Manual Printer Install on macOS

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To manually install an MCLA printer on macOS Sierra, 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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