Overview
With the wide range of devices available to the university community, the MobilePrint service allows you to easily print your files via email, online through a web browser, as well as from a traditional computer. This means you can print from your smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop regardless of the operating system you are running. Almost any device that has email and/or web browsers will be able to print to any location that offers the MobilePrint service.
The university community can print documents from their personal device via email, web browser upload, macOS or Windows native printing, Pharos Print app for iOS or Android.
Once you have sent your file to print, you may pay for and release your print job using either the online Print Center or one of the Print Release Stations around campus. You may pick up your print file at any of the printing devices supported by the Managed Print Service.
To pay for your print jobs, you must use your UAA Wolfcard or a Copy/Print card. Students, staff, and faculty may obtain their Wolfcard at the following locations:
- The Consortium Library's front desk
- The MatSu campus Student Services office (FSM 101)
- The Kenai River Campus Student Services office (McLane Commons)
Copy/Print cards can be purchased or renewed at one of the Value Transfer Stations located around campus. Individuals can deposit additional funds on their Wolfbucks account at one of the Value Transfer Stations, by visiting the Wolfcard Office on your respective campus, or online at http://eaccounts.uaa.alaska.edu/.
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How do I use this technology?
To help you understand some of the jargon used in the printing services, we have pulled together a short list of some of the terms used in this document.
- Managed Print: Refers to the overarching printing service offered at UAA in many facilities across campus.
- MobilePrint: Refers to the ability to print your files from your smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop regardless of the operating system.
- Print Allocation: All UAA students attending classes at the Anchorage, JBER campuses that have paid the UAA Technology Fee start each semester with a credit of $15.00. This is a non-accumulating credit.
- Print Release Station: Refers to the physical device, at applicable locations, that is used to send print job(s) to the print devices located in that area.
- Print Center: Refers to the online website that allows individuals to upload and manage the files they have submitted to print.
- Release: The act of paying for a print job(s) which causes the file(s) to be printed to the selected print device.
Requirements
- To print using email, you must use your University of Alaska email address. The following email address domains are currently supported:
- @alaska.edu
- @uaa.alaska.edu
- @uaf.alaska.edu
- @uaf.edu
- @uas.alaska.edu
- To print using your web browser, you will need to have a valid UA Username and Password.
- Be sure to have adequate funds available on your print allocation or Wolfbucks account in order to pay for the print job through the online Print Center. Please note: generic Copy/Print cards can not be used with the online Print Center.
- For printing with your native Mac or Windows operating system, be sure to install the appropriate printer package for the location you wish to print to.
- This is the only option available to the general public and individuals affiliated with Alaska Pacific University. Additionally, you will only be able to print to the Consortium Library's general use computer areas (e.g. 1st and 2nd floor by the pendulum).
- For printing with the Pharos Print app for iOS or Android, please find below the system requirements:
- Apple iOS 70 and later for iPhone or iPad
- Android OS 4.03 or later
- A valid UA Username and Password.
Supported Document Types for Printing via Email or Web Browser
MobilePrint supports the following document types when submitting print jobs from email or the web. Applications are listed with the associated file types:
- Microsoft® Word (.doc, .docx, .dot, .dotx)
- Microsoft® Excel (.xls, .xlt, .xlsx, .xltx, .xltm, .xlsm)
- Microsoft® PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx, .pptm, .pot, .pps, .potx, .ppsx)
- Microsoft® Visio (.vsd, .vsdx, .vsdm, .vss, .vssx, .vssm, .vst, .vstx, .vstm, .vdx, .vsx, .vtx, .vdw)
- Microsoft® Outlook (.msg, .eml)
- OpenDocument (Standard file format for open source office applications such as Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice) (.ods, .odt, .odp)
- Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf)
- Comma Separated Values (.csv)
- Rich Text Format (.rtf)
- Text files (.txt)
- Image formats (.jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .png, .bmp, .tif, .tiff)
- Limited HTML support (HTML as part of the email body itself). HTML links or attachments are not supported for security reasons.
Note: Printing / Attaching Unsupported Formats
If you attempt to print a file(s) with an unsupported format (e.g. .xps, .pages), your print request will be declined. If you need to print file types not included in the above list, please use either option 3 (detailed below), or visit one of the campus computer facilities and login to one of the workstations to print your file directly.
Things To Know
- For additional information on printing, including a list of available locations, please refer to our Managed Print documentation.
- Your file will be available to print for up to 2 hours.
- The maximum file size you can upload to the online Print Center is 52.4 MB.
- The maximum file size you can print from email is 25 MB.
