Add a Printer on Mac

This article explains how to add an SDSC printer on a Mac computer in OSX.

Instructions

1. Download and install the driver for the printer you would like to add (see the below list for printer names and model below). http://www.support.xerox.com/support/enus.html
2. Open “System Preferences…” and click “Printers and Scanners”. Click the + button to add a new printer.
3. This step only needs to be performed once. In the “Add” window, right click between the “Windows” button and the search bar, and select “Customize Toolbar”. From the new window that opens, drag the “Advanced” button to the location where you right clicked to add it to your toolbar.
4. Click the “Advanced” button, wait a few seconds for it to finish looking for printers, enter in the following information, and click “Add”:
   1. Type: Windows printer via spools
   2. URL: smb://sc-print.ad.ucsd.edu/"Connection Name" (e.g. smb://sc-print.ad.ucsd.edu/SDSC-E183.Opal)
   3. Name: Whatever you would like to call the printer
   4. Location: (optional) Enter a location if you like
   5. Use: The driver for the printer (see the list below)
5. You will be asked to setup the printer’s options:
   1. Workcentre 3325
      1. Check Tray 2
      2. Toner Save: Off
      3. RAM Disk: Disable
   2. Workcentre 7845
      1. Paper Trays: 6 Trays (High Capacity Feeder and Tandem Trays)
      2. Finisher: Office Finisher LX
      3. Hole Punch Module: Not Installed
      4. LAN Fax Module: Not Installed
      5. Job Storage Module: Installed
      6. LAN Fax Email Confirmation: Not Installed
6. The printer will finish installing and should now show up in your printer list.
7. The first time you attempt to print a document, it will ask you to authenticate. Enter in your UCSD AD username and password (check “Remember this password in my keychain” if you do not wish to authenticate every time you print), and click “OK”.

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