Macintosh OS X Printing Instructions

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• Apple computer running Macintosh OS X version 10.3 (Panther) or 10.4 (Tiger)
• Attached to the EECS network or OSU_Access wireless network
• Have an OSU EECS computing account

• Open: Apple Menu -> System Preferences
• Under Hardware select Print & Fax:

  

• Next:
     If using OS X 10.3 Panther, select Printing and select Set Up Printers.
     If using OS X 10.4 Tiger, click the Add Printer button, as shown below.

  

• If using OS X 10.3 Panther, hold down the Alt/Option key on your keyboard and click Add in the Printer List window (continue to hold Alt/Option until the Add Printer sheet opens).
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• If using OS X 10.4 Tiger, hold down the Alt/Option key on your keyboard and click More Printers in the Printer Browser window (continue to hold Alt/Option until the Add Printer sheet appears):
     In the top pull-down menu, choose Advanced.
     In the Device pull-down menu, choose Windows Printer via SAMBA.
     Note: You will need the printer name and printer model to proceed.

• In Device Name, give the printer a name
  example: if you are adding the KEC 1130 Laser, you might want to type kec1130 laser, but this name can be whatever you want.

• In Device URL, type:
  smb://eecs\username:password@aurora.eecs.oregonstate.edu/printername
  where username is your OSU EECS Windows Username, password is your OSU EECS Windows Password [1], and printername is the name of the printer [2].

  An example string for this is:
  smb://eecs\joker:jokerpassword@aurora.eecs.oregonstate.edu/kec1130

• In the Model pull-down menu, choose the driver for that printer.

• Click Add and close Print Center.

• Note: In versions of OS X prior to 10.4 Tiger, you may need to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

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.