College of FAA: Mac OS X - Adding a Networked Print Queue (LPD)
This article applies only to Faculty, Staff and Students of the College of Fine and Applied Arts (FAA).
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- Phone: (217) 333-1986
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Overview
These directions explain how to add a networked printer on Mac OS X via the LPD protocol. This is typically used for:
- printing from AD-bound Macs to a Mac print server (e.g., print-queues.art or print-queues.theatre); or
- printing from AD-bound Macs to a Windows print server (e.g., faa-print or faa-print2).
Impacted Systems
- AD-bound computers running Mac OS X
Affected Customers
- All customers of above systems
Actions
- Gather the following information for the networked printer: server URL, queue name, printer location, and printer model information/features. This information may be available on the departmental printing documentation article: College of FAA: Departmental Printing Overview If you cannot locate any of this information, please contact the MITS South Help Desk.
- (If necessary) Download and install the appropriate driver for the printer. If your Mac is Fully Managed or Semi-Managed, the driver may already be installed. Please contact the MITS South Help Desk if you need assistance.
- Open System Preferences.
- Click on "Print & Scan" and unlock the preference pane (if necessary).
- Click on "+" underneath the list of printers and select "Add Printer or Scanner..." in the menu that appears.
- In the "Add" window that appears, click on the "IP" button.
- Then enter/select the following:
- Address: <insert print server URL here>
- Protocol: "Line Printer Daemon - LPD"
- Queue: <insert queue name here>
- Name: enter a descriptive name here (suggestion: include the queue name so that MITS South can help troubleshoot later, if necessary)
- Location: enter the location for your reference
- Use: You should generally choose "Select Printer Software...", then locate the appropriate driver for the printer, and click "OK".
(Reminder: Address, Queue, Location, and installed options for the printer may be available on the departmental printing documentation article: College of FAA: Departmental Printing Overview If you cannot locate any of this information, please contact the MITS South Help Desk.)
- Click "Add".
- Configure the appropriate installed options for the printer, then click "OK".
Support
- For general support please contact the MITS South Help Desk.