Public Resources for Print, Scan, and Copy

Before You Start 

You might need one or more of the following before you can complete this task: 

  • An active Wharton  account
  • A Wharton printing account with sufficient funds

This article provides information on using Wharton's public Workstations to print, scan and copy.

Printing From a Wharton Public Workstation

The process for printing has been significantly updated, and detailed directions are being created. Check back soon for more details, or see the Related Articles below for more information.

To print to a Wharton printer from a public workstation:

  1. In your document, choose Print from the File menu.
  2. Select the right print queue:
    • Wharton Black & White on whartonprint*
    • Wharton Color on whartonprint*
      *Note: either queue can be used now to print in either black and white or color; simply select the desired mode in your document's print properties before submitting.
    • If the print queues are not available as choices, from your desktop open the Printer Refresh folder and open the desired shortcut from there. This will connect the print queue, and it will appear as a choice in 0our print  properties.
  3. Click Print to send your job to the print queue.
  4. To print out your document at the printer:
    • Go to the printer to which you would like to print.
    • Each printer will have a Touch Panel (in the red box) and a Proximity Card Reader (in the blue box):
      A picture of a printer with the touch panel highlighted with a red box and the proximity card reader highlighted with a blue box.
    • From the Home screen, launch the PharosSRH app:
      A printer touch panel Home Screen displaying several icons. The Pharos SRH icon is highlighted in red.
    • Tap your PennCard to the proximity card reader. 
    • You should hear a chirp as the reader picks up the information from the card, and you will see a message that you are being authenticated:
      A printer touch panel displaying
    • Once authenticated, you will see any documents that you have queued up and ready to print.
      Use the touchscreen to select your document, and then press Print or Print All:
      The print queue on a touch panel with the first job highlighted in red.
    • You will see a message indicating that your job is printing:
      The touch panel displaying the
    • Once your job has printed, tap the Logout button to log out of your account and return to the main screen:The touch panel interface with the Logout button on the lower right side highlighted in red.
    • Note: If you receive a message on that same screen indicating that your card cannot be found, and you need to register the card with your account:
      • Touch the display panel
      • Enter your username (pennkey), and hit OK:
         The touch panel displaying a keyboard with a space for you to enter your PennKey in the
      • When asked for a password, leave this blank and simply hit OK:
        The password entry screen with the word
      • You should now be authenticated and have access to your print account.

Note:

  • Time-Limit: Documents sent to the print queues are held for 5 hours and can be released from any printer.
  • Duplex Default: Documents printed are duplex printed by default. To print single-sided, select the single-sided option from your print options.

Copying and Scanning from Wharton's Multifunction Printers 

This section applies to Philadelphia Campus.  
EMBA(San Francisco) students should contact the EMBA Program Office for login information.

In addition to printing, Wharton's multifunction printers also allow you to make copies and scan images for sending via email. 

Before you Start:

  • Make sure the display panel on the printer is lit. If not, touch the panel to wake it up.

Copying

  1. From the Home screen, launch the Copier (Classic) app:
    The Home Screen of the touch panel displaying three square icons. The Copier icon on the upper left is highlighted in red.
  2. You'll see the following prompt to use your key card:
    The touch panel displaying a prompt which reads
  3. Tap your PennCard on the Proximity Reader.
  4. You should hear a chirp as the reader picks up the information from the card, and you will see the copier interface:
    The copier interface on the touch panel
  5. Select the features you wish (Black & White/Color(1), Image Quality (2), Single-sided/Duplex (3), # of copies(4), etc.):
    The copier interface with a blue box around the color selection icons on the upper left side, a red box around the  Image Quality icons under the color selections, and a green box around the paper settings in the middle of the screen.
  6. Press the Start button:
    The copier interface with the green circular Start button on the lower right hand side of the screen highlighted in red.
  7. The status will change from Ready to Copying:
    The copier interface displaying
  8. Once complete, the status will return to Ready. Touch the Logout button to log out of your account:
    The copier interface with the yellow
  9. At this point, you will be returned to the Home page:
    The printer homepage displaying three icons - Copier, Scanner, Pharos SRH.

Scanning

  1. From the Home screen, launch the Scanner (Classic) app:
    The touch panel home page with the
  2. You'll see the following prompt to use your key card:
    The printer touch panel displaying a prompt that says
  3. Tap your Penn Card on the Proximity Reader.
  4. You should hear a chirp as the reader picks up the information from the card, and you will see the scanner interface:
    The scanner interface on the printer touch panel.
  5. On the address screen, tap Manual Entry:
    The
  6. Use the keypad to enter the entire email address: username@wharton.upenn.edu and press OK:The scanner interface displaying a keyboard with a field above for an email address.
  7. Tap on the Prg.Dest. button
    The scanner interface with the
  8. Enter the recipient's First and Last name and press OK
    The scanner interface displaying a keyboard with a field for the first and last name of the recipient.
  9. Enter any additional addresses if desired by repeating steps 5-8.
  10. Place your paper face up in the document feeder (or face down on the glass).
  11. Choose the Subject Line:  By default, the email subject will be: Message from <printer name>  To change this, tap Subject on the bottom of the screen and enter your text.
    The scanner interface with the
  12. To include a message with the scanned document, tap Text at the bottom of the screen
    The scanner interface with the
  13. Enter the text for your message (note: there is an 80-character limit, so be succinct) and press OK
    The scanner interface displaying a keyboard and a field for email text.
  14. When ready to send, press the Green Start button.
  15. Once complete, touch the Logout button to log out of your account
    The scanner interface with the
  16. At this point, you will be returned to the Home page:
    The printer homepage.

Questions?

Contact: Wharton Computing Student Support

Email: support@wharton.upenn.edu