VPP: B/W and Color Printing


Overview of printers

Destination: HCIG6-1 (you can also use INFOZ)
Location: HCI G 6.1

Printer model Purpose Device Format FORM parameter
(for original in A4-Format)
Tariff
Xerox Phaser 5550
HCISTUD printer
A4, B/W,
single- or two-sided
X5550 A4
A4 Duplex
A4 Duplex
A4
A4.LONGBIND
A4.SHORTBIND
CHF 0.05/page (free credit of 800 pages)
Xerox Phaser 7500

Color Laser
A4, A3 single- or two-sided
A4 transparencies

X7500

A3
A4
A4 Duplex
A4 Duplex
A4 Folie

A3.scale(1.414)
A4
A4.LONGBIND
A4.SHORTBIND
A4.FOIL

CHF 0.15/sheet
HP Designjet Z6200 Poster
Color
HP6200

A0
A1
A2

A0.scale(4)
A1.scale(2.828)
A2.scale(2)
CHF 11.00/m2

Use of VPP

Sending print jobs

1. www.vpp.ethz.ch
2. choose Send PDF VPP Job in the top-right box
3. Enter username, destination and device

Fetching the printouts and accounting

All print jobs have to be released using the Print-Release / Prepay station in HCI G 6.1 and will be debited to your VPP account.
Release station and printers are located in HCI G 6.1.

Checking your VPP account

Your VPP account can be checked at www.passwort.ethz.ch. Please login with your nethz credentials and choose "meine Services > Credit", where you can check your credit and reload it by paying with your credit card. The credit can also be reloaded in HIL C 36.1 for cash.
Research groups can use a group account. Please ask the IT coordinator of your institute for setting up an account.

Checking the print jobs

Print job status can be checked using the VPPSpy tool for our destination HCIG6-1 Externer Link.

HCISTUD substitute printers in case of printer problems

HCI G 186
HCI D 267

 

VPP links

VPP-Service External link
Manual External link (german only)
VPP tariff External link (german only)

VPP printers HCI G 6.1