Figure 1.

The following instruction will show you how to setup print queues on your MacOS X for Computer Science printers. In this example we will setup a printer named: Core3. If you plan to setup another printer, see list of available CS printers for details of your specific printer.

To setup a print queue, follow the steps below:

• Click on the Apple Menu then select System Preferences menu item as seen in Figure 1. to open System Preferences window.

• A window will open. Look in the Hardware section and Click on the Print & Fax icon to open it as shown in Figure 2.

  Figure 2.

• To add a new printer queue, click on the icon at the bottom of the window.  

   

   

• A window as seen in Figure 3 will open. Now, you need to enter specific setttings for Core3 printer as follow:

Figure 3.

1. To set up a remote printer, click on the IP icon at the top bar.

2. Under Protocol, select Line Printer Daemon-LPD. from the menu
3. In the Address field enter printserver.cs.rutgers.edu*
4. In the Queue field enter: core3 for the actual name of the printer
5. In the Name: field, enter core3 (or any other name)
6. Under Print Using: field, Select a driver to use by entering the type of printer you are setting up. In this case we enter: laserjet 9040
7. A list of available drivers for the printer will show. For Core3 printer, select HP LaserJet 9040
8. Click the Add button to complete the Queue creation.
and go the options window.

*Note, all print jobs will print with a header/banner page. If you have private printer, you may NOT want to have header page printed before each job. To turn off header page, enter: printserverh.cs.rutgers.edu in the Address: field instead.

 

Figure 3.

• An option window for your newly created queue will open as seen in Figure 3. Follow the steps below to setup options for your printer.
  1. Click on the Duplex check box to enable double sided printing

  2. Select 384-512MB for Total Printer memory. Core3 has lots of memory so make use of it to speed up your printing.

  3. Set Fit to Page option to Nearest Size and Scale to fit your print job to the available paper in the printer. In the case where you accidently send an A4 papersize PDF file, the printer will automatically resize your print job to Letter size paper installed in our printers.

  4. Click Continue button to finish the printer setup. A dialog box will open asking you to enter your username and password. Enter them to complete this process.

This completes your driver installation for a printer named Core3 and you can now print to the new printer you just setup.

If you have problems or questions, please email help@cs.rutgers.edu.