Instructions: Installing a printer on a Mac machine

1. Open up "System Preferences" and click "Print & Scan"
   
   
2. Click the "+" sign to add a printer
   
   
3. - Press the "control" button on your keyboard, hold it down and click the "default" icon
   - Select the "Customize Toolbar" option
   
   
4. Drag the "Advanced" icon button to your toolbar and the click "Done"
   
   
5. - Click the "Type" dropdown and select "LPD/LPR Host or Printer"
   - In the "URL" section type "lpd://winprint.dtc.umn.edu/<printername>"
   - In the "Name" section, type the name of the printer so it can display as that printer name when you print
   - When finished, click "Add"
   
   

If you run into any problems, please email dtchelp@umn.edu.

Thank you.

—Systems Staff