Getting Started with PittPrint Stations, Touchless Printing, and Pharos

Overview

 

PittPrint Overview

PittPrint enables students to send print jobs from any location to PittPrint Stations (Pharos) located in/outside all Student Computing Labs, campus residence halls, and other locations across the Pittsburgh campus. Both black & white and color print jobs can be submitted from:

  • Personal computers
  • Computers in the Student Computing Labs
  • Smartphones and tablets

After sending a print job to PittPrint, students can pick up documents by using Touchless Printing, swiping their University ID card or entering their University username and password at any PittPrint Station.

Detail

 

Pitt Print: Frequently Asked Questions
Pitt Print: Troubleshooting

 

Print Quota and Printing Costs

Currently registered students and faculty receive $63 per semester for printing. This printing quota may be used toward single or double-side printing, and black & white or color printing. Printing on black & white printers is $0.07 a sheet. Printing on color printers is $0.49 a sheet in color or $0.21 a sheet in black & White. This is equivalent to 900 sheets printed on black & white printers or about 128 sheets printed in color.

Please note: there may be differences between the estimated cost of a job in My Print Center (more information on this below) and the actual cost at the Print Station. For example, a color job will show up as $0.49 per sheet on My Print Center but will be charged $0.21 per sheet if printed in black & white on a color printer. The cost listed for a job at the Print Station is the accurate cost.

Print Quota: Frequently Asked Questions

 

My Print Center

My Print Center (print.pitt.edu) allows users to view current printing funds balance, view all jobs sent to the PittPrint queue that have not been released, view printing transaction history, and upload print jobs.

My Print Center: Frequently Asked Questions

 

Touchless Printing

Touchless Printing is simple and fast: simply walk up to a printer and use the Pharos Print app (iOS and Android) to scan the QR Code next to the printer’s touch screen. You can manage your print jobs in your queue and confirm or change job details right from your mobile device—without ever touching the printer!

The QR Code scanner can be found in the upper right corner of the mobile app. If you don’t have the Pharos Print app installed, you can scan the QR Code from your camera app. This will launch My Print Center via a web browser. After logging in, you can release all of the jobs in your queue. Please note that it is not possible to select individual jobs or adjust print settings when releasing print jobs using this method.

Touchless Printing: Frequently Asked Questions

 

MobilePrint: Pharos Print App

The Pharos Print app provides a Pitt Print solution for iOS and Android devices. Both versions allow users to upload print jobs, view jobs in the print queue, change print options on those jobs, and view the print quota for the account.

Installing and Using the Pharos Print App

 

Printing from Personal Computers

Print from your Windows or macOS computer by installing the Pitt Print Client. The Pitt Print Client gives you all of the same printing options as if you were printing to a personal printer. This is the preferred way to send print jobs.

Using Your Personal Computer with Pitt Print
Installing the Pitt Print Client

 

MobilePrint: Printing from Email

MobilePrint is an extension of the Pitt Print service that makes it simple to print from devices that do not support the Pitt Print Client such as smartphones, tablets, and Linux computers. Simply send an email message with the file that you want to print attached or enter the information that you want to print in the body of the email message.

Using MobilePrint
MobilePrint: Frequently Asked Questions

 

MobilePrint: Pharos Chrome Print Extension - Printing from Chrome Browsers and Chrome OS

NOTE: Google Cloud Printing will be retired by Google at the end of 2020. A new method for Chrome printing has been implemented on the Pitt Print system: Pharos Chrome Print Extension.

Pharos Chrome Print Extension allows Chrome OS users a native method of printing without having to send an email or upload files to My Print Center. Jobs printed through Pharos Chrome Print Extension will be accessible in the same way as any other Pitt Print job.  

Using Pharos Chrome Print Extension
Pharos Chrome Print Extension Printing: Frequently Asked Questions

 

Printing in the Student Computing Labs and Pitt IT Virtual Labs

Both color and black & white printers are available in most Student Computing Labs. By default, print jobs sent from a lab computer are sent to black & white Pitt Print stations.

Note: The Bellefield Hall Lab does not have color printing.

Using the Student Computing Labs to Print

 

Printing from Unix

The lpr command prints files on Unix. Use the -Pqueuename option to select a printer.

Example: lpr -Ppittprint sample.file

This is the default output: Single-sided output, one page worth of text per side, portrait format. Output is queued to the Pitt Print Stations.

Note: The Unix operating system is case sensitive. Type all commands in lower-case letters unless noted otherwise.

 

Pitt Print Station Locations

The map linked below lists all the Pitt Print Station locations. For a list of currently open stations, please consult the three accordions below.
See locations in Google Maps

Complete List of Print Station Locations — B&W Printing

Printing is $.07 a sheet on these printers.
Printer locations are open based on the building and room operating hours which may change without notice.
This is only a list of printer locations and does not indicate the printers are currently available.


