For the duration of the End of Year Exhibition there will be restricted access to the studio spaces. The exhibition runs from Thursday 15th June – Monday 2nd July. There is no access for studio activities in the open studios. There is restricted access to the computer spaces between 9.30 – 4.30 Monday – Friday. Please note there will be machine upgrading taking place so there is likely to be disruption. The library computing facilities are available throughout there summer.
The First Floor Studios will be open 24 hours from:
Access is to studio floor only after 9.30PM – NOT 2nd and 3rd floors; the Easter days and Bank Holidays WILL be open too.
Staff from REASSURANCE will be on duty overnight – sleeping / unruly / unauthorised people will be asked to leave – you must keep your Student ID card with you.
In case of emergency contact:
While the University Building will be open on Easter Days and Bank Holiday, regular staff will not be at work.
Stockwell Street Workshop will not be open on these days.
The 24 hour opening is now over for S11 and Library building. From 13th January the opening hours revert to 8.00AM to midnight every day including weekends
A 24 hour opening period will take effect again later in the year around final hand-in.
Studio support is available Monday – Friday during core hours; from 8.30AM to 9.00PM and at weekends for 3 hours during each day. If you have specialised printing, etc please do this during regular working hours when there is someone who can assist.
The workshop is open Monday to Friday 9.30 – 5.00PM
Please throw out any rubbish – the shelving storage is getting filled up.
Stockwell Street Library and the 1st Floor Studios in S11 will be open 24/7, starting from
Monday 28th November from 8am to Thursday 15th December inclusive
From the 16th of December opening hours will be open as follows:
Friday 16th until midnight
Saturday 17th – Sunday 18th December 9 am – midnight
Monday 19th – Thursday 22nd December (inclusive) 8 am – midnight
Friday 23rd December 8 am – Midday
the building closes for the Christmas Break at midday on Friday 23rd (University closed Friday 23rd December pm – reopens Tuesday 3rd)
24/7 opening will resume again on Tuesday 3rd January until Thursday 12th January (inclusive).
From Friday 13th January, normal hours will resume: 8 am to midnight.
Here are some tips / solutions / workarounds / that will be very useful for studio users.
Solution: RESTART THE MACHINE
There is a network glitch in Stockwell Street and the Maritime Campus where network cards sometimes do not wake up from power save. The only way a student can fix this is a restart
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Solution: Add the plot queue(s) manually using the following steps
Click the Windows Start Button in the bottom left hand corner:
start-button
in the Search box type
\\GM-PS-N
This will bring up a big list of plotters and printers.
In the top right hand search box type
DST
This filters the list just to the printers and plotters in our print area.
plotter-list
Identify the plotter you want from the list and double click to install it. It is then available to print to from any application.
STANDARD-PLOT-DST-CW700-Q1 :: A2/A1/A0 Standard Paper
PREMIUM-PLOT-DST-CW700-Q3 :: A2/A1/A0 240GSM MATT paper
PTYPE4-PLOT-DST-CW700-Q4 :: A2/A1/A0 Tracing Paper
PTYPE5-PLOT-DST-CW700-Q5 :: A2/A1/A0 Textured Paper
PTYPE6-PLOT-DST-CW700-Q6 :: A2/A1/A0 Satin Semi-gloss Paper
PLOT-DST-T1300 :: Sheet Feed Plotter
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Solution: Flatten the PDF by clicking the ADVANCED tab and ticking the Print as Image option
Often PDF files with lots of layers created with Adobe Photoshop will not be understood properly by the MFD printer. Print as Image will flatten the whole file down so it is simpler to process – it does not affect the quality of the print.
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Solution: Click UPDATE KEYCHAIN (the MIDDLE) option when it asks what to do
If you have changed your Uni password this may conflict with the iMac’s password management system when you have previously logged into a machine with your old password.
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Solution:
CHECK screen is on – press upwards the joystick under the screen in the middle.
CHECK input is set to HDMI1- use the joystick to select HDMI1
CHECK the PC is powered on – the small square PC is mounted to the back; if it is on the power button will be glowing.
If all else fails restart the PC by Pressing and holding down the power button to force a restart.
