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< < | Printing From OS X |
> > | Group Printers: Mac OS X |
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< < | OS X machines use the linux printer server for their printing. Each printer needs to be individually installed on each machine. The procedure is as follows: |
> > | Mac OS X machines print using the Linux CUPS print server. The state of the print queues can be viewed here: |
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- Open the 'Print & Fax' window from the System Preferences. Then select add new printer (the + sign near the bottom left)

- In the 'Add Printer' window select 'Internet Printing Protocol - IPP' for the protocol and fill in ppecups.physics.gla.ac.uk for the Address, /printers/printer name for the Queue and then printer name for the Name. See GroupPrinters for the list of available printers. An example adding the printer ld is shown below:

- A final window will then request if the printer has a duplex unit.

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> > | http://ppecups.physics.gla.ac.uk:631/printers/ |
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> > | Printers can be installed as follows: |
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< < | -- AndrewPickford - 2010-06-02 |
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- Open the
Print & Fax window from System Preferences .
- Select add new printer (the
+ sign towards the bottom left). 
- Configure the new printer:
- Protocol:
Internet Printing Protocol - IPP
- Address:
ppecups.physics.gla.ac.uk
- Queue:
/printers/<PRINTER NAME>
- Name:
<PRINTER NAME> 
- A final window will then let you customise the printer configuration, e.g. by setting whether it has a duplexer installed.
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