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Pharos mobile printing enables you to remotely upload images and documents to Pharos printer stations. Funds for Pharos printing come from your Campus Card account. For more information about Campus Card and how to add funds to it, please go here: http://campuscard.umbc.edu/about/

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1. Upload your print job by opening a browser & visiting mobileprint.umbc.edu
2. Sign in using your UMBC username and password.                                                                      
3. At the upper left corner of the new window, click the "upload" option to upload the document(s) you would like to print. 
4. Head to a Pharos Print Station.  
5. If you already have the Pharos Print app setup, open the app and proceed to step 5 (c). If this is your first time setting it up, proceed below:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
   
   1. Download and install the Pharos Print application from the Google Play store.
      
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   2. Launch the Pharos Print App.
   When prompted for a server name, enter
   1. Type in mobileprint.umbc.edu
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   1.  for the "Server Address" and 443 for "Server Port" and press "Connect"..
      
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   2. On the next screen, login with your myUMBC username and password, and click Log On.
      
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   Click the Upload button to choose a file from your phone.
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   Once a file has uploaded, you can change color/B&W, double sided, number of copies, and other settings before printing on the Print Options tab.
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6. Review your available funds and the total cost of your print jobs. Now you can go to any Pharos station in the Library, Commons, or in the Engineering building and swipe your Campus ID Card at the release station to print the files that you have uploaded.

1. 1. When your are logged on, you will enter the main screen and will see a list of the documents you uploaded. Select the checkbox for the document(s) you want to print:
      
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   2. From the main screen, click on the QR code icon on the upper right of the screen and your camera should open. Allow any camera permission request. Scan the QR code by the print station:
      
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   3. A confirmation page will pop-up with the details of your print job. Click on "Confirm" and your print job will be submitted for printing:
      
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2. To log out, press the gear on the upper left and then confirm the log off prompt that appears:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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