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Through a partnership with Student Government and USF Information Technology, enhancements have been made to the free printing program on campus. Students are given an allotment of $3.00 per day to be used for printing on campus. Any amount over $3.00 daily can be printed using Bull Buck$.


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  • Printer Locations
  • Mobile Printing and Printing from your Computer
  • Printer Installation Packages
  • USF Print Shop

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    Helpful Printing Documentation links:



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    Note

    If you do not have a USFCard, you will need to purchase a guest card ($1 fee) from a machine located across from the Main Campus Library Services Desk. You can put as much money as you wish on your guest card (cash only, no coins). 


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    Mobile Printing and Printing from

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    Printer Locations

    Locations spanning four campuses are conveniently spaced to enable printing. Options include scanning, printing, copying, poster size, and 3-D printing. Future locations include the addition of 14 plotters for ease of printing larger documents.

    Free Printer Locations

    Through a partnership with Student Government and USF Information Technology, enhancements have been made to the free printing program on campus.  Students are given an allotment of $3.00 per day to be used for printing on campus. Any amount over $3.00 daily can be printed using using Bull Buck$.

    The benefits of these changes are:• Students

    • Students can use their free
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    • print allocations for copies at all of the locations unless otherwise noted.
    • Students
    • Students can print from their personal computers.
    • Students
    • Students can print via email attachment.
    • Students
    • Students can print to the free print locations from within the USF Application Gateway.
    • Students
    • Students can continue to print using Bull Bucks once their daily free prints allocation is reached.
        • Black
          • Black & White printing is only 11 cents per page.
        • Color
          • Color printing is only 22 cents per page.
          • Prices to print with plotters varies. Please visit Plotter Pricing. Prices are subject to change.


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        BSN 2nd floor, old building
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        HUB 100 CMC

        COPH 1038
        CAMLS 333
        EDU Lobby
        ENB Hall of Flags
        ENG 105
        Holly

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        HON 3012
        HON 4012
        IDR 107
        LIB 113, LIB 2nd Floor Lobby
        JPH Residence Hall Lobby

        MDD 251, MDD 302, MDD 404, MDD 504
        MDL 1029
        MDT 1020
        MHC 1200B
        Marshall Center Computer Lab 1st Floor
        Marshall Center Lobby [by vending machines]
        MDA Lobby – USF Health The WELL
        MDC Shimberg Health Sciences Library
        RCE 107
        SVC 2nd Floor Lobby
        3D printers:  CMC 153 Audio Visual Center (no free prints), Shimberg Library
        Plotters:  LIB, MSC Student Gov't open use lab, Shimberg Library, MDD 251, HON 3012



        Large-format printer locations:


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        ALN 241 Honors Lab
        CMC 209 classroom
        PCD 2031
        CPR 121 classroom
        CWY 300 ROTC lab
        SCA 222
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        LIB Tampa LIbrary Computer Lab (First Floor)
        Shimberg Health Sciences Library
        Marshall Center SG Computer Lab (1st & 2nd Floors)


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        St. PetersburgSarasota Manatee
        DAV 107 Success Center 
        Nelson Poynter Library 
        Information Commons
        SMCA 210
        SMCA 303
        SMCC 203
        Mote Marine Lab


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      When printing via these methods, the output is limited to letter only (8.5"x11"). If you have need to print a larger size, see the following directions for Plotter printing

      Students can print via email from their personal devices directly to a USF printer. (limited file types).

      How to Print to a Pharos Printer

      There are two options for printing.

      • Email an attachment
      • Installation package on a computer

      Email an attachment

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      1. From your USF email address send the attachment to:
        1. BWPrint@usf.edu for  for Black and White prints
        2. ColorPrint@usf.edu for  for Color prints
      2. Go to any Pharos printer, and swipe your USF ID card to release the print.


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      Limited file types

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      1. Printing via email requires something in the subject line. Failure to enter something in the subject line may result in being charged for printing and placing the document back in the queue as an unprintable free print.
      2. There are limited file types that can be printed. Check the printable file types below.
      3. If printing from a mobile device does not work, on personal laptops, make sure that the drivers are installed. If you are still encountering issues, please use one of the lab computers to perform the print job.


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      Microsoft® Word
      Microsoft® Excel
      Microsoft® PowerPoint
      Microsoft® Visio
      Microsoft® Outlook
      OpenDocument
      Comma Separated Values
      Adobe Portable Document Format
      Rich Text Format
      Text files
      Image formats
      .doc | .docx   | .dot
      .xls | .xlt |   .xlsx | .xltx | .xltm | .xlsm
      .ppt | .pptx   | .pptm |.pot |.pps |.potx | .ppsx
      .vsd | .vss |   .vst | .vdx | .vsx | .vtx |  .vdw
      .msg | .eml
      .odt | .ods |   .ott | .odp
      .csv
      .pdf
      .rtf
      .txt
      .jpg | .jpeg   | .gif | .png | .bmp


      Installation package on computer

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      To print from your computer to a USF printer without emailing an attachment, you must first install a printer package to your computer.  Choose your installation package from the list of printersChoose your installation package from the Printer Installation Packages section. Follow directions on the installation package page.

      To print a document follow these steps:

      1. Open the document using the appropriate application.
      2. Print the document choosing the appropriate PHAROS installed printer i.e. USF_Ricoh_Universal

      And visit Bull Buck$ to add funds.

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      Printer Installation Packages

      Printer Installation Instructions

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      Printer Drivers

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      USF Print Shop

      University of South Florida and ProCopy Pro Copy have partnered to offer students and faculty a full range of business services to assist with their everyday needs. The USF Print Shop can produce crisp, clean copies, prints, professional binding and finishing. They can also help with quality prints of posters, signs, banners, postcards, business cards, program booklets, brochures, and traditional-sized photos. For more information visit the USF Print Shop.

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