Precondition
Please be aware that you must be on one of the CSLab networks in order to access our printers.
LPD Printing on OSX
The good news is that it is relatively easy to set up a TCP/IP printer on a MAC. In order to do this, you must follow three steps:
- Determine the name of the printer you wish to use
- Ensure that your Mac has a well-formed hostname (This is a real gotcha)
- Configure the printer via Printers & Scanners in System Preferences.
Selecting a Printer
The easiest way to determine the name of the printer you want to use is to walk over and look at it. All the printers we support should have their queue name on a label on the front or top of the printer.
Mac Hostname
Our printer daemon balks when it receives print jobs from machines with malformed hostnames. In the context of our print system, a malformed hostname is any hostname that contains spaces or non-alphanumeric characters. For example, "Bob's Laptop" is malformed, because it contains a space and an apostrophe, while "BobLaptop" is fine. Likewise, a "NULL" name is malformed, whereas "myname" is suitable.
In order to check and change the hostname of your Mac laptop please consult the appropriate section below.
On a Mac OSX:
On toolbar -> Go -> Applications -> System Preferences -> Sharing
Supply a well-formed computer name
Please Note: MAC OSx's tend to set their own computer name in a variation of the form "Bob's Machine". Again, this is not well-formed, and must be changed to "FredsMachine".
Adding a printer
After ensuring that you have the name of the printer you wish to use and that you have a well-formed hostname, go to Printers &Scanners located in System Preferences and proceed as follows.
- In the Printers & Scanners window, click the '+' symbol to add a printer
- In the Add window, Click 'IP' tab
- In the Address column, type in 'lpd.cs.toronto.edu'
- Leave Protocol as 'Line Printer Daemon - LPD'
- In the Queue column, type in name of the printer (lw-nameofprinter ie: lw-ba1234)
- In the Name column, type in name of the printer (lw-nameofprinter ie: lw-ba1234)
- Leave 'Location' column blank
- Leave 'Use' drop down as 'Generic PostScript Printer'
- Click Add
- In the Setting up 'lw-nameofprinter' window, click the box for Duplex Printing. Then click OK
- It will then add the printer to your list of printers
Duplex-Printing in Mac OSX
Follow the instructions for installing a printer above.
Warning! How to enable duplex printing is dependent on the version of OSX you are running and the particular model of the printer. This is a general overview, that should be able to get you started.
In OSX there are two methods of enabling duplex printing. Start up an utility/application that provides printing capabilities (e.g. Firefox, Text Edit, Word:MAC, etc.) From the Copies and Pages [Layout] choices' drop down menus, select two sided. Unfortunately, this does not work with all versions of OSX and sometimes duplex printing will need to be configured from Printers & Scanners in System Preferences.
There is no uniformity as to how to enable the duplex option between different versions of OSX. You need to select the printer and the duplex options (in most cases) will be in 'Options and Supplies' or 'Show Info'. To complicate matters even more, where to enable duplex printing, changes depending on the model of the printer, but should not be too hard to figure out from here. For further help you can contact your Point of Contact (PoC).