Computing Center

PUBLIC PRINTING FROM A PERSONALLY OWNED MAC OS X 10.4 and 10.5  COMPUTER

The main printing facility in the Library and Information Technology Center is on Level B. All publicly available computers in the LITC are set to print by default to the printer on the floor they are located, which includes printers on Level 1 and Level A. Students can only print from their dorm room to the printers on Level B. Follow the instructions below to print to the black and white public printers on Level B. Additional information on printing to the color printer on Level B is included at the end of this page.

Each semester you receive $10.00 dollars of "Free Printing Dollars". After the Free Printing Dollars are depleted, print jobs will then be taken out of your "Bantam Bucks" account. Printing costs $0.10 per sheet printed. So 2 pages printed Simplex (one-sided) would be $0.20. The same 2 page job would cost $0.10 printed Duplex (double-sided). Color printing is $0.75 per sheet. Bantam Bucks can be added at transaction stations located around campus or via the web at http://tcommerce.trincoll.edu.  

NOTE: You must be on the campus network in order to connect to the public printers and print.

Obtain Install File

Download the following file to your computer: Pharos80.zip. Double-click on this file on your computer and the following window will open:


Install Pharos Printing

  1. Double-click on the Popup.pkg file.  The Pharos Popup 8.0 for Mac OS X installer will activate.


  2. You will then be guided through the simple process of installation. When prompted, make sure the application is being installed in the correct location.


  3. During the installation, you may be prompted to authenticate yourself as an administrator of the computer. Enter your local credentials.

     
  4. Once the installation has completed, you may close the window by selecting Close.

 

Connecting to the Printer

  1. On Mac OSX 10.4 and 10.5, open System Preferences and click on the <Print & Fax> icon.


  2. Click the <+> button.
  3. Hold down the <Control> key on the keyboard and click anywhere on the toolbar. From the popup menu that appears, select <Customize Toolbar…>.  Drag the <Advanced> button in the toolbar and then click "done".




  4. In the <Advanced> tab, from the <Type> popup button, select <Pharos Print Server> (the menu options may take a few seconds to populate).


  5. In the <URL> field, enter the desired Pharos printer queue name from the following list of public printers:

    LITC LEVEL B BLACK/WHITE – popup://pecan.tc.trincoll.edu/litcbflr

     


1.    10.     In the <Name> field, enter the corresponding printer name (above in bold).

2.   11.     From the <Print Using> popup button, select “Generic PostScript Printer”.

3.   12.     Click <Add>. The newly installed Pharos public printer will now show up in your list of printers.

 

You have now completed public printing setup on your Mac OS X computer. If you have any questions or problems, feel free to call Trinity College's Computer Help Desk at  x2007.

Getting Your Printout 

Print release stations are located in the hallway of LITC Level B.

NOTE: You have 2 hours to pick up your print job in LITC. After 2 hours your print job is deleted from the print queue.


The following is the screen that appears on the print release station. 

Swipe your Trinity ID card into the card reader at the print station.  The following screen should appear.

 

From the screen above, you are free to release print jobs.  You can organize jobs by clicking on Job Name or Owner.  Select those jobs you want to print, holding down the Ctrl key to select more than one. The bottom left side of the screen will show you the cost to print and how much money you have in your account. Click the Print button when you are finished.

NOTE:  If you leave the screen above idle for 10 seconds, you will have to re-swipe your Trinity ID cards.

When you have finished selecting your print jobs, please log off of the station by selecting the Log Off button on the left side of the screen. This will insure the next person in line will not charge their print jobs to your account.

 

Public Printing to the Color Printer on LITC Level B

To print to the color printer on LITC Level B, follow the directions above and substitute the following information:

For Step 9 above in "Connecting to the Printer", replace the following for the Device URl field, "popup://157.252.15.23:515/litcbflc" (notice 'c' replace 'r' at the end of the URL). For Printer Model select HP and select HP Color LaserJet 9500.

For Step 1 above in "Setting Up Options", while still in the Print List window, click on your newly added printer (it will be named "litcbflc at 157.252.15.23"). Then at the menu bar at the top, select "Printers" and select "Show Info". A window will appear with a pull-down menu near the top; within this, select Installable Options. Click the box next to "Duplex Unit" so that it is checked. Set Memory Configuration to "160-191 MB RAM". If, for some reason, this is not the highest printer memory setting, set it to the highest number available, or 160 MB, whichever is smaller.  Click Apply Changes and close the window.

For Step 2, the screen will look like this:

Continue to follow the rest of the directions above to complete your setup to print to the color printer.

If you have any questions or problems, please call x2007 or stop by the Student Help Desk on Level B of LITC.

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Last Modified: 08/03/2009