{"id":1247,"date":"2019-08-28T14:36:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T06:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/?p=1247"},"modified":"2019-08-28T16:02:28","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T08:02:28","slug":"introducing-uprint-service-at-the-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/?p=1247","title":{"rendered":"Introducing uPrint service at the Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1256 aligncenter\" src=\"\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/201907-uPrintNOW_FB1-300x272.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/201907-uPrintNOW_FB1-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/201907-uPrintNOW_FB1.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Introducing uPrint service at the Libraries<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The University Libraries is pleased to announce the implementation of uPrint service.<\/p>\n<p>The uPrint service is now available in the Main Library and all Branch Libraries.\u00a0 Developed by HKU Information Technology Services (ITS), uPrint operates on a quota-based system using the HKU staff\/student\/facilities access card for printing and photocopying on campus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits of uPrint at the Libraries:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flexible and easy to use. You are no longer required to specify the printer to which your print jobs are sent or input any passcode to retrieve your print jobs. You can retrieve your print jobs at any printers by simply touching your staff\/student\/library card on the smart card pad installed on every machine.<\/li>\n<li>Latest technology. All our current printers\/photocopiers were replaced by brand new machines, enhancing printing quality.<\/li>\n<li>Unified system. With the adoption of uPrint in the Libraries, the printing and photocopying service is standardized across campus. Undergraduate students can now use their free printing units in the Libraries.<\/li>\n<li>On-the-go printing. In addition to laptop printing, mobile and tablet printing is supported for both iOS and Android systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>HKU staff and students with a valid HKU portal account can add printing units (quota) using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.its.hku.hk\/faq\/tl\/lc\/uprint\/how-purchase-print-unit\">HKU uPrint app<\/a> or use an Octopus card at an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.its.hku.hk\/faq\/tl\/lc\/uprint\/how-purchase-print-unit-avm\">ITS Add Value Machines<\/a> (AVM) or any AVMs in the Libraries.<\/p>\n<p>Library patrons holding a facilities access card or without an HKU portal account can add printing units to their uPrint accounts using the AVMs in the Libraries only. \u00a0The Library&#8217;s AVMs are located in the Main Library (2\/F and Level 3) and in all Branch Libraries.<\/p>\n<p>For more details and technical support, go to: <a href=\"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/techsupport\/photocopy.html\">https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/techsupport\/photocopy.html<\/a>\u00a0or feel free to <a href=\"mailto:libcir@hku.hk\">email us<\/a> or visit any library counter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Introducing uPrint service at the Libraries The University Libraries is pleased to announce the implementation of uPrint service. The uPrint service is now available in the Main Library and all Branch Libraries.\u00a0 Developed by HKU Information Technology Services (ITS), uPrint operates on a quota-based system using the HKU staff\/student\/facilities access card for printing and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1247"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1259,"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247\/revisions\/1259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}