Manual Printer Install on macOS

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To manually install an MCLA printer on macOS, these steps may be followed:

Open System Preferences and click on Printers & Scanners

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Click the + button to open the Add dialogue box

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Once in the Add dialogue, control click or right click in the toolbar area and click Customize Toolbar...

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Click and drag the Advanced icon into the toolbar and click Done.

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Click the Advanced icon in the toolbar. You can now configure the printer you wish to install.

Type should be Windows printer via spoolss

URL should be smb://printing2/ followed by the name of the printer. Some examples are:

smb://printing2/Murdock-Lab-Hallway

smb://printing2/Freel_1st_Floor_Circulation

smb://printing2/Freel-SecondFloor

smb://printing2/CSI_120_Laser

smb://printing2/CSI_218_Laser

smb://printing2/CSI_316_Laser

smb://printing2/CSI_308_Laser


Name should be the name of the printer.

Use should be Generic PostScript Printer

Once finished, click Add.

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Upon the first print job sent to the printer you will be required to click on the printer icon located in the dock, and 'resume' the print job. Upon resume you will be asked for your MCLA User ID and password. Enter in this information and click the checkbox that allows the credentials to be saved. This will ensure you no longer have to enter this information for future print jobs.

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