Welcome to u-print.com

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About Us

u-print.com is the quick print and copy shop based in the Barnes Wallis Building (Students' Union) on the Sackville Street Campus of the University of Manchester. Our main services are printing and copying in full colour and mono (black & white). Additionally, we offer a range of complementary services such as soft and hardback binding, design/desktop publishing, laminating and booklet making. We always strive to produce customers' work on a while-you-wait basis. Details on these services can be found via the menu above.

u-print.com is the original Manchester student print shop and was previously known as Manutech CopyShop and umistprint.com. Our dedicated staff have nearly 50 years' combined experience so you can be certain that you will get a quick and professional service. Furthermore, u-print.com is part of the University of Manchester Students' Union (UMSU) and any profit made is returned to UMSU for the benefit of Manchester students.

Our Opening Times

Changes to opening times: Summer 2009

• From Monday June 15th to Friday August 28th, we will be open Monday to Friday 9.00am to 3.00pm.
• Friday July 24th: closing at 12 noon for stocktaking.
• We will be closed from Monday July 27th to Monday August 10th inclusive (i.e. re-open on Tuesday August 11th).
• We will be closed on Bank Holiday Monday August 31st.
• From Tuesday September 1st to Friday September 18th, we will be open Monday to Friday 9.00am to 4.30pm.
• There may be other minor alterations to opening times during the summer which will be posted on this web page as soon as possible,

Our normal opening times are Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5.00pm during University of Manchester attendance periods. We do not close for lunch.

We are closed on all Bank Holidays, for eleven days in July/August, and for an extended period over Christmas & New Year.

Please note that we strictly adhere to our opening times without exception and that all work must be completed, collected and paid for by the stated closing time or you will have to wait until the next working day. There may be occasions, especially during busy periods, where you might not get your work done straightaway if you arrive shortly before closing time. Please bear this in mind to minimise disappointment.

Latest news

Web Server problems

As a consequence of unexpected electrical work* in our building on June 28th, our web server blew up. Literally - there was smoke. This has meant transferring to a new server which unfortunately does not allow us to offer certain features at this time, e.g. web uploads, emailing from the website.

Please bear with us and we'll try to get everything up and running as soon as we can.

*Actually, the work was expected - it's just that we expected on July 5th....

New Printer/Copiers now installed!

Our two new Xerox DocuColor 242 printer/copiers have now been installed. These offer several advantages over the equipment they have replaced:

• Up to 40 colour & 55 black pages per minute - get your prints faster
• EFI Fiery RIPs for faster processing with more accurate colour
• True 2400 x 2400 dpi resolution for sharper images & text
• Staple finishers for better document finishing

Best of all, these improvements will not cost you, the customer, any more!

Minimise problems - make a PDF

Making a PDf can save a lot of the hassle that people often get when they try to print certain types of files, e.g. Word documents. More information can be found on the Make a PDF page.

Change in rate of VAT

The standard rate of VAT changed to 15% from 17.5% on Monday December 1st. Prices on this website that are shown inclusive of VAT have been updated to take this into account.

Hardback Binding - Price increases

There were some small price increases to hardback binding, the first in three years, with effect from Monday November 10th 2008. One notable change - which might make it slighter cheaper for some customers - is that the page limit for the lower price band has been increased to 300 pages of standard 80gsm paper, from 250.

Fitted T-shirts now available

We now have fitted t-shirts in women's sizes (extra small to extra large). See the T-shirt page for more details.

Polypropylene - we've got it covered!

Due to customer requests, we now stock 500 micron translucent polypropylene covers for use with comb, wire and metalbind channel binding. The cost is an additional 12p per cover used.

How to find us

u-print.com is located in the Barnes Wallis Building (Students' Union) in the middle of the Sackville Street Campus of The University of Manchester (formerly the UMIST campus), which is on Sackville Street between the Mancunian Way (A57M) and Whitworth Street. More information including maps can be found on the Find Us page.

u-print.com is a division of Materialise Ltd, a University of Manchester Students' Union company.

Email us

Telephone:
(0161) 306 3269.

Post:
u-print.com,
Barnes Wallis Building,
The University of Manchester,
PO Box 88,
Sackville Street,
Manchester
M60 1QD, UK.
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VAT:
All prices for goods and services quoted on this website are subject to VAT at 15% unless specifically stated otherwise, but note that some work may be zero rated. Please ask for details.

u-print.com
the original Manchester student printshop since 1988.
Previously known as umistprint.com and Manutech CopyShop.

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