Installing a Windows-Shared Printer in Macintosh OS X

Overview

This is a generic set of instructions on installing a printer that is configured on our print server for your use on your Apple Mac OS-based computer.

Please note: For this to work, your Macintosh must be joined to the CEDARCREST domain and you must be logged in with a FalconNet username and password to the computer.  If you are not, you will not be able to print via this method.

Use your Mac to print to a printer connected to a Windows computer

  • Click System Settings
  • Click Printers & Scanners
  • Below the list of printers you already have installed, click Add Printer, Scanner, or Fax... 
  • This will bring the "Add Printer" dialog up and you will be on the "Default" button.  Click the Windows button.
  • Next, click CEDARCREST
  • Then, click CCC-PAPERCUT2
  • You should see a number of print queues in the list, select the printer you would like to connect to and click OK.
  • It will prompt you for your user name and password.  Input your FalconNet user id and password in this format: cedarcrest\username (example: cedarcrest\jrsmith) and then click OK.
  • Follow the prompts to complete the installation

Update your printer software if your printer has a printing problem on Mac

Most printers are compatible with macOS. When you add a printer, macOS automatically uses AirPrint to connect to the printer. Check with your printer manufacturer to make sure you have the latest printing software for your printer.

If you can’t use a printer you already added, or you don’t see the options you want in the Print dialog, you can add the printer again with different settings or different printer software.

  1. On your Mac, choose Apple menu 

     > System Settings, then click Printers & Scanners  in the sidebar. (You may have to scroll down.)

     

    The Printers & Scanners dialog showing the Add Printer, Scanner, or Fax button.

  2. Control-click the printer in the list on the right, choose Remove Printer, then click Remove Printer.

  3. Click the Add Printer, Scanner, or Fax button.

    A dialog appears listing any IP, shared, and Open Directory printers on your local network. It may take a minute or two for your printer to appear.

  4. Select your printer when it appears in the list, then do one of the following:

    • Use AirPrint: If you connected an AirPrint-enabled printer using a USB cable, click the Use pop-up menu, then choose AirPrint.

      If AirPrint isn’t in the pop-up menu, your printer doesn’t support it.

    • Use printer software installed on your Mac: Click the Use pop-up menu, then choose Select Software.

    • Use printer software from a file on your Mac: Click the Use pop-up menu, then choose Other. Select the file, then click Add.

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