Printing your thesis or dissertation shouldn't be a last-minute panic. Instead of queuing at a campus library or a city-centre copy shop, you can upload your PDF online and have your pages printed and posted to your door, in Dublin or anywhere in Ireland. Here's how to get it right.

Choose colour, paper and sides

For most theses and dissertations, black & white on 80g paper, double-sided is the standard choice — it's the most affordable and meets the requirements of most Irish universities. If your work includes charts, graphs, images or maps, you can switch specific files to full colour, and choose heavier 100g paper for a more premium feel on the cover pages or the whole document.

Double-sided (duplex) printing roughly halves the number of sheets, so it's cheaper and lighter to handle — handy for a 200-page dissertation.

How many copies do you need?

Check your department's submission guidelines first. A common setup is:

  • One or two copies for official submission
  • One personal copy to keep or to review before binding
  • Extra copies for your supervisor if requested

You can set the number of copies per file at checkout, so there's no need to upload the same document several times.

Prepare your PDF before uploading

  • Export to PDF from Word, Google Docs or LaTeX — we print PDF files only (up to 30 MB each, up to 30 files per order).
  • Check your margins — leave enough space on the binding edge if you plan to bind it later.
  • Embed your fonts when exporting, so special characters and equations print exactly as you see them.
  • Do a final read-through — we print your file exactly as supplied, so typos in the PDF will be printed too.

What about binding?

We can spiral-bind your thesis or dissertation with transparent or coloured plastic covers, from €1.50 a copy: choose it after uploading your PDFs and put them in the order you want them bound. If your university requires hardbound or thermal-bound copies for submission, have the printed pages bound by a bindery or your university print shop — spiral binding is ideal for review copies, your supervisor's copy and the one you keep.

Cost and delivery

You'll see the exact price before you pay — no hidden fees. Choose An Post Standard — free when your printing comes to €30 or more — or tracked Express, and An Post brings your thesis to your address anywhere in Ireland. If your deadline is close, order early in the week: we post the next working day and Standard usually lands the day after.

Ready to print? Learn more about our printing services in Dublin, or upload your thesis now and get an instant quote.