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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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