Installing
Installing
Using PaperCut :
- Install Net-Print software for Mac (IT@Cornell web page)
- When the installer finishes, a text file will open. You can safely ignore the information in this text file and move on to step 2 below.
- Add Macintosh Print Queues for Net-Print (IT@Cornell web page)
- In step 3, for Department, choose RS-CNF .
- In step 4, all CNF printers begin with "cnf".
- You will see multiple "Find-Me" print queues listed at the top and the specific CNF printers listed at the bottom of the departmental list of printers.
Not Using PaperCut :
- System Preferences
- Printers & Scanners
- Click the "plus" under the list of Printers to add a printer
- Right click the top portion of the "Add" window and choose "Customize Toolbar"
- Drag "Advanced" from the dropdown window into the toolbar area (where you right-clicked) of the "Add" window
- Click "Done"
- Now click "Advanced" in your toolbar.
- The window will spin for a moment searching for printers.
- For "Type" choose "Windows printer via spoolss"
- For "Device" choose "Another device"
For URL, use the UNIX URIs below:
| | |
win2.net-printrs-cnf-wp1.cnf.cornell.edu/ |
cnf-cad-1cCNF_Phillips_CAD_Color_Laserjet | CNF Users & Staff |
Togging | smb:// |
win2.net-printrs-cnf-wp1.cnf.cornell.edu/ |
cnf-togging-2cCNF_Duffield_Togging_Color_Laserjet | CNF Users & Staff |
Visitor Office | smb:// |
win2.net-printrs-cnf-wp1.cnf.cornell.edu/ |
cnf-gradofficeCNF_Duffield_Grad_Ofc_Color_Laserjet | Staff & Users with Visitor Office Access |
Konica | smb:// |
win2.net-printrs-cnf-wp1.cnf.cornell.edu/ |
cnf-konica-colorCNF_Duffield_Copier_Color | CNF Staff Only |
LJ4700win2.net-printrs-cnf-wp1.cnf.cornell.edu/ |
cnf-prnt250ljCNF_Duffield_250_Color_Laserjet | CNF Users during normal CNF office business hours (CNF Staff anytime) |
Office 262 | smb:// |
win2.net-printrs-cnf-wp1.cnf.cornell.edu/ |
cnf-prnt262CNF_Duffield_262_Color_Laserjet | CNF Staff Only |
- Type in a "Name" that makes more sense than one is auto filled
- In the "Use" window, choose "Select Software"
- If the printer model does not appear in the "Printer Software" window
- click "Cancel"
- Download and install the driver from the printer manufacturer website
- Now re-try "Select Software"
- If the printer model still does not appear, cancel the setup and start over.
- Click "Add"
- Select any options included in the Printer
- Click "OK"
- The printer is successfully added.
Printing
Follow the instructions on the "Print with Net-Print for Mac" IT@Cornell page.
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", this usually means that you incorrectly entered your username/password and saved that incorrectly entered username/password in the Mac KeyChain.Image Removed,
- 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)
- You will then be prompted for your CNF username and password.
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Incorrectly Saved Username and Password in Keychain
- Open the "Keychain Access" program in Applications - Utilities
- In the top left pane, select the "Login" keychain (this should be the default)
- In the bottom left pane, select "All Items" or "Passwords"
- In the search box on the top right, search for the name of the printer (eg cnf-prnt250lj)
- Right click or Control-click the item and choose "Delete"
- Delete your print job from the print queue
- Try printing again. You will be re-prompted for your username and password.