Public Printing: from personal device to library printer(s)

Printing info

Overview

Laser printers are available for paid printing in most computing areas throughout the libraries. Printing is debited from your PennCash account directly on a per job basis at the time of printing.

When printing on campus, make sure your device is connected to AirPennNet or else the print jobs will not work.

Cost

The cost for black and white is $.07 per page for single-sided printing, and $.05 per page ($.10 per sheet) for double-sided printing (Duplex).

Color printing is available in certain locations at a cost of $.28 a page, and $.20 per page ($.40 per sheet) for double-sided printing (Duplex).

Poster printing services are available in the Weigle Information Commons of the VanPelt Library and by appointment in the Holman Biotech Commons. Posters printed for academic use are charged at $.02/per square inch. Posters printed for personal use are charged $.02/per square inch plus 8% sales tax.

Mac Install

In order to print to Library printers you need to follow these steps:

Download the popup.dmg file here.
Find Popup.dmg and double-click on it to create a new disk image in Finder. This disk contains the PopUp installer, Popup.pkg.
Double-click the Popup.pkg installer to run it. You may be requested to authenticate yourself as an administrator.
Select a destination disk. You will only be able to select the startup disk.
Click Install (or Upgrade). The installer automatically installs the PopUp software.
Pharos PopUp will now be running on the computer and will be automatically launched every time a user logs in.

Configuring Printers

Once PopUp is installed you will need to add the library printers to your printer list. Please ignore the ReadMe.html instructions included with PopUp.zip and follow the instructions below to complete your printer set up.
Open System Preferences and click on the Printers & Scanners icon.

To add a printer click the + button.

Right-click or 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 icon to the toolbar and close the customization dialog.
Click on the Advanced button in the toolbar.
From the Type popup button, select Pharos Print Server.

In the URL field, enter the URL, as shown below, for the printer you wish to install:

popup://libprint01.public.library.upenn.edu/Lib_BW for Library Black and White

popup://libprint01.public.library.upenn.edu/Lib_BW_Duplex for Library Black and White Double Sided/Duplex

popup://libprint01.public.library.upenn.edu/Lib_Color for Library Color

popup://libprint01.public.library.upenn.edu/Lib_Color_Duplex for Library Color Double Sided/Duplex

In the Name field, enter a name for the new printer queue. This is the name that will show on your computer. From the Print Using popup button, select the type of printer. "Generic PostScript Printer" will work in most cases. Click Add. The new Popup queue will now show up in the list of printers. To print to the new queue, select it from the printer popup button in the print dialog of any application.

Windows Install

Follow these steps to print to Library printers:

Download the printing software for the type of computer you are using.
- If you use a Windows computer it may be either a 32 bit or 64 bit version. You need to download the appropriate software for your version.
- To determine your operating system type, follow the instructions below "How to determine your operating system type":
Install the printing software
- After installation of the printer software, you'll be able to send your jobs to the printer without repeating this setup process.

Please note: At this time, not all types of printing are supported in every Library.

Click on a link to download the printer installer that meets your needs:

Black & White Installer Color Installer Double Sided/Duplex Installer Color Double Sided/Duplex Installer Windows 32 Bit Windows 32 bit Black & White Windows 32 bit Color Windows 32 bit Black & White Duplex Windows 32 bit Color Duplex Windows 64 Bit Windows 64 bit Black & White Windows 64 bit Color Windows 64 bit Black & White Duplex Windows 64 bit Color Duplex