Technical Note - Printing From a Mac Laptop

Summary

The CUPS printing system now in use at ECS provides an improved interface to networked systems. This document details the process of adding a printer to a Mac OSX system.

Details

Adding Printers

1. If you are using the VUW wireless network, authenticate to it first.
2. In the Printing Control Panel, click on the "+" to add a printer.
3. In the Protocol field, select IPP
4. In the Address field, type "printers.ecs.vuw.ac.nz"
5. In the Queue field, type "printers/printername", where "printername" is the queue name for the printer, such as "press".
6. Select the printer driver, such as "HP Laserjet 4350"
7. Configure the printer to set up Tray 3 and Duplex printing.

Note:

• More general printing information can be found in the printing tech note.

Printing To Added Printers

• If your ECS username is the same as that on your laptop printing should "just work".
• If your laptop username does not match a valid ECS username, you will need to request a mapping to be set up. Send a message to jobs@ecs.vuw.ac.nz specifying your valid ECS username, and the laptop username that you wish to map to it. We will not map the user "Administrator".

Note:

• ECS usernames are always all lowercase, but laptops often uses usernames which have an initial capital letter. Such a username will not match a similar ECS username.