Install Printer on Mac

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INSTALL PRINTER ON MAC

Download a Printer Driver Installation Package

Alt 1: Install a Printer via Bonjour

Alt 2: Install a Printer using its IP Number

Configuring an Installed Printer Driver after Printer Installation

When you install a printer, anywhere, you need to make sure of two things:

The printer driver software for your printer must be installed on your computer

The printer configuration must have been added to the list of printers accessible from your computer

Printer drivers for most modern printer brands, including the models we have at Nordita, are usually shipped with newer versions of MacOS X, so most likely

you will only have to do the second step, install the printer definition on your computer, to get going. Below you find instructions on how to download printer

drivers from the net.

A printer can be made accessible over a network to a user with a Mac computer in a variety of ways. The Nordita printers are accessible via both Bonjour (only

locally at Nordita) and TCP/IP, and the procedures for installing a printer is only slightly different for the two choices. You should try t o follow the Bonjour instructions below first, and if that doesn't work, try the IP option.

DOWNLOAD A PRINTER DRIVER INSTALLATION PACKAGE

The printer drivers needed for the printers we have at Nordita are installed in the newer versions of the operating systems (MacOS X, Linux, Windows). Only if

you have an older OS you will need to download and install the driver.

If you are uncertain if you have the necessary driver installed, you can j ust follow the installation instructions below, step by step. You will then know that you

need to obtain the driver if neither the automatic driver search described in the sections on installation via Bonjour andTCP/IP, nor the manual driver search

described in the section on how to selecting a driver gave a result. In that case, install the printer with a generic driver, as described, and then afterwards

download and install the correct driver.

This is what you should expect, for different versions of MacOS X. (If you are uncertain which version of MacOS X is installed on your computer, check by

selecting the option "About This Mac" from the Apple menu.)

HP Color LaserJetCP3525dn

HP Color LaserJetM551dn

Xerox Phaser 8560mfp

MacOS X 10.5 Download HPColor LaserJetCP3525 Mac OS XInstaller

Download HPLaserJet Enterprise500 color M551Printer SeriesSoftware

Download Print andScan Driver Installer

MacOS X 10.6 Driver included inOS

Download HPLaserJet Enterprise500 color M551Printer SeriesSoftware

Download Print andScan Driver Installer

MacOS X 10.7 Driver included in Driver included in Download Print and

http://www.nordita.org/guests/during/workplace/computing_help/printing_help/install_mac/index.php#download


http://www.nordita.org/guests/during/workplace/computing_help/printing_help/install_mac/index.php#bonjour


http://www.nordita.org/guests/during/workplace/computing_help/printing_help/install_mac/index.php#ip


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OS OS Scan Driver Installer

Download the driver installation package (a DMG file) from the link i ndicated in the table above

Double-click the downloaded DMG file to mount the installation program volume

Run the installation program

Continue with installing the printer on your computer as described below.

ALT 1: INSTALL A PRINTER VIA BONJOUR

This installation alternative assumes that you are connected to a Nordita or AlbaNova network , either via a cable or wireless.

The images in the descriptions below are taken from MacOS X 10.6 for an installation of the Nordita HP Color LaserJet CP3525 printer. If you have a different version

of the operating system or want to install another printer at Nordita, the details in the procedure may vary.

First open the "System Preferences" panel, for instance by choosing that option from the Apple menu in

the top left corner of your screen:

Select the "Print & Fax" icon:

A new dialog window "Print & Fax" opens. First check that the yellow padlock icon in the bottom of the

window is open, otherwise click that icon and enter the administrator password.






To add a new printer to the list, click the plus sign at the bottom of the list of already installed printers:

A new dialog window "Add Printer" should open. Select the leftmost icon in the top row, called "Default".

This is for selecting printers available via Bonjour:



Scrolling down the list of printers you should get to a group of printer with names starting with "Nordita".

