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  1. Open System Preferences > Print & Scan

  2. Click the “+” sign > Add Printer or Scanner


  3. The “Add” window will appear. If there is not already an “Advanced” button on the toolbar (alongside the existing icons Default/IP/Windows), we will need to add it. Control+click on the toolbar area and choose “Customize Toolbar”.

  4. Drag the Advanced icon onto the toolbar and drop it.  Click Done.
    custom toolbar
  5. Click Advanced and wait for it to stop searching.
    advanced print menu
  6. Enter the following:

    Type: Windows printer via spoolss
    Device: Another device
    URL: smb://arch-print.ad.syr.edu/ARCH-Bowser3
    Name: ARCH-Bowser3 (make sure not to leave it as arch-print.ad.syr.edu!)
    Location: Plot Room
    Use: Select Printer Software...

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  7. When you choose Select Printer Software, the Printer Software window appears. In the Filter box, enter a part of the printer name such as 806 to quickly filter the list. In this example, pick HP LaserJet m806 then click OK.

    Note
    If the HP printers don’t appear, you have to download the HP driver pack at http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1888. Install it, then go back to Step 6 and continue.
  8. Click Add.

  9. Configure appropriate installed options for the printer such as checking ‘Duplex’. Then click OK. 

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    Note
    Each printer will have various installed options to configure. Consult the chart under Step 11 to get it right for each printer.
  10. The first time printing, you will be prompted to enter your NetID and NetID password. To save the credentials, click the “Remember this password in my keychain.”
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  11. For each additional printer you want to add from the list below, repeat steps 5 through 9. We recommend adding the two closest B&W printers plus at least two color.

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    Printer nameModelInstalled Options

    Type

    ARCH-Bowser3HP LaserJet M806Duplex UnitB&W laser
    ARCH-Bowser4HP LaserJet M806Duplex UnitB&W laser
    ARCH-Koopa3-PostscriptHP Color LaserJet M855xhTray 3, DuplexColor laser
    ARCH-Koopa4-PostscriptHP Color LaserJet M855xhTray 3, DuplexColor laser
    ARCH-Luma-Postscript**Oce Plotwave 360**Roll 2Color large format
    ARCH-Peach-Postscript**HP DesignJet T7200ps
    Color large format
    ARCH-Pichu-PostscriptHP DesignJet T7200ps
    Color large format
    ARCH-Pichu2-PostscriptHP DesignJet T7200ps
    Color large format
    ARCH-Pichu3-PostscriptHP DesignJet T7200ps
    Color large format
    ARCH-Yoshi2-Postscript***HP DesignJet T1700ps***
    Color large format

    Shaffer Studio

    Printer nameModelInstalled Options

    Type

    ARCH-Shaffer-ColorHP Color LaserJet cp5520Duplex UnitColor laser

    NYC Printers

    Printer nameModelInstalled Options

    Type

    ARCH-Bart2-PostscriptHP Color LaserJet cp6015xTray 3, DuplexColor laser
    ARCH-Homer2-PostscriptHP DesignJet T1500 - Postscript
    Color large format
    ARCH-Lisa-PostscriptHP DesignJet T7100ps
    Color large format
    ARCH-MaggieHP LaserJet M725Tray 4, Tray 5, DuplexB&W laser



    Note
    *** Luma is added using a different procedure. Under Step 6, INSTEAD of choosing Use: Select Software, pick Use: Other. Before doing this, you must download the Luma driver at http://tinyurl.com/oce360. Save the file to your desktop. Then when you select Use: Other, you can browse to the file (oce-plotwave-360-mac-ppd-driver.ppd).
    Note
    *** Yoshi2 requires a special print driver. Prior to adding Yoshi2, download the driver HP DesignJet T1700 macOS driver and install it. Then go back and add Yoshi2 and the T1700 model should appear on the list.

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