Students and Employees - Add printer on Mac

Owned by Tevin Jones
Last updated: Aug 12, 2024 by Justin Fleming
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Directions for Mac users to connect to network printers at NCSSM, exclusively for students and staff on eduroam.

Please use the following directions to connect to a network printer from a Mac. These instructions just apply to students or to employees who are connected to the NCSSM network via eduroam.

Note: there are separate instructions to connect to the copiers. These instructions are just for the printers.

Instructions

  1. Open System Settings from the Apple menu or the Dock.

  2. Select Printers & Scanners.

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  1. Click Add Printer, Scanner, or Fax….

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  1. In the list of printers, Make sure that the Use: dropdown lists Secure AirPrint. Click Add.

    1. Durham Students choose Dur-copier-queue

    2. Durham Employees install the PaperCut Deployment Tool found at: pc-print-deploy-client[papercut.ncssm.edu].dmg

    3. Morganton Students choose Copier_Queue

    4. Morganton Staff choose Copier_Queue and the printer(s) in your office.

  2. When you first attempt to print to the added printer, you will be prompted to authenticate. Please do so with your NCSSM email address and password (make sure your password is correct). To save this setting for future prints, make sure the Remember this password in my keychain section has a check.


If you follow these instructions and still cannot connect, please contact ITS.