ITS Documentation

Printing to Campus Printers with MPrint

S4350 • October 2012

With MPrint, you can print from your own computer to printers in the Campus Computing Sites, printers in ResComp Sites, and other campus printers that are set up to provide printing as part of the standard computing services.

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What Is MPrint?

MPrint is a web-based application that lets you print to certain campus printers from any computer that has web access. Basically, MPrint uploads the file you want to print to a web server and then uses the web server to send the file to any campus printer that has been set up to work with MPrint. This includes printers in the Campus Computing and ResComp Sites, as well as some printers at U-M Libraries.

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What File Types Can You Print?

MPrint supports the following file types, but the preferred type is PDF (Portable Document Format):

.ai, .bmp, .c, .cpp, .csv, .doc, .docx, .eps, .gif, .h, .ico, .jp2, .jpeg, .jpg, .m, .odf, .pdf, .php, .png, .pps, .ppsx, .ppt, .pptx, .ps, .psd, .py, .rtf, .tif, .tiff, .txt, .xls, .xlsx, .xml, .xps

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MPrint Locker

Enabling MPrint Locker will allow you to upload documents to a secure space for later use. Once in your Locker, a document can be sent to any available printer via the MPrint web application.

A folder will be created in your personal IFS home space named "MPrint" (if it does not already exist). A document uploaded via MPrint Locker will be placed into this folder (and will overwrite if the file exist). All documents in this folder will be made available to print via the MPrint Locker feature.

Note: MFile IFS must be enabled to use this feature.

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Connecting M+Box to MPrint

In order to utilize MPrint services through the M+Box service, the two accounts need to be connected through a one-time setup process.

  1. Within the M+Box website, click My Account, and then Account Settings.

    My Account menu
  2. In the Create External Password section, type in a new external password for your account.

    External Password section
  3. Naviagte to the MPrint Box service settings page.
  4. Click Enable.

    Enable Box
  5. Log into your account using your U-M email address and your newly-created external password and then click Log In.

    Log In page
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Check Your Balance

To check your print account balance, log into the MPrint - Usage page.

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Additional Resources

Visit ITS's Information System to obtain ITS computer documentation and other resources. A list of relevant documents follows:

The ITS Service Center provides a variety of computing help resources.

For further help with this or any other topic, call 734-764-HELP [4357] or submit an online service request.

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