A clean slate – resetting your printing balance to zero

July 31st, 2014 | Posted by Jennifer Kennedy in Uncategorized - (0 Comments)

by James Griffiths From 1 August, the desktop icon which shows the cost of your printing will revert to £0.00.  After that, the balance will continue to run (in minus figures) as you print so you will be able to see exactly what the cost is as you go along.  Some types of printer are …
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Help us slim down the costs of printing

July 29th, 2014 | Posted by Jennifer Kennedy in Sustainability - (0 Comments)

We are piloting a piece of software called Adobe LeanPrint within the University. This helps to save paper and ink for the printing you do. It’s a simple piece of software to use and automatically optimises each document to make savings without compromising readability. Settings are adjustable so you can decide how strong you want the paper …
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The Managed Desktop 2014 image is now available

July 16th, 2014 | Posted by Simon Alexander in IT preparations for teaching - (0 Comments)

by Simon Alexander, Networks and Infrastructure IS&T have made the 2014 Managed Desktop image available so that it can be installed on new workstations and the existing labs when they are re-imaged. The major update for 2014/15 is the use of Internet Explorer 11, which is the latest version of Microsoft’s web browser. The lab workstations …
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Testing and packaging of software for Start of Year

July 16th, 2014 | Posted by Simon Alexander in IT preparations for teaching - (0 Comments)

by John Helm, IT Support Teams in IS&T are making good progress with the packaging and testing of software. 41% of software for PCs has already been packaged and is being tested by IS&T.  Academic colleagues are being contacted so they can test their software works in the way they expect. Everything will be ready …
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