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Free Printing

Through a partnership with Student Government and USF Information Technology, enhancements have been made to the free printing program on campus.  Students are now given an allotment of $2.50 per day to be used for printing on campus.   Once that allocation is used up, students can continue to print by using their Bull Bucks account until the next day when their account is refreshed.  The benefits of these changes are:

  • Brand new high end color copiers have been installed in the Marshall Center and the Library
  • Students can now use their free prints allocation at many locations across the Tampa campus
Current free prints locations:

LIB 113, LIB 125, LIB 212, LIB 627
MHC 1727
Marshall Center Computer Lab
MDN Computer Lab
SCA 222
Shimberg Health Sciences Library
ENB Hall of Flags



Future free prints locations (subject to change):

Juniper Poplar Residence Hall Lobby
SOC Lobby
CIS Lobby
BSN Lobby


  • No need to stand in line at the Marshall Center anymore to wait for printouts
  • Students can now use their free prints allocations for copies at many of the locations listed above
  • Students can print from their personal computers to the free print locations
  • Students can print to the free print locations from within the apps.usf.edu portal
  • Students can continue to print using Bull Bucks (even in the Marshall Center) once their daily free prints allocation is reached
  • With the allocation now a dollar amount, there is a potential to expand the for other university services.
  • Color printing is now 22 cents per page.


Instructions to Print Documents Using Pharos from a Laptop

  1. Go to http://it.usf.edu/services/printing/install web page.  The printer packages are listed by individual college groups. Note there are three printers are listed under the Engineering Group.  Two of them (one Black and White and one Color) are in ENB 118 and one is in ENB 228.
  2. Depending where on campus you want to print your documents, click on the appropriate link to Download and Install the Pharos Printing Software to your laptop.  You will have to repeat this step to install additional printers.
  • Click on the Run button when you see File Download - Security Warning window
  • Click on the Run button when you see Internet Explorer - Security Warning window
  • Click on the Install button to begin the installation when you see the Package Installer window
  • Wait for the installation to complete.  On successful installation, you will see a window like this:
  • Click on the Finish button
  • Repeat Step 2 to install additional printers. 

In order to Print a Document, Follow the Steps Below:

  1. Open the document using the appropriate application.
  2. Print the document choosing the appropriate PHAROS installed printer.  The printer name will look like ENB118B&W.
  3. After selectig the printer, a PHAROS POP UP will prompt you for a User Name.  Type in your user name (you can type in anything here).  Remember what you typed in as it will help you in locating your print job in Step 8 below.
  4. Go to the room where the printer is located and find the printer and computer next to it.
  5. Swipe your valild Student ID Card or Bull Buck$ guest card.  In order to print your Bull Buck$ account needs to have funds.
  6. Look for the job you printed in the print queue and select it.  The job will have the user name you typed in Step 5  next to it. 
  7. On the bottom of the screen, you will see how many pages and the cost of the job.
  8. Select Print and the funds come out of your Bull Buck$ account and the job gets printed.
  9. You can add funds to your Bull Buck$ account at http://www.usf.edu/bullbucks