X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/wiki.git/blobdiff_plain/4b7a5a7ea7c31ec1c7884aea6802a97d8ecbd6cc..e68c6a8be670ae2de7c36c447bc5caba67496d17:/doc/cups-on-mac.mdwn diff --git a/doc/cups-on-mac.mdwn b/doc/cups-on-mac.mdwn index a32addd..d55c290 100644 --- a/doc/cups-on-mac.mdwn +++ b/doc/cups-on-mac.mdwn @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ -cups.mit.edu is a server using the Common Unix Printing System, the +cluster-printers.mit.edu is the MIT-run server for the Common Unix Printing System, the native printing system on Apple and Ubuntu (in fact, Apple bought out -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. +CUPS, Inc. recently...). -To make your Mac (10.5, at least) print to cups.mit.edu, run the +To make your Mac print to cluster-printers.mit.edu, run the following commands at a Terminal: - echo BrowsePoll cups.mit.edu | sudo tee -a /etc/cups/cupsd.conf - sudo SystemStarter restart PrintingServices -You need to do this from an administrator account. Provide your login -password when asked. + echo BrowseProtocols cups | sudo tee -a /etc/cups/cupsd.conf + echo BrowsePoll cluster-printers.mit.edu | sudo tee -a /etc/cups/cupsd.conf + sudo launchctl stop org.cups.cupsd && sudo launchctl start org.cups.cupsd -Then, when you go to a print dialog, "Shared Printers" will pop out and -list all the public cluster and dorm printers at MIT. +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. + +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.