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Wireless Printing

Wireless Printing

Introduction

Wireless printing from a Mac is easy! There's nothing to download or install - just configure a new printer on your Macintosh and you can send your jobs to the Pharos Pay-for-Print station just as if you were printing from a lab computer!

The information on this page will help you set up Macintosh computer to print to IKON's public pay-for-print printers in the libraries and student computer labs. We also have general information about printing available. We recommend that you read both pages before you print for the first time, especially if you are printing from an Adobe or Macromedia application.

Information required to set up wireless printing from Macs to printers in labs and libraries all over campus is available on IKON's Wireless Print Queues page. Follow the instructions below and simply subsitute the printer address, queue, and model number for your location and desired printer.

If you do not already have a driver installed for the printer model you want to print to, you may be able to use a generic driver or download the correct driver for free from Lexmark or from Canon.

If you are using a PC laptop, you can print directly from your computer after visiting the IKON webpage for instructions on downloading and configuring a software client.

From Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
  • Select System Preferences from the Apple logo in the upper left corner of your screen.
  • Click on the Print & Fax icon to open the preference pane.
  • Click the + button below the printers list to add a printer, then click the IP icon at the top of the pop-up window.
  • From the Protocol menu, select "Line Printer Daemon - LPD"
  • For the Address, Queue, and Print Using fields, use IKON's full list of campus printers.
  • Click the Add button. You may get a window asking you to verify installable options; if so, simply click Continue.
  • If you need to print to more than one printer, you will need to configure each printer individually.

From Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

  • Open the Printer Setup Utility. This is normally located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder on your hard drive.
  • From the Printers menu at the top of the screen, choose Add Printer. You will see a pop-up window.
  • Click on the IP Printer Icon at the top of the window. From the Protocol pull-down menu, select "Line Printer Daemon - LPD."
  • For the Address, Queue, and Print Using fields, use IKON's full list of campus printers.
  • Click the Add button. You may get a window asking you to verify installable options; if so, simply click Continue.
  • If you need to print to more than one printer, you will need to configure each printer individually.
  • See an example here.

From Mac OS X 10.3 Panther:

  • Open the Printer Setup Utility. This is normally located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder on your hard drive.
  • From the Printers menu at the top of the screen, choose Add Printer. You will see a pop-up window.
  • Using the pull-down menus in the window, select IP Printing and LPD/LPR.
  • For the Address, Queue, and Print Using fields, use IKON's full list of campus printers.
  • If you need to print to more than one printer, you will need to configure each printer individually.
  • See an example here.

Publication Date: 01/05/2009
Revision Date: 01/21/2009
Operating Systems: Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Related Documents:

Student Computing Services
Activate Your Macintosh Account
Macintosh Locations
Account Basics
Printing in the Labs

Please contact IT Support if you have any questions or problems while following these instructions. Our contact information and availability are available on the Main Wiki Page.

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