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Printing and copying

You can copy and print throughout the university on our multifunctional devices. To do so, you will need a LU-Card.

Printing from a university desktop or laptop

  1. Send a print job from the PC.
  2. Go to a multifunctional device and log in with your LU-Card or by manually entering your account details in the display.
  3. Select the document you want to print.

Printing from a personal laptop, tablet, phone, etc.

  1. Choose your system in the table below and install the PaperCut app.
  2. Read the instructions for your system (see table).
  3. Choose the document you want to print. You will now be able to select the ‘LU card printer’.
System Download link Instructions
Android Download Instructions
iOS Download Instructions
Windows Download Instructions
Mac OSX Download Instructions
Linux Ubuntu 22.04 Download Instructions
Linux Ubuntu 24.04 Download Instructions
Linux Fedora 40 Download Instructions

If PaperCut is not available, use Webprint instead:

  1. Go to the Webprint website
  2. Log in with your ULCN account (Leiden University account)
  3. Click on ‘Web Print’.
  4. Upload your print jobs.
  5. Go to a multifunctional device and log in with your LU-Card or by manually entering your account details in the display.
  6. Select the document you want to print.

Please note: Due to technical problems, printing via Webprint is currently not possible. 

User manuals and video instructions for printers

Print with LU-Card Print without LU-Card
Copy, Scan and Print manual Manual for stand-alone printers
Add a Multifunctional Device manual Video Login without LU-Card
Video Login with LU-Card Video Select language
Video Print a document Video Copy a document
Video Copy a document Video Scan and send a document
Video Scan to email  

No printing via USB

For security reasons, it is no longer possible to print via the USB ports on the printers. 

Leiden University Graphic Centre

For large printing or copying jobs, you can also use Leiden University’s Graphic Centre (grafischcentrum@ufb.leidenuniv.nl).

Problems with printing or copying

If you are having problems printing or copying with your LU-Card, please use the print problem report form.

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