About CERN Print Service
The major objective of the CERN-wide Print Service is to coordinate the various
activities related to printing throughout the site from one central point, with
the aim of bringing a certain level of standardisation and rationalisation to the
way in which printing is handled.
Infrastructure
This service provides, maintains and supports a central printing interface giving
access to all centrally registered CERN network printers, multifunction copiers,
faxes, and plotters. This includes providing central print servers mapping all CERN
printers, managing their print queues and settings, and publishing them to all supported
platforms.
Onsite support
The objective is to provide the support required to ensure the effective and smooth
running of the CERN “printer park”, consisting of: printers, multifunction copiers,
faxes, and plotters. This only covers standard machines that have been purchased
through the CERN Stores or leased through established contracts.
The main activities of this service include:
- installation and configuration of new machines
- relocation of machines and network database maintenance
- supply and installation of most standard toners with materials cost charged to budget
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- hardware problem troubleshooting and intervention (with external repair if deemed
economically appropriate)
- providing printers on short-term loan for conferences at CERN
CERN Printshop
This service covers print jobs which exceed the scope of the normal Print Service
either in terms of quantity, quality or technical requirements. The service provides
standard printing services on high volume, fast machines for producing professional
documents in black and white and/or colour in A4 and A3, on paper or card, with
a variety of finishes such as stapling or binding. Posters can also be printed in
A2, A1 or A0.
External printing contracts
This service provides standard contracts with external printing companies for work
that cannot be performed in-house at the CERN Printshop.
Please visit the other pages on this website for further information.