- If you attempt to send or upload text documents (.txt, .rtf, .csv) that contain no information, you will receive a notice that Uploading a zero length document is not supported.
- When printing your files through the online Print Center, the cost is first deducted from your printing allocation then from your campus account. Please ensure that you have an adequate balance on your account for the printing request. Please note: it is not possible to use a generic Copy/Print card with the Print Center. If you need to pay for the print job with a print card, please use the physical Print Release Station located next to your desired printer in order to swipe your card.
- When using the online Print Center under the Payment method section, you will see My Funds in bold text. The value associated with My Funds is the total of all the payment sources available to you. Below My Funds is the list of payment sources that have a balance, either positive or negative, for your account. Any payment source with a balance of zero ($0.00) will not be displayed. Note: individuals may have one or more of these payment sources depending upon their campus affiliation and roles within the university. The following accounts types are currently supported:
- UAA Printing Allocation
- UAA Wolfbucks
- UAS Printing Allocation
- UAS Whalebucks
- UAF Bear Bucks
- Physical Print Release Stations currently only support payment sources affiliated with the campus they are located at (e.g. UAA physical Print Release Stations only supports the UAA Printing Allocation and Wolfbucks).
- Printing fees will be deducted from your account once you have released your print job from either the online Print Center or a physical Print Release Station.
Submit Print Files
Option 1: Print Using Your University Email
- When you are ready to print, open an email client associated with your University of Alaska email account.
- Compose a new message to print.bw@uaa.alaska.edu (for black & white printing) or print.color@uaa.alaska.edu (for color printing).
- Attach the file, or files, you want printed. If desired, you can paste your document’s text into the body of the email instead, and the system will read it as a print job. Otherwise, leave the body of the email blank.
- Please note that each attachment is processed separately.
- There is a maximum of ten attachments per email accepted.
- Click Send.
- A print job will be created and held in pending status for each attachment contained in the email. If the email contains text within the body greater 200 characters, it will also generate a print job, of which you can choose to release.
- You will receive an email when your file(s) are ready to print. This typically takes less than five minutes to process.
- Your file(s) are now waiting to be printed from any managed print release station on campus or online via the Print Center. Your files will remain queued in the system for up to 120 minutes.
Option 2: Print Using Your Web Browser
- Open a web browser.
- Go to print.uaa.alaska.edu.
- Login with your UA username and password.
- On the Print Center’s Job List page, you will see a list of all current print jobs queued under your identity, including those sent by email or submitted from a traditional computer.
- To upload a document for printing, click Upload and use the web browser’s open file window to locate the file you would like to print and then click Choose.
- After you have uploaded the file(s) you want to print, click the refresh button.
- View the Release Print Job section for information on customizing print job settings, selecting print destination, and releasing print job.
Option 3: Use Your Native Mac or Windows Operating System Printing Capabilities
You can easily print files from your Mac or Windows laptop or desktop computer. Follow the directions below for configuring your computer for use with UAA’s MobilePrint service.
Tip
When submitting print jobs via this option, the output options (e.g. black & white/color, etc.) are determined at time of submission based upon which printer destination was selected. You will be unable to modify any print options via the
UAA Print Center.
First Steps
- Open a web browser and go to the MobilePrint support page.
- Select and download the appropriate printer package based on the type of operating system you are using and the location you want to print to. Available options are:
- Find the downloaded file and decompress it.
- Double-click the decompressed file to run the Managed Print installer.
- macOS:
- When the MobilePrint installer opens click Continue.
- Read the Important Information then click Continue.
- At the Software License Agreement click Continue.
- At the Custom Install screen, select the desired location(s) that you want to configure printer settings for then click Continue.
Note: by default, only the Anchorage location is selected.
- Click Install.
- When prompted, enter your local username and password then click Install Software.
- After the installer completes, click Close.
- Windows:
- A User Account Control dialog box will appear. Click Yes to allow the installer to make changes.
- A Pharos Systems installer window will open. Click Install to begin the installation of the necessary software and creation of the appropriate printer object.
- After the installer completes, click Finish.
Print your file
- After you have installed the desired printer from above, access your document and then use your operating system’s standard printing function (e.g. File -> Print).
- You should now see a new printer with a name in the format of uaa-<location>_<printer type> (e.g. uaa-anc_bw, uaa-anc_color, uaa-er_bw, uaa-krc_bw, uaa-msc_bw, etc.) in your list of printers. Select the desired campus printer and click Print.
- You will get a dialog box asking you to enter your UA Username for your print job. It is important to enter your username correctly or you will not be able to release your print job at the printer.
Note: When using the printer queues for the Consortium Library, you will be prompted for both a Username and a Password. This is to ensure that only you will be able to release your print job at the Print Release Stations located in that area.
