If printing from off campus, you must have the VPN running.
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How to add network printers on Macs
- Open System Preferences > Print & Scan
- Click the “+” sign > Add Printer or Scanner
- 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”.
- Drag the Advanced icon onto the toolbar and drop it. Click Done.
- Click Advanced and wait for it to stop searching.
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 Software...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.
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.- Click Add.
Configure appropriate installed options for the printer such as checking ‘Duplex’. Then click OK.
Each printer will have various installed options to configure. Consult the chart under Step 11 to get it right for each printer.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.”
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.
Slocum Hall Printer name Model Installed Options Type
ARCH-Bowser3 HP LaserJet M806 Duplex Unit B&W laser ARCH-Bowser4 HP LaserJet M806 Duplex Unit B&W laser ARCH-Koopa3-Postscript HP Color LaserJet M855xh Tray 3, Duplex Color laser ARCH-Koopa4-Postscript HP Color LaserJet M855xh Tray 3, Duplex Color laser ARCH-Luma-Postscript** Oce Plotwave 360** Roll 2 Color large format ARCH-Peach-Postscript** HP DesignJet T7200ps Color large format ARCH-Pichu-Postscript HP DesignJet T7200ps Color large format ARCH-Pichu2-Postscript HP DesignJet T7200ps Color large format ARCH-Pichu3-Postscript HP DesignJet T7200ps Color large format ARCH-Yoshi2-Postscript*** HP DesignJet T1700ps*** Color large format Shaffer Studio
Printer name Model Installed Options Type
ARCH-Shaffer-Color HP Color LaserJet cp5520 Duplex Unit Color laser NYC Printers
Printer name Model Installed Options Type
ARCH-Bart2-Postscript HP Color LaserJet cp6015x Tray 3, Duplex Color laser ARCH-Homer2-Postscript HP DesignJet T1500 - Postscript Color large format ARCH-Lisa-Postscript HP DesignJet T7100ps Color large format ARCH-Maggie HP LaserJet M725 Tray 4, Tray 5, Duplex B&W laser *** 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).
*** 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.
How to release your print job
Send your print like normal.
After your job finishes spooling, release your print using the PaperCut web page in the next step.
Open up a web browser and go to https://arch-print.syr.edu and login with your NetID credentials.
- After logging in, release your job from the Jobs Pending Release screen. You can select {print} or Release All.