This will display an overlay on the Print & Fax window which shows more details including a Driver section which can be used to tell which printers support duplexing or have extra paper trays etc. To see more details of a printer select it, and click on Options & Supplies. Note that magpie is just an example, and in fact that printer no longer exists - it was replaced by the printer b1north in 2009.īack in the Print & Fax window it should now show the added printer, with the Name etc displayed if you select a printer. In this example we are adding magpie which is a DAMTP printer. If you select one it will show the Name, Location and Model (Print Using) for the printer. Ensure that the Default Browser is selected, and a list of available printers should appear. Since most of our printers default to using A4 paper, you probably want to set the Default Paper size:Ĭlick on the + (plus) icon, and the Print Browser will appear. Start up System Preferences, and select Print & Fax This method used to work, but as of 12/2011 the Print & Fax dialogue in System Preferences shows all printers and is often very slow to respond. The click on "Add" at bottom right of the window: In this example, below, the DAMTP printer called bcopy is selected. Then click on the priner selection drop-down box and select "Add Printer": File menu then print or hold down the command key and tap the P key). Using a software application like your web-browser (e.g. We have generally found it to be easier to add a printer from a software application rather than using system preferences. We only support the setting described above. Please do not fiddle with the other settings unless you understand what you are doing. This process has been observed to take 30 minutes on some OSX 10.7 computers. It will take a minimum of 90 seconds for your computer to find all of the available printers and settle down. Now your computer will be able to hear the printer advertisements from our print server. You need to use an account on your OSX computer that can administer the computer (this is NOT your Raven account). Your web-browser will prompt for a login.
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