Student Digital Help Centre

Printing in the Library:

See New Students link which is in the Library Student Centre site; scroll down to: Printing, photocopying and scanning. 

Not all older file types can be printed using the Library printers because the printers do not recognize certain. older, Microsoft formats. 
They recognise:

• .docx  
• .pptx
• .xlsx
  
• .jpeg
  

But do not recognise:

• .doc
• .ppt
• .xls
  

If you have, for example, a .doc file:

• Save the document as a PDF file. This is a format which is easily recognized by the printers and prints without errors.
• • Once you have downloaded the word document, if it is a reading from your subject site, etc. save it to your memory stick (USB).
    
  • Do a right click on the word doc, and select the option to convert to Adobe PDF. 
    
  • If there isn't this option, open the document and from the menu options choose Save as, and choose PDF as the file type.