- View the Release Print Job section for information on customizing print job settings, selecting print destination, and releasing print job.
Option 4: Use The Pharos Print App for iOS or Android
The Pharos Print app allows you to easily print content from your iOS device to the Managed Print service. Follow the direction below for configuring your iOS device to use the UAA’s MobilePrint service.
First Steps
- From your mobile device, download the app directly from an app store for your supported platform.
- Once the app is installed on your device, start the Pharos Print app.
- Enter the following server address and port number then press Connect.
- Server name: print.uaa.alaska.edu
- Port: 443
- The Pharos Print app will connect to UAA’s Managed Print server and display a log on screen.
- Enter your UA Username and Password then press Log On. You are now ready to print using the app.
Features
From your device using the Pharos Print app you can:
- Edit your finishing options before you print
- Preview your file(s) before you print
- Delete a print job from your MobilePrint secure print queue
- View all file(s) in your MobilePrint secure print queue
- View your available funds and printing costs (when applicable)
How to submit a print job on an Apple iOS device
- Open up a document to print
- Press the Share icon
- Press Copy to Pharos Print
- If desired you can change print options such as the number of copies
- Press Apply Changes
- You can release your print jobs from either a Print Release Station or online via the Print Center
How to submit a print job on an Android device
- Open the Pharos Print app
- Select Upload from the main screen
- Select Camera or Documents under Choose a file to Upload
- Browse to the file you want to print
- Once the file is uploaded it will be listed on your Job List
- Select one or more files and choose the Print Options tab to change options such as the number of copies
- You can release your print jobs from either a Print Release Station, or online via the Print Center
Release Print Jobs
In most cases you can use either the web based Print Center, or a physical Print Release Station to pay for and release your print job; however, if you use a physical Print Release Station you will not be able to modify any print options before releasing your print job.
Release Print Jobs via Print Center
Tip
You CANNOT use a Copy/Print Card when using the UAA Print Center to release your print job. You must have funds to cover the total cost of the print job available on your account. The balance of funds on your account is displayed in the lower left corner of the screen under Payment Method.
If you have insufficient funds on your account, you can either add funds to your account and then release your print job, or use the
Print Station option with a Copy Card.
- In a web browser, visit UAA Print Center.
- Login with your UA username & password.
- To release your print job(s), click the Select a printer button to display the printer search window. If you start typing the name of the printer, the list will be automatically filtered based upon the text entered. Also, if you use this method of printing consistently, the system will remember your most used printers and have them displayed at the top of the list. If you need help finding the printer near you, look at the label on the printer. All of the printers should be labeled with a printer name that corresponds to the printer in the Select a printer list.
- The general printer naming convention is “Campus Abbreviation”-“Building Abbreviation”“Room Number”-“Printer Type and Number” (e.g. anc-lib210-bw1, anc-su211-clr1).
- Campus abbreviations currently supported are:
- anc – Anchorage
- krc – Kenai River Campus
- msc – MatSu Campus
- Click the checkbox to select the desired file(s) to print.
- Once you’ve selected both your file(s) and print destination, you will have the opportunity to customize some of the Print Options. The options that are available to select depends upon the capabilities of the destination print device. For example, you will not be able to select color if you are printing to a black & white printer. The options available include:
- Color: You can choose between printing in black & white or color (default is black & white).
- Sides: You can choose between double-sided (duplex) or single-sided (simplex) printing (default is double-sided).
- Pages per side: Select whether you want to print one document page per side of paper or two document pages per side, allowing you to save paper and minimize your printing cost (default is one).
- Copies: Allows you to select the number of copies of the file you would like printed (default is one).
- After you have made your desired adjustments to the Print Options, if any, when you are near the selected printer and ready to pickup your document, click the Print button.
- A Confirm payment and print dialog window will appear that summarizes the number of documents, the total number of pages to be printed, the total cost, as well as the device that the file(s) will be printed to. Please review this information and if it is correct click Confirm. If it is not correct click Cancel. Please be aware that when you click the Confirm button, your selected file(s) will print immediately to the selected print device, and your account will be deducted for the cost of the print job(s) without the additional step of using a physical Print Release Station to release the job.
Release Print Jobs via Print Station
How to pickup your print job
Need additional help or have issues
For support, requests may be submitted anytime by Requesting Support for the Managed Print service. Support Requests are worked by Priority based on the Impact and Urgency of need as well as the order they are received by the IT Employees with the knowledge and permissions to assist with the request.
For immediate assistance please review the Contact Us page for ways to contact the appropriate support group.