IT - On-Campus Printing for Faculty & Staff - UPrint

This page includes information specific to faculty and staff about on-campus printing.

Information for Students Information for Guests

UPrint on-campus printing is now available at no cost to select faculty and staff groups.
Faculty and staff: Check your email for information about when your area is getting access.

UPrint gives students, faculty, and staff improved printing flexibility and security. Submit print jobs from any device, and pick them up at UPrint-enabled printers in your work area – while not leaving sensitive documents sitting at the printer until you get there. This service is provided by UMass Amherst Information Technology (IT) and powered by PaperCut.

How to Print

Print directly from your university-managed computer, upload files and configure options at uprint.umass.edu, or email files to uprint@umass.edu. Detailed instructions below.
Go to a UPrint-enabled release station in your work area. Scan the QR code to authenticate, or Tap your UCard at UCard-enabled release stations..
Select a print job to release and pick up.

Print Directly from University-Managed Computers

If you have been notified that UPrint is available for faculty and staff members in your area, and you use a university-managed work computer, you should be able to print directly to the UPrint system following the steps below. Contact your area’s IT Administrator with any questions. More ways to get tech help

While viewing your document, open the print dialog as you normally would (e.g. by navigating to File > Print in the menu bar).
Select the printer with name ending in UPrint-FacStaff.
Choose any printing options as you normally would, and click Print.
Go to a UPrint-enabled release station in your work area. Scan the QR code to authenticate, or if the print release station supports UCard authentication, tap your UCard.
Select a print job to release and pick up.

Upload Files & Configure Options

Note: The UPrint web portal is only available via the on-campus network. To access UPrint from off campus, connect to the university Virtual Private Network (VPN) service.

Go to uprint.umass.edu and click Sign in with Microsoft. Enter your NetID and password.
In the vertical navigation bar on the left side of the screen, click Web Print.
Click Submit a Job.
Select the Faculty and Staff print queue: eds-pcprint\UPrint-FacStaff (virtual).
In the lower right, click Print Options and Account Selection.
Enter the number of copies needed and click Upload Documents in the lower right.
Drag your files into the upload box or click on Upload from Computer.
When all files are uploaded, click on Upload & Complete in the lower right.

Your print jobs are now in the print queue waiting for you at a UPrint-enabled print station in your work area.
To submit additional print jobs, click Submit a Job and repeat the steps from above.
When done, log out of the UPrint service. Click your netid@umass.edu in the upper right corner and select log out.
Go a UPrint-enabled release station. Scan the QR code to authenticate, or tap your UCard at UCard-enabled release stations.
Select a print job to release and pick up.

Note: The following file types are allowed:
Microsoft Excel: xlam, xls, xlsb, xlsm, xlsx, xltm, xltx
Microsoft PowerPoint: pot, potm, potx, ppam, pps, ppsm, ppsx, ppt, pptm, pptx
Microsoft Word: doc, docm, docx, dot, dotm, dotx, rtf, txt
PDF: pdf
Picture files: bmp, dib, gif, jfif, jif, jpe, jpeg, jpg, png, tif, tiff XPS xps.

Email Files to Print

Open your email program and create a new email to uprint-facultystaff@umass.edu from your UMass Amherst address.
Attach your file and click Send.
Wait for the confirmation email.
Go to any UPrint-enabled release station and tap your UCard. See locations below.
On the terminal, select a print job to release, and pick it up from the printer.

On-Campus Printing for Faculty & Staff - UPrint

How to Print

QR Code Authentication

UCard Authentication