Adding a Printer on a Mac
Adding a Printer from a Mac
First, open "Printer Setup Utility" which resides under /Applications/Utilities. It looks like this:
Click on the button labeled "Add". This brings up the following dialog:
Holding down the Option (alt) key, click "More Printers..." which drops down a sheet, thus:
From the topmost dropdown menu (showing "AppleTalk" by default) select "Advanced." The sheet changes
to:
Change the Device type, by selecting "Windows Printing via SAMBA" from the menu labeled "Device". Then,
give the device a name that will remind you of the printer you are setting up (for instance, the name
of the printer as set by System Staff). Finally, set the device URI: this will be formatted as "smb://
Username:Password@kore.cs.virginia.edu/printer-name" Select the correct printer model from the menu
labeled "Printer Model" and click Add. Here's what the sheet looks like when it's set up for
color-laser1:
And then you are done, and it should work.
*A special thanks to Tony Aiello for providing us with these great instructions and snapshots!
