Printing FAQ (Color Printing, Bypass Tray, Print Jobs that Won't Print)
This knowledge base article has answers to frequently asked questions regarding printing.
Before You Start
The Pharos Secure Printer software should automatically be installed on any campus-owned computer. The Pharos Secure Printer sends your print jobs into a queue, it saves your print jobs in that queue for 2 days and then removes it once you select to release the job by visiting any printer on campus.
How to Print in Color?
To print in color you need to change the printing settings. Here’s how:
Chrome
- Expand the “More settings” option in Chrome's print dialog box and scroll all the way down to the “Print using system dialog…” option.
- In the pop-out window that appears, choose the Pharos Secure Printer and then the “Preferences” button (on Windows OS computers) to view many of the options that can be changed from the default.
- Once the settings are changed, you can easily use these settings again if you save these settings as a saved “Profile:”
MacOS
- The system dialog printing pop-up shows many options.
- To print in color, select “Printer Options” and then look for the “Color Settings 1” section.
- Change the Color Type from Mono to Color. Saving certain settings to use again can be done in the “Presets” section of the printer dialog box where you select “Save Current Settings as Preset.”
Microsoft Office (Windows)
- The basic print dialog box will allow you to change the paper orientation and switch from Double-Sided to Single-sided printing (MacOS and Windows)
- For Color printing or other advanced options, the “Printer Properties” option must be selected to access these settings (Windows).
How to Print a Document to the Bypass Tray?
To print from the bypass tray with Pharos use the following steps:
- Select Bypass tray from the Print Settings option on your computer (if printing from a browser you will need to click on Preferences from the System Dialogue to bring up Print Settings)
- Click Okay and click Print
- Go to the printer and load your paper into the bypass tray.
- Sign in to the printer and release your job. The printer will make noises but nothing will come out.
- Touch More Device Functions on the printer screen
- Touch the blinking yellow Exclamation (!) mark in the upper right corner. Now you will see your job listed in the queue. It will say Skipped.
- Select your Skipped job, then press the Print button at the bottom of the window.
- On the next screen make sure the Bypass Feed is highlighted blue in the picture
- Press the Green Button on the physical panel underneath the yellow one and your job should print from the bypass tray.
Note that you need to complete these steps before the job times out of the local print queue or else you will need to send it again.
My Print Job Never Printed After Bring Released, What Should I Do?
If your jobs are not being printed successfully and your job disappeared, please check the printer supplies information by following the section below. Once the underlying issue has been resolved, you will need to resend your job to the Pharos Secure Printer.
Please follow these steps to check these:
- Tap your Farmingdale ID card on the printer’s “ID Card” sticker or log in with your Passcode
- Press More Device Functions
- Press Job Status
- Press the Toner and Supply Tabs to confirm the printer has paper and toner.