University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh

  • Available to All students
    • Bellefield Hall Student Computing Lab Classroom (314)
    • Benedum Hall Student Computing Lab (B-06)
    • Bevier Engineering Library (G33 Benedum Hall)
    • Bruce Hall Lobby (ground floor lobby)
    • Cathedral of Learning Student Computing Labs (G-17, G-25, & G-27)
    • David Lawrence Hall Student Computing Lab (230 & outside the lab)
    • Forbes Hall (ground floor lobby)
    • Frick Fine Arts Library
    • Hillman Library (ground, 3rd, and 4th floors)
    • Litchfield Towers (ground floor lobby)
    • O'Hara Student Center (2nd floor)
    • Petersen Events Center (food court)
    • Scaife Hall (Falk Library)
    • Sutherland Hall Student Computing Lab (120 & outside the lab) **
    • Wesley W. Posvar Hall (Ground floor)
    • William Pitt Union (Lobby)
  • Restricted access (only students with building or room access can get to these printers)
    • Amos Hall Lobby (ground floor lobby)
    • Barco Law Building (ground & 1st floors)
    • Bouquet Gardens, Building J (near mailroom)
    • Brackenridge Hall (ground floor lobby)
    • Bridgeside Point 100 (1st and Suite 350)
    • Centre Plaza Apartments (Lobby)
    • Chevron Science Center (ground floor lobby)
    • Forbes-Craig Apartments (1st floor lounge)
    • Forbes Tower (4th floor lobby and 4011)
    • Information Sciences Building (3rd floor Student Collaboration Area)
    • Irvis Hall (near mailroom)
    • Langley Hall Lobby (ground floor lobby)
    • Lothrop Hall (ground floor lobby)
    • McCormick Hall (ground floor lobby)
    • Mervis Hall (118 Business Library & Graduate Study Lounge)
    • Nordenberg Hall (3rd floor)
    • Panther Hall (near mailroom)
    • Petersen Events Center (Athletics lab)
    • Public Health Building (1114A)
    • Residence Inn on Bigelow Boulevard Hotel/Dorm (Lobby)
    • Ruskin Hall (near mailroom)
    • Salk Hall (4th & 5th floors)
    • Sennott Square (2nd floor)
    • Trees Hall (127)
    • Victoria Hall (213)
    • Wesley W. Posvar Hall (5604)

University of Pittsburgh - Greensburg

  • Chambers Hall Lobby
  • Village Hall Lobby
  • Smith Hall Lounge
  • Cassell Hall Computing Lab (inside and outside locations)
  • Cassell Hall 116
  • Westmoreland Hall
  • Robertshaw Hall
  • College Hall
  • University Courts
  • Millstein Library
  • McKenna Hall 136 and 137

University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown

  • Blackington 225
  • Blackington 228
  • Blackington 230
  • Blackington 235
  • Blackington 237
  • E&S Chem Engineering 218
  • E&S Chem Engineering 238
  • Living Learning Center
  • Owen Library
  • Owen Library 209
  • Owen Library Academic Success Center
  • College Park Apartments (Dorm)
  • Buckhorn (Dorm)
  • Willow (Dorm)
  • Briar (Dorm)
  • Student Union
Complete List of Print Station Locations — B&W Multifunction Printers

Printing and copying is $.07 a sheet on these printers.
Multifunction Print+Copy Stations allow users to:

  • Make photocopies using available print quota or purchased print funds
  • Scan to a USB drive for free (must be formatted as FAT32).
  • Scan to email for free.
  • Release Black and White print jobs in your queue

Multifunction Printer Locations:
Printer locations are open based on the building and room operating hours which may change without notice.
This is only a list of printer locations and does not indicate the printers are currently available.

  • Available to All students
    • Bellefield Hall Student Computing Lab Classroom (314)
    • Benedum Hall Student Computing Lab (B-06)
    • Cathedral of Learning Student Computing Labs (G-27)
    • David Lawrence Hall Student Computing Lab (230)
    • Scaife Hall (Falk Library)
    • Sutherland Hall Student Computing Lab (120)
  • Restricted access (only students with building or room access can get to these printers)
    • Chevron Science Center (ground floor lobby)
    • Langley Hall Lobby (ground floor lobby)
    • Mervis (Graduate Study Lounge)
Complete List of Print Station Locations — Color Printers

Printing in Black and White at these printers is $.21 a sheet and printing in color is $.49 a sheet.
Printer locations are open based on the building and room operating hours which may change without notice.
This is only a list of printer locations and does not indicate the printers are currently available.

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh

  • Available to All students
    • Cathedral of Learning Student Computing Labs (G-27)
    • Benedum Hall Student Computing Lab (B-06)
    • David Lawrence Hall Student Computing Lab (230)
    • Hillman Library (ground floor)
    • Scaife Hall (Falk Library)
    • Sutherland Hall Student Computing Lab (120)
  • Restricted access (only students with building or room access can get to these printers)
    • Barco Law Building (1st floor)

University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown

  • Blackington 228

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