Network printing

Service Category: Media

The kiz provides a wide range of black-and-white and color printers for A4 and A3 paper sizes. Some printers are equipped with additional trays for specialty paper upon request. Printing to these printers is done exclusively via print servers, and the release of print jobs depends on the printer’s location. Currently, there is no reallocation of costs when billing through cost centers. 

	Location	Sharing	Billing
print	PC-Pools	FollowMe	Printer Points
zuv-print02	Copy Room	FollowMe	Cost Center
zuv-print02	Office	Direct	None
kiz-print01	Secretariat	FollowMe	Cost Center
kiz-print01	Secretariat	Direct	Cost Center

Print jobs are sent from any device on the university network to one of the print servers. User authentication takes place via the print protocol.

Using the central “FollowMe” print queue, the print job can be released at the desired printer on site. To this end, printers connected to the system are equipped with a release station (reader) for the university chip card.

Login: print system Uni Ulm

Performance features

• Within the verwaltung.uni-ulm.de domain, the print server zuv-print02.verwaltung.uni-ulm.de is available
  • The print protocol is Server Message Block Version 3 (SMBv3)
  • Instructions are available at https://help.rz.uni-ulm.de/published/doku.php?id=zuv:drucken:kiz-drucker
• Within the kiz.uni-ulm.de domain, the print server kiz-print01.rz.uni-ulm.de is available
  • The print protocol is Server Message Block Version 3 (SMBv3)
  • Instructions are available at https://help.rz.uni-ulm.de/published/doku.php?id=kiz:drucken
• The print server print.uni-ulm.de is available on the university network
  • The print protocol is the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) with Transport Layer Security (TLS)
  • The software used is PaperCut-NG
  • Instructions are available at print.uni-ulm.de
• Connected output devices: Various HP black-and-white and color printers in the computer labs, copy rooms, offices, and administrative offices.
  • The printing protocol is the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) with Transport Layer Security (TLS) or the “9100 protocol,” using IPsec.
• Verification of Printing Privileges
• Management of student printing quotas: In addition to actual usage, the system takes into account a configurable free quota (which may be funded by quality assurance resources), as well as the validity period, purchased credit (smart card), and any credit carried over from previous billing periods.
• Printer functionality is monitored through integration with the IT monitoring system, as well as through PaperCut-NG and a printer check script that notifies the pool runners.

User groups

Members of the University

Service hours

24 x 7 x 365 (acceptance of print jobs by the spooler and printouts in the PC pools)

On weekdays and during the semester, the printers in the PC pools are usually checked twice a day and paper and toner are refilled if necessary.

Application modalities

The service can basically be used from any computer, either directly or via the institute's own print server. The authentication is done with the personal kiz account (IDM), whereas a booking of the print subscription is necessary which has to be confirmed once by the cost centre owner. Billing is done via the cost centre stated in the print subscription. Users can authenticate themselves with the password of the central directory service on the printing system, provided the print subscription exists in the IDM. For students, the printer point subscription is effective and is available when the accounts are set up.

Fee / charge

Depending on the user group and possibly free quota, this service is subject to a fee. The fee and charge regulations of the kiz in connection with the currently valid price list for the individual types of issue apply.