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Pharos Mobile Print allows students to print from a lab computer or their personal devices to standard black and white or color laser printers.

Students can send documents directly to print stations in computer labs or the library by 1) printing from a lab computer or 2) emailing the documents to the printer from a mobile device. Once a student has sent or emailed in a print job, the student will go to the print station and swipe their TCU ID card to release the prints.

Each semester, students receive $30 in free printing credit (equal to 300 black & white pages of printing, not copying). Once this balance is used, additional printing costs are charged to your student account.

How to Print

  1. Log into any lab computer and print as usual.
  2. Go to the nearest print station.
  3. Swipe your TCU ID card to release your print job.

Pharos MobilePrint allows you to print from a laptop or mobile device via email.

Step 1: Email Your Document

Attach your document to an email from your TCU email account and send it to:

(Attachments are limited to 30MB.)

Step 2: Release Your Print Job

  1. You’ll receive an email confirmation when your job is ready (typically within 5 minutes).
  2. Visit a print station within 1 hour to release your job.
  3. Swipe your TCU ID card and select your document.
  • Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx, .dot)
  • Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlt, .xlsx, .xltx, .xlsm)
  • Microsoft® PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx, .pptm, .pot, .pps, .potx, .ppsx)
  • Microsoft® Visio (.vsd, .vss, .vst, .vdx, .vsx, .vtx, .vdw)
  • Microsoft® Outlook (.msg, .eml) Microsoft® Publisher (.pub)
  • OpenDocument (.odt, .ods, .ott, .odp, .odg, .odf, .odp)
  • Comma Separated Values ( .csv)
  • Adobe PDF (.pdf)
  • Rich Text Format ( .rtf)
  • Text files (.txt) Image formats (.jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .png, .bmp,.tif, and .tiff)
  • Other formats (.cfg and .ini)

 

FAQ

  • Each semester, students receive $30 in free printing credit.
    • Black & white pages are $0.10 per page
    • Color pages are $0.90 per page
  • Free prints only go towards the printers you use and do not cover copies.
  • Balances reset at the start of each Fall, Spring, and Summer semester.
  • Unused balances do not carry over to the next semester.
  • Free printing credits cannot be transferred to a TCU financial account.

No, MobilePrint uses default settings. If you need special formatting (such as, PowerPoint slides in outline mode), print from a lab computer instead to get the settings you need.

Bring the defective printout to the IT Help Desk to request a credit.