

    A3/Black & White Duplex

    32 Cents

    A4/Colour Single Sided

    40 Cents

    A4/Colour Duplex

    80 Cents

    A3/Colour Single Sided

    80 Cents

    A3/Colour Duplex

    $1.60

    A4 Plotter

    $2.40

    A3 Plotter

    $4.80

    A2 Plotter

    $9.60

    A1 Plotter

    $19.20

    A0 Plotter

    $38.40

    Custom Plotter

    $0.0248 per sq inch

Student printing locations

The Student Printing Service applies to all students who print in the monitored student computer suites. Check out the list of student printers on the Printing website.