Quickstarts
Printing @ USF Libraries
A joint effort including the USF Libraries, Student Government and USF Information Technology provides students a daily allotment to be used for printing through BullBucks printers at each USF Libraries location. A Free daily amount per student is the base for free printing, the daily allotment can be printed using Bull Bucks funding on your USF Card. Additional prints are pay-for-print using the student’s Bull Bucks balance on the USFCard.
Installation Instructions
Printer Drivers
- Windows 64 bit
- Mac OS X (requires OS X 10.10.5 or later)
USF Libraries Locations
Locations spanning four campus libraries are conveniently spaced to enable printing. Options include scanning, printing and copying.
- Students can use their free prints allocations for copies at all of the locations unless otherwise noted.
- Students can print from their personal computers.
- Students can print via email attachment.
- Students can print to the free print locations from within the USF Application Gateway.
- Students can continue to print using Bull Bucks (cash balance on USFCard) once their daily free prints allocation is reached.
- Black & White printing is only 11 cents per page.
- Color printing is 22 cents per page.
Print Locations
USF Tampa | USF St. Petersburg | USF Sarasota Manatee | USF Health |
Library 1st Floor | Nelson Poynter Memorial Library (POY)DAV 107 Success Center | Information Commons, C203 | Shimburg Health Sciences Library |
Large-format printer locations
LIB Tampa LIbrary Computer Lab (First Floor) Shimberg Health Sciences Library |
Marshall Center SG Computer Lab (1st & 2nd Floors) |
Students are able to print via email from their personal devices directly to a USF printer. (limited file types).
How to Print to a Pharos Printer
There are two options for printing.
- Email an attachment
- Installation package on computer
Email an attachment:
- From your USF email address send attachment to:
- BWPrint@usf.edu for Black and White prints
- ColorPrint@usf.edu for Color prints
- Go to any Pharos printer, swipe USF ID card to release the print.
Limited file types

Microsoft® Word Microsoft® Excel Microsoft® PowerPoint Microsoft® Visio Microsoft® Outlook OpenDocument Comma Separated Values Adobe Portable Document Format Rich Text Format Text files Image formats |
.doc | .docx | .dot .xls | .xlt | .xlsx | .xltx | .xltm | .xlsm .ppt | .pptx | .pptm |.pot |.pps |.potx | .ppsx .vsd | .vss | .vst | .vdx | .vsx | .vtx | .vdw .msg | .eml .odt | .ods | .ott | .odp .csv .rtf .txt .jpg | .jpeg | .gif | .png | .bmp |
Installation package on computer:
To print from your computer to a USF printer without emailing an attachment, you must first install a printer package to your computer. Choose your installation package from the Printer Installation Packages section. Follow directions on the installation package page.
To print a document follow these steps:
- Open the document using the appropriate application.
- Print the document choosing the appropriate PHAROS installed printer i.e. USF_Ricoh_Universal
Please visit Bull Bucks to add funds to your USFCard.