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ITS Helpdesk
Phone: 8303 3000

Telecommunications
Phone: 8303 3333

Online Education
Phone: 8303 3335

Audio Visual Support
Phone: 8303 3933

Information Technology
Services

Level 9, 9 Gawler Place
The University of Adelaide
SA 5005 Australia

Email
Phone: +61 8 8303 5716
Facsimile: +61 8 8303 4400

Printing Quota

The following pages provide information about printing quotas for both staff and students:

Staff (includes Title Holders, Visitors and Postgraduate research students)

Printing is managed by the area in which you work or study.  There is no centrally funded printing quota for staff, visitors and postgraduate (research) students.

Students (Undergraduates, Honours and Postgraduate coursework)

Full details of student printing quota and how it is managed can be found here.  You should read the information on these pages carefully so that you understand how print usage is monitored and reported as well as how to purchase more quota should you need it.

A brief summary of the student printing quota information can also be found below:

Print quota information for students 
Applicable period for quota

There are 2 printing quota periods per year:
-  1st January to 30th June, and
- 1st July to 31st December.

University funded Quota

The University provides $30 of printing credit for each quota period.  Unused University funded quota is not carried forward.

Area funded quota Academic staff can request additional quota for individual courses. Areas are charged for actual use at the end of each period. Unused area funded quota is not carried forward. The rate for extra pages is set at $0.04 per A4 page for both undergraduate and post graduate course work students.
Warnings An email warning is sent to students when they have $10, $5, $0.05 remaining of their print quota

When students have exceeded their quota they will not be able to print until they have purchased additional self-funded quota from the Student Centre, or enrolled in the next printing period.
Quota carry over
At the end of each quota period university funded quotas are set to zero and a new quota is provided, however, self funded quotas remain with students permanently.  

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Purchasing extra self-funded print quota

Students can purchase self funded quota if they need more than is provided by the University or their area. The self funded quotas available for purchase are : $6, $10, $15, $20,$25, $30,$40, $50, $100. Self-funded quota can be purchased from;

  • North Terrace Campus - Student Centre, level 4, Wills Building
  • Waite Campus - Enquire in the WISA Office.
  • Roseworthy Campus - Front Office in the Main Building.

At the end of each printing period, unused self-funded quota is carried forward into the next printing period.
Funded quota will not be refunded upon Graduating or leaving the University.

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Monitoring print usage

Printing transaction occur in real-time. Therefore, the printing quota website is updated immediately.

Students can view their print usage from:

http://www.adelaide.edu.au/student/current/printing/