Add Printers & Release Jobs on Macs (for Students)

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Last updated: Aug 28, 2024 by Andrew Molloy
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Printing only works on campus.

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How to add network printers on Macs

Before going further, you will need to install the SU Azure VPN following these directions (not needed if you are at the Fisher Center in NYC).

  • Once you have the VPN installed, before adding the printers, start the VPN app and sign in. When you are done adding the printers, disconnect the VPN.
  • Every time you want to print, you'll need to first start the VPN, then send the print. When done printing, disconnect the VPN.
  1. Open System Preferences > Print & Scan

  2. Click the “+” sign > Add Printer or Scanner


  3. 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”.

  4. Drag the Advanced icon onto the toolbar and drop it.  Click Done.
    custom toolbar
  5. Click Advanced and wait for it to stop searching.
    advanced print menu

  6. 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...



  7. 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.
  8. Click Add.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.”



  11. For each additional printer you want to add from the list below, repeat steps 5 through 9. We recommend adding the two B&W laser printers plus at least two color.
Slocum Hall
Printer nameModelInstalled Options

Type

ARCH-Bowser3HP LaserJet M806Duplex UnitB&W laser
ARCH-Bowser4HP LaserJet M806Duplex UnitB&W laser
ARCH-Koopa3-PostscriptHP Color LaserJet M855xhTray 3, DuplexColor laser
ARCH-Koopa4-PostscriptHP Color LaserJet M855xhTray 3, DuplexColor laser
ARCH-Luma-Postscript**Oce Plotwave 360**Roll 2B&W large format laser
ARCH-Peach-PostscriptHP DesignJet T7200ps
Color large format inkjet
ARCH-Pichu-PostscriptHP DesignJet T7200ps
Color large format inkjet
ARCH-Pichu2-PostscriptHP DesignJet T7200ps
Color large format inkjet
ARCH-Pichu3-PostscriptHP DesignJet T7200ps
Color large format inkjet
ARCH-Yoshi2-Postscript***HP DesignJet T1700ps***
Color large format inkjet

Smith 336 Studio

Printer nameModelInstalled Options

Type

ARCH-Smith-ColorHP Color LaserJet cp5520Duplex UnitColor laser

NYC Printers

Printer nameModelInstalled Options

Type

ARCH-Bart2-PostscriptHP Color LaserJet cp6015xTray 3, DuplexColor laser
ARCH-Homer2-PostscriptHP DesignJet T1500 - Postscript
Color large format inkjet
ARCH-Lisa2-PostscriptHP DesignJet T1700ps***
Color large format inkjet
ARCH-MaggieHP LaserJet M725Tray 4, Tray 5, DuplexB&W laser

** Luma requires additional steps. Before doing this, you must download the Luma driver HERE. Save the file to your desktop.

On your Mac:

  1. Click Go on the top menu bar and select Go to Folder...
  2. Paste in /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/
  3. Click Go
  4. Move the oce-plotwave-360-mac-ppd-driver.ppd.gz file to the Resources folder (you will need to provide admin password)
  5. Choose Select Software...



  6. Search for oce and select the Oce PLOTWAVE360 PS



  7. Click OK and Add


*** Yoshi2 and Lisa2 require a special print driver. Prior to adding Yoshi2 or Lisa2, download the driver HP DesignJet T1700 macOS driver and install it. Then go back and add Yoshi2 or Lisa2, and the T1700 model should appear on the list.

How to release your print job

  1. Send your print like normal.

  2. After your job finishes spooling, release your print using the PaperCut web page in the next step.

  3. Open up a web browser and go to https://arch-print.syr.edu and login with your NetID credentials.

  4. After logging in, release your job from the Jobs Pending Release screen. You can select {print} or Release All.