All TAFE Queensland provided learning material and content accessed via TAFE Queensland Library
are provided under special licences for TAFE Queensland enrolled students and staff only.
Such contents are not to be shared with other people. Printing and reproduction limits apply to all copyright works, in most cases you can reproduce a maximum of 10% of text. Refer to the warning notice tab below for details.
Printing and associated costs are the same across all TAFE Queensland campuses.
At the start of each semester, every student will receive $10 credit added to their printing account.
Any current credit will be automatically carried over. You can track your balance through TAFEs print management system Papercut. You can add money to your PaperCut account on any TAFE Queensland device by opening the PaperCut app.
Prices for copying are the same as printing depending on if the copy is in black and white or colour.
For extra printing you will be required to add more credit to your Papercut account be entering your card details for payment in the "ADD CREDIT" section of your Papercut account.
Please find instructions below as some may be region specific.
You can access your Papercut account on a TAFE Edu PC, such as the PCs available for student use in our Libraries.
If you require assistance, please engage one of our staff members in your campus Library.
Credit: After 18 months following your completion of study at TAFE Queensland, your account will be closed and any remaining credit forfeited.
Tax Deductible Printing: Printing costs might be tax-deductible in certain circumstances. Students should check the ATO website or talk to a tax professional to see if they qualify.
Send the document to the printer (Click on print), the printer is "Find me print"
On printer:
ADDING EXTRA PRINT CREDIT - BRISBANE REGION
To add funds, you need to access your Papercut Account on any TAFE Queensland device or PC.
You will need to enter the details of either a Visa or Mastercard debit or credit card, or a reloadable Visa or Mastercard.
Only add as much money as you will use during your studies at TAFE, as the library is unable to offer refunds.
Scanning is free across all TAFE Queensland campuses.
(Please note that instructions may vary depending on your campus).
Note: Ignore Steps 3 & 4 if your document is single sided
Note: Ignore Steps 3 & 4 if your document is single sided.
Commonwealth of Australia
Copyright Act 1968
Notice about the reproduction of works and the copying of published editions
Warning
Copyright owners are entitled to take legal action against persons who infringe their copyright. A court may impose penalties and award damages in relation to offences and infringements relating to copyright material. Higher penalties may apply, and higher damages may be awarded, for offences and infringements involving the conversion of material into digital or electronic form.
Reproduction of works and copying of published editions
A reproduction of material that is protected by copyright may be a copyright infringement.
Certain dealings with copyright will not constitute an infringement, including:
(a) a reproduction that is a fair dealing under the Copyright Act 1968 (the Act), including a fair dealing for the purposes of research or study; or
(b) a reproduction that is authorised by the copyright owner.
It is a fair dealing to make a reproduction for research or study, of one or more articles in a periodical publication for the same research or same course of study or, for any other work, of a reasonable portion of a work.
For a published work in hardcopy form that is not less than 10 pages and is not an artistic work, 10% of the number of pages, or one chapter, is a reasonable portion.
For a published work in electronic form only, a reasonable portion is not more than, in the aggregate, 10% of the number of words in the work.
More extensive reproduction may constitute fair dealing. To determine whether it does, it is necessary to have regard to the criteria set out in subsection 40(2) of the Act.