1) Click the link above to access the Print Center
2) Login with your library card & last name. If using a guest pass, type the full barcode and use westhartford as the last name.
3) Any jobs already uploaded display in the center of the page. Your print balance is displayed on the bottom of the page. Click on the Upload button to upload a document.
4) If money needs to be added to the account, click the Add Funds button and follow the prompts to pay via credit card or PayPal.
5) To upload a document, click on the Upload button and find the document to upload. Supported document types are listed at the bottom of this page.
6) Once job is uploaded, click on the job and change options as needed including: B&W or color, # of copies and 1 or 2 sided printing. The cost for the job is listed. Jobs will stay on our server for 2 days or until printed. Click the Print Preview image to see a preview.
7) Go to the print release station to release the jobs to the printer. You will be charged for the prints at this time. A release station is located near the printer at Faxon and Bishops and in the computer lab at Noah Webster Library.
Instructions for Apple iPad, iPod & iPhone:
1) Download the Pharos app from the App Store and install.
2) Open the app and type in the following then click Connect: Server: print.westhartfordlibrary.org Port: 443
3) Login with your library card & last name. Steps 2 & 3 only need to be done once.
4) Open the document you want to print and choose the “Open In” option and choose the Pharos app. This will upload it to our server.
5) Once a job is uploaded, tap on the job and change options as needed. including: B&W or color, # of copies and 1 or 2 sided printing. The cost for the job is listed. Jobs will stay on our server for 2 days or until they are printed.
6) If money needs to be added to the account, click the link below and login with your library card & last name then click on Add Funds at the bottom of the screen.
1) Go to the print release station to release the jobs to the printer. You will be charged for the prints at this time. A release station is located near the printer at Faxon and Bishops and in the computer lab at Noah Webster Library.
Supported Document Types:
Word
Excel
PowerPoint
PDF
Visio
Images (JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP)
Text (CSV, RTF, TXT)
To upload websites to print, they must first be saved as a PDF or copied into a Word document
Supported Devices: Desktop/Laptop:
Windows
Mac
Linux
Android Devices: Android 4.03 and newer
Apple iPad/iPhone/iPod: Apple iOS 7.0 and newer
Helpful Tips:
Max size for a document is 50MB
The Print Center uses the same balance as the balance used to print within the Library
Money is charged to an account once the job is released from the print release station
Money added via credit/debit card or PayPal will show up immediately
Funds may be added via credit/debit card or PayPal in any amount between $2.00 and $100.00
To print a website, save the website as a PDF first or copy the contents into a Word document
Once documents are uploaded to the Print Center, they will remain there for 2 days or until printed.
Changing document options like # copies, color vs. B&W can only be done from the Print Center. The print release station does NOT provide this functionality.
