Installing

  1. System Preferences
    1. Printers & Scanners
    2. Click the "plus" under the list of Printers to add a printer
    3. Right click the top portion of the "Add" window and choose "Customize Toolbar"
    4. Drag "Advanced" from the dropdown window into the toolbar area (where you right-clicked) of the "Add" window
    5. Click "Done"
    6. Now click "Advanced" in your toolbar.
    7. The window will spin for a moment searching for printers.
    8. For "Type" choose "Windows printer via spoolss"
    9. For "Device" choose "Another device"

    10. For URL, use the UNIX URIs below:

      Printer Name
      UNIX SMB URI
      Accessible by
      Cad Roomsmb://rs-cnf-wp1.cnf.cornell.edu/CNF_Phillips_CAD_Color_LaserjetCNF Users & Staff
      Toggingsmb://rs-cnf-wp1.cnf.cornell.edu/CNF_Duffield_Togging_Color_LaserjetCNF Users & Staff
      Visitor Officesmb://rs-cnf-wp1.cnf.cornell.edu/CNF_Duffield_Grad_Ofc_Color_LaserjetStaff & Users with Visitor Office Access
      Konicasmb://rs-cnf-wp1.cnf.cornell.edu/CNF_Duffield_Copier_ColorCNF Staff Only
      Office 250smb://rs-cnf-wp1.cnf.cornell.edu/CNF_Duffield_250_Color_LaserjetCNF Users during normal CNF office business hours (CNF Staff anytime)
      Office 262smb://rs-cnf-wp1.cnf.cornell.edu/CNF_Duffield_262_Color_LaserjetCNF Staff Only
    11. Type in a "Name" that makes more sense than one is auto filled
    12. In the "Use" window, choose "Select Software"
      1. If the printer model does not appear in the "Printer Software" window
        1. click "Cancel"
        2. Download and install the driver from the printer manufacturer website
        3. Now re-try "Select Software"
        4. If the printer model still does not appear, cancel the setup and start over.
    13. Click "Add"
    14. Select any options included in the Printer
    15. Click "OK"
  2. The printer is successfully added.

Printing

If prompted for your username when printing, format your NetID/GuestID as follows: cornell\<GuestID> OR cornell\<NetID>

  • That's the lowercase word "cornell" followed by a backslash followed by your NetID or GuestID.
  • You may not be promted until you first open the print queue and click the 'Refresh' button

"Hold for Authentication" Printing Problem

If your job is not printing and the print queue is showing a status of "Hold for Authentication",

  1. Click the 'refresh button' on the right end of the print job (in the graphic below, you see a print job called 'test', then the 'X' cancel button, then the refresh button)
  2. You will then be prompted for your CNF username and password.


Incorrectly Saved Username and Password in Keychain

  1. Open the "Keychain Access" program in Applications - Utilities
  2. In the top left pane, select the "Login" keychain (this should be the default)
  3. In the bottom left pane, select "All Items" or "Passwords"
  4. In the search box on the top right, search for the name of the printer (eg cnf-prnt250lj)
  5. Right click or Control-click the item and choose "Delete"
  6. Delete your print job from the print queue
  7. Try printing again. You will be re-prompted for your username and password.
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