One Minute Guides - Add a College Printer on a Mac
Before adding the printer, connect to the WIFI and have any virus protectors or firewalls turned off .
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One Minute Guides - Add a College Printer on a Mac
Before adding the printer, connect to the WIFI and have any virus protectors or firewalls turned off .
- Click on the Apple menu in the top left corner.
- Click on System Preferences.
- Click on Printers & Scanners.
- Click the ’ + ’ button to add a printer.
- Press the Control key while clicking the ‘Default’ icon, then Choose
- Customize Toolbar from the contextual menu that appears.
- Press the Control key while clicking the ‘Advanced’ icon, then select Add to Toolbar.
- Select the Advanced icon.
- Choose ‘Windows Printer via Spoolss’ from the ‘Type’ pop-up menu.
- In the Device URL field, type the printer’s address in this format:
- smb://ncprint.northern.on.ca/p-lrc-printer1 or
- smb://ncprint.northern.on.ca/p-lrc-printer2
- In the Name field type the name Library Printer 1 or Library Printer 2.
- In the Print Using field select ‘Generic PostScript Printer’
- Click on the Add button to complete the printer installation.
- When you submit your first print job, you’ll be prompted for authentication. Please enter your Blackboard username and password. (Using sigma\ as a prefix before the username)
- Checkmark the box for ‘Remember this password in my keychain’
Connect as:
Name:
Password:
Guest
Registered User
Source: https://www.northerncollege.ca/uploads/2025/09/IT-Guide-Adding-Printers-on-a-Mac.pdf