Macintosh OS X v10.5 Printing Instructions

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• Apple computer running Macintosh OS X version 10.5.3 or above
• Attached to the EECS network or OSU_Access wireless network
• Have an OSU EECS computing account

• From System Preferences, open "Print & Fax"

• In the lower right, click the "+" button.

• With your mouse pointer positioned to the right of 'More Printers', hold down the 'control' key on your keyboard and press your mouse button. Select 'Customize Toolbar...'.

• Drag the 'Advanced' button up into your Toolbar and position it to the Right of 'More Printers'.

• Now click the 'Advanced' button.

• Under 'Type' select:
     Windows

• Under 'Device' leave it at 'Another Device'.

• Note: You will need the printer name and printer model to proceed.

• For 'URL' enter:
     smb://aurora.eecs.oregonstate.edu/printername

  ...where 'printername' is a list of one of our printers from this URL: http://eecs.oregonstate.edu/it/info/printer-list.html

• For 'Name' enter the name of the printer (ie KEC 2048 as an example).

• Under 'Print Using' select the 'HP LserJet 9050' (for most of our printers), specify that it has a Duplex Unit installed.

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• Open your document to print, and select the newly created printer from above.

• Click 'print'.

• You'll be prompted for a username/password [1]. Enter:
     Name: EECS\username
     Password: Your EECS password
  (and click to save the password if you want to).

• The End.

Footnotes

• [1] - this is the password you would use to log in to a Windows computer on the EECS network.
• [2] - printername refers to the particular printer your are printing to. list of available printers can be found here.