Single-click on the printer you want to install. The selected printer responds after a few seconds, and its

name and printer driver name should appear in the form fields below the list:

If the "Print Using" field says "Generic Postscript Printer", the installation program cannot immediately

find the appropriate driver for the printer you have selected. Most likely this is because the driver i s not

installed. You should keep the generic driver for the time being, and just continue the installation

instructions below. After the installation is finished, you might want to:

1. Check and see if printing works anyhow, also with the generic driver (usually it does, but

double-sided printing might not work)

2. If you want to activate the correct driver, first check if the driver might be installed on your

computer by manually selecting the printer (see instructions at the end of this page)

3. if you cannot find the necessary driver, you need to download and run the driver installation

package from the printer manufacturer homepage (see instructions at the end of this page)













Confirm with the [Add] button.

[For some drivers, a new dialog window "Installable Options" appears. If the dri ver is such that there is a

Duplex option shown here, make sure is s elected, since all Nordita printers provide this functionality,

double-sided printing. Confirm with the [Continue] button.]

The printer should now be added to the li st in the "Print & Fax" window. Make sure that the printer is NOT

shared! The paper size used in the Nordita printers i s "A4".



If you want to change the name of this printer, as shown in the Print menus in applications, click

the [Options & Supplies] button. In the new dialog window, change the text i n the "Name" field, and then

confirm with [OK].



You can now close the System Preferences window.

When printing from an application, just select the Nordita printer in the usual way. Remember that the printers can print double-sided.

ALT 2: INSTALL A PRINTER USING ITS IP NUMBER

If the IP number of the printer you want to install starts with "192" (see the printing help page), you must be connected to a Nordita or AlbaNova network

when installing or using the printer. Printers with IP numbers starting with "13 0" can be installed from any network.

The images in the instructions below are taken from an installation of the Xerox Phaser 8530MFP printer at Nordita on a computer with MacOS X 10.6. Again the

details in the procedure may vary between the instructions below and the system dialog windows on your computer, depending on the operating system version or

the printer you want to install.

The installation proceeds just as for installing a Bonjour printer, see above, until you reach the "Add

Printer" dialog window. Now select the icon "IP" at the top. Select the protocol "Line Printer Deamon -

LPD", and in the "Address" field enter either the IP number or domain name of the printer you want to

install:

After some time the printer will respond, and its name and printer driver name should appear in the form

fields below the list. If everythink seems OK, confirm with the [Add] button.

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[As before, if only a "Generic Postscript Driver" is listed, you need to select the appropriate driver for the

printer manually, as described above, and if that driver is not installed on your computer you should abort

this installation and run the printer driver installation package instead.]

Now the new printer should appear in the list of installed printer, as well as the printer lists in the Print

command of applications. Remember to select "A4" as the paper size for this printer.

As before you can change the name of the printer in these lists by clicking t he [Options & Supplies] button

and edit the "Name" field:



CONFIGURING AN INSTALLED PRINTER DRIVER AFTER PRINTER INSTALLATION

Say that you have installed a printer on your computer, but the installer could not find the appropriate printer driver. After opening the "System Preferences"

panel, then selecting the "Print & Fax" icon, and finally single -clicking on the printer in your list of installed printers, you would then see "Generic Postscript

Printer" in the field "Kind" to the right of the window. Now do the following:

Click on the button [Options & Supplies], then select the top-menu item [Driver]:



Click on the drop-down menu "Generic Postscript Printer" and select the option "Select Printer Software":

A new dialogue window "Printer Software" opens, with a search box in the top right corner. Type in somereasonably unique part of the model name of the pri nter in the search box, and see if any relevant drivers

are listed in the window. If so, mark the desired driver and confirm with [OK]:



Now you should be back in the "Driver" dialogue, with the driver name correctly listed. Depending on the

model of your printer, there might also b e shown various configuration options here, and if so make sure

you have "Duplex" (double-sided printing) selected. In either case, confirm with [OK].

Check that the driver is correctly listed in the "Print & Fax" dialogue, and then close the system preference

panels. Check that you can print double-sided.



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