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Set up Printing on a Mac

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When you use server printing, you bypass papercut and whatever you print will immediately come out of the printer you send it to. In most cases, we recommend using papercut instead - this is more secure, fault-tolerant, and sustainable.

Set up server printing on a mac

Make sure you're connected to EDUROAM or an Ethernet cable/your dock on campus before proceeding with this setup. 

Screengrab of macOS Apple menu with System Settings selected

screen grab of macOS system settings window with printers and scanners circled on the bottom left

Screen grab of macOS printers pane with the add printer, scanner, or fax butotn

Screen grab of macOS advanced add printer dialog box

Select the "Advanced" tab (if you don't see advanced, then right click a blank space in the "tab area" and select "customize toolbar"; 

you may need to right-click one of the existing icons to see the "customize toolbar" menu item)

  • Select the type as "Internet Printing Protocol (ipps)" 
  • Enter the URL as
    ipps://supernode-02:443/printers/<PRINTER_NAME>/.printer
    • *Replace <PRINTER_NAME> with the printer's shared name (Ex. LIB1-ColorSand); it should look like this:
      • ipps://supernode-02:443/printers/LIB1-ColorSand/.printer
  • Enter the printer's name
  • "Use" should be set to Generic PostScript Printer
  • Click Add

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