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Printing from a personal Mac

*These directions are for personally-owned Macintosh computers connected to the SU network via Ethernet

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or AirOrangeX.

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*You will need to have installed the correct driver of the corresponding printer before adding the printer in System Preferences

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1. Under System Preferences, Printers & Scanners click on the

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(+) button.

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2. From the Add Printer window, right-click (control^ click) on the

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grey area next to Windows and select Customize

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Toolbar…

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3. Drag the Advanced

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icon up to the

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4. There are 2 types of queues:

Student queues and Faculty/Staff queues. 

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toolbar, then click Done.

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4. Match up the following fields below, editing the print queue name and location based on the printer you’re adding. You’ll find the print queue name labeled on the

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The following applies only to the Faculty/Staff queues with spaces. Student queues are not affected:

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printer similar to the screenshot below. For this example, the print queue name is vpa-xer7970sh102.

Type: Windows printer via spools
Device: Another Device
URL: smb://VPA-PRINT.ad.syr.edu/

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vpa-xer7970sh102


 

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Click the drop down menu for “Choose a Driver”, then click Select Software…

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6. Search for the printer model number for quicker results. Select the model you’re looking for and hit OK.

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7. Click Add

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8. Click Configure if prompted for optional settings (extra trays, duplex, memory, etc.).

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9. Once you hit OK your printer should be installed.

 

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You are now ready to print!

Please note:

 When you print for the first time to a SU printer, you will be prompted to authenticate. In the name field

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enter

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AD\

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NetID and your SU password. 

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Faculty and staff print jobs are not hold/release, jobs will print immediately.  

Students printing to a VPA-Print printer will need to login to https://printing.syr.edu with their Net ID and password to release the print

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jobs and be charged against their available Papercut funds.

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For more information

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please visit

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Printing at Syracuse Universityor scan the QR below.

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