Student Printing

(Content created by Ziyi "Luchia" Yang)

📍Location: The first floor East Corridor of 3700 Walnut, the Student Lounge area (close to the Penn GSE building main entrance)

In this article, we will walk you through the options and steps to print from GSE.

Option 1:

🖨️ Sending your printing work:

Print from the GSE PC (next to the printer)

1. Prepare Your Document:

Save your document in your email, an online storage space, or on a USB drive.

2. Computer Login:

3. Access and Print:

Open the document on the computer from where you stored it.
Print the document - the printer is already connected to the computer.

4. Release your printing job

Swipe your PennCard to release the printing job on the printer. Refer to the Printing Cost section below for charge details.

4. Log out

Please log out from the computer after printing

📥 Printing Cost:

For each new semester, the first 500 pages are free for GSE students. Additional printing will incur charges of $0.07 per single-sided page and $0.10 per double-sided page, which are billed to your PennCash account. Unused free printing credits do not carry over to the next term.

Option 2:

The GSE Student Printers use Pharos' Uniprint software to manage printing. Users can download software to their Windows or Mac personal computers and once configured, can send print jobs to the printers.

Note: At this time there is no support for printing from iOS or Android mobile devices.

Windows drivers and installation instructions are available here.

Macintosh drivers and installation instructions are available here.

⚠️ After installation of the printer software, you'll be able to send your jobs to the printer without repeating this setup process. The printer will remain on your computer until you delete it.

How to Send Printing Jobs

These instructions assume you have successfully installed printing Pharos' Uniprint software on your personal computer

1️⃣ First, on your personal computer:

Select PRINT from the application (i.e. Firefox, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Word, etc.). This is usually accessible from the "File" menu or by typing "Ctrl"+P (Windows) or "Apple Key"+P (Mac).
In the print dialog box confirm the printer (i.e. GSE-STUDENT-PRINT) is selected, then make any necessary choices such as "Page number range," etc...
Click OK, or Print as appropriate to send your job.
In the Print Job Details dialog box that appears, type a username to help locate your job in the print queue, a password that will be used to release your job, and a name for the job itself.
Click the Print button or hit the "Enter" key.

2️⃣ Then, from the printer touchscreen:

Swipe your PennCard through the card reader to logon to the print system. The stripe should be away from you and the card should be swiped from left to right.
Jobs are sorted by username. Locate the username you used when you sent the job. Select the specific job by the Job name you entered earlier.
Click PRINT.
You will be prompted to enter the password you chose when you sent the job.
The job will print.
It's a good idea to click the "logoff" button on the printer touchscreen when you finish printing your jobs.

FAQs:

1. I do not see my print job on the printer.

If your print job doesn't show up in the queue when you swipe at the printer release station, click Refresh on the release station screen or come back in a minute and check the queue again. Some print jobs, especially if you chose multiple pages per sheet and/or double-sided, may take a little time to process before they appear in the queue.

2. The printer says it's looking for A4/A3 paper.

If the printer's screen says it's looking for A4 paper or other paper other than 8.5" x 11" Letter, the tray was likely reloaded improperly and not set back to 8.5" x 11" Letter size. Check the print tray and make sure it is correct and select Letter.