Mac Printing

Reviewed by Wayne Greene 6/29/2012

All Macintosh computers and printers in Sitterson are on the department's network.  This allows printing from any Macintosh to any printer.

Some printers are located in private offices.  Please do not print to a printer that is not in a public location.   See here for a list of printers.

To print a document from a Macintosh, you must select the printer you wish to use and instruct the application to print your document.

Printing via the UNIX print server (recommended)

1. Select File, Print from the application's main menu, or use command-P to open the Print dialog box. You will see a list of configured printers in the popup menu for the printers.
2. If you don't see the printer you want in the list, open the System Preferences, Print and Fax (10.5) or in earlier versions of the OS, use the Printer Utility application and click on Add (10.4 and earlier).
3. In the dialog box to add a printer, select IP, and then select Line Printer Daemon - LPD.

-For the address, use unix-print.cs.unc.edu.
-For the queue, use the name of the printer.  See the list of printer locations for details.
-For the name, use whatever you wish, but change it to something meaningful, because by default OSX will use to the print server name.
-Choose the printer driver for the printer model you are using (listed here).

Printing via the Windows print server

1. Select File, Print from the application's main menu, or use command-P to open the Print dialog box.  You will see a list of configured printers in the popup menu for the printers.
2. If you don't see the printer you want in the list, open the System Preferences, Print and Fax (10.5) and click on the plus button below the list of printers.  In earlier versions of the OS, use the Printer Utility application and click on Add (10.4 and earlier).
3. In the Printer Browser, select Windows in the upper menu and Network Neighborhood in the lower menu.
4. The print server is a member of the UNC-Compsci workgroup.  Find that in the list and double-click it.  The print server is named winprint.  Double click on that item, and you'll be prompted your windows ID and password.
5. Then select the printer you'd like to use, and designate the proper printer model manually. We have a list of public printers listed here.

Printing directly via IP from OS X

1. Select File, Print from the application's main menu, or use command-P to open the Print dialog box.  You will see a list of configured printers in the popup menu for the printers.
2. If you don't see the printer you want in the list, open the Printer Utility application and click on Add.
3. Select IP Printer tab.  Then select Line Printer Daemon-LPD, and check the Use Default Queue box.
4. Then select the model of printer from the list. Use generic if you don't find the appropriate model (listed here)

Please refill printer paper trays after long print jobs.  If a printer needs toner, send email to help@cs.unc.edu to have the cartridge properly installed.  Please use another printer rather than install the cartridge yourself.