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The large scanner will save scans to the SCANS folder on the S drive. This appears automatically on a PC. If you are on a Mac you can manually connect by selecting
“GO” in the top menu, then choosing
“CONNECT TO SERVER“
(or press CMD-K)
this opens a dialogue window – in server address type “gm-stu-shr1”
The S drive will now open – the scans will be in the folder “SCANS”
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We are having issues with plotters on PCs not automatically appearing in the list of devices. If you cannot see a plotter then you can manually add using these steps:
Click the Windows Start Button in the bottom left hand corner:
in the Search box type
\\GM-PS-N
This will bring up a big list of plotters and printers.
In the top right hand search box type
DST
This filters the list just to the printers and plotters in our print area.
Identify the plotter you want from the list and double click to install it. It is then available to print to from any application.
STANDARD-PLOT-DST-CW700-Q1 :: A2/A1/A0 Standard Paper
PREMIUM-PLOT-DST-CW700-Q3 :: A2/A1/A0 240GSM MATT paper
PTYPE4-PLOT-DST-CW700-Q4 :: A2/A1/A0 Tracing Paper
PTYPE5-PLOT-DST-CW700-Q5 :: A2/A1/A0 Textured Paper
PTYPE6-PLOT-DST-CW700-Q6 :: A2/A1/A0 Satin Semi-gloss Paper
PLOT-DST-T1300 :: Sheet Feed Plotter
We have a new large format / large volume plotter: an Oce Colorwave 700
This machine replaces the HP DesignJet T7100 Plotter. It is a much faster and higher quality plotter and it allows for printing on various media types. PRICES HAVE NOT CHANGED
Please note we will be testing and trying out different media types initially – please feel free to give feedback and suggestions on which media you like or would like to see.
To start off with we shall be offering the following media:
| Paper Type | Queue Name | A2/A1/A0 | Roll |
| Standard Top Color Paper 120gsm . |
STANDARD-PLOT-DST-CW700-Q1 | £1 / £2 / £4 | R1 + 2 |
| Premium Top Color Paper 200 gsm . |
PREMIUM-PLOT-DST-CW700-Q3 | £2 / £4 / £8 | R3 |
| Tracing Inkjet Tracing Paper 90gsm . |
PTYPE4-PLOT-DST-CW700-Q4 | £1 / £2 / £4 | R4 |
| Wallpaper Wallpaper Non-woven 120gsm . |
PTYPE5-PLOT-DST-CW700-Q5 | £2 / £4 / £8 | R5 |
| Photo Paper Instant Dry Photo Paper – Satin . |
PTYPE6-PLOT-DST-CW700-Q6 | £2 / £4 / £8 | R6 |
You can plot from the Macs – but currently only to the Standard and Premium queues.
We shall leave samples of media types pinned up around the S11 Print area for you to have a look at.
Easter
For the Easter two week break covering the period of Saturday 19th March to Monday 4th April we will be operating the following times
S11 First Floor Design Studios and Computer Areas
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Photo Studio – PRE BOOKING REQUIRED
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Workshop
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TV Studio – PRE BOOKING REQUIRED
24 Hour Opening
Starting on Monday 28th March until Monday 16th May (inclusive) we will be going 24 hours in the First Floor design studios (as will the Library building).
For out of hours cover we will be employing staff from a company called Reassurance to patrol the area. As well as performing duties such as refilling paper and plotters and clearing away obvious rubbish they will also be enforcing the following rules:
Machines in the first floor design studios are now login restricted just to staff and students of the two departments of CPDA and Architecture & Landscape. If you are a student or staff member of another Department or Faculty then you will not be able to login. We would ask that non department users visit the library open computing spaces, or those in King William, Queen Anne, Queen Mary, etc. The University of Greenwich mobile app can show where there are free machines for use elsewhere on the campus
We have brought in this restriction so that department students can access specialised software and equipment that is unavailable elsewhere in the University. There are two large format plotters in the library plus A1 scanner.
We have a new sliding table saw, or panel saw in the workshop – a Martin T65 Sliding-Table Saw
This is a sawing machine with a sliding table that can cut large sheets of wood, perspex, laminates, plastics etc cleanly and with very high accuracy. The movement of the blade height and angle are electronically controlled and the machine always knows the saw blade width and diameter. It has a large cutting height of 204 mm and a tilting angle of 0 to 46° to provides greater flexibility for complex tasks.
This machine is operated only by qualified technical personnel. Please contact the Stockwell Street workshop for further information