X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/wiki.git/blobdiff_plain/4b7a5a7ea7c31ec1c7884aea6802a97d8ecbd6cc..b437ed77c57a841c797dfcec1e399fc343461461:/doc/cups-on-mac.mdwn diff --git a/doc/cups-on-mac.mdwn b/doc/cups-on-mac.mdwn index a32addd..f27183c 100644 --- a/doc/cups-on-mac.mdwn +++ b/doc/cups-on-mac.mdwn @@ -4,13 +4,15 @@ CUPS, Inc. recently...). MIT currently uses LPRng, which is an older printing system, but SIPB runs a CUPS server to make it easier to print from Mac OS and Linux. -To make your Mac (10.5, at least) print to cups.mit.edu, run the +To make your Mac print to cups.mit.edu, run the following commands at a Terminal: + + echo BrowseProtocols cups | sudo tee -a /etc/cups/cupsd.conf echo BrowsePoll cups.mit.edu | sudo tee -a /etc/cups/cupsd.conf - sudo SystemStarter restart PrintingServices + sudo launchctl stop org.cups.cupsd && sudo launchctl start org.cups.cupsd + +You need to do this from an administrator account. Provide your login password when asked. -You need to do this from an administrator account. Provide your login -password when asked. +If you're using Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, when you go to a print dialog, "Shared Printers" will pop out and list all the public cluster and dorm printers at MIT. -Then, when you go to a print dialog, "Shared Printers" will pop out and -list all the public cluster and dorm printers at MIT. +If you're using Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, print queues aren't added automatically. If you go to System Preferences, choose Print & Fax, and select the "+" icon to add a new printer, all cluster and dorm printers on campus are listed under the "Default" tab at the top.