Using a Ricoh Printer on a Macintosh: Difference between revisions

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Use these instructions on how to setup a printer on a Macintosh.

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-===Adding the Ricoh Printer to a Mac===
+Use these instructions on how to setup a printer on a Macintosh.
-At the moment, the only Ricoh color printer available is on the fifth floor of Van Vleck. You
-can configure your Macintosh to print to this printer by following the steps below:
-# Log into your Macintosh as a user with administrative priviledges.
-# Download and install the [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~jheim/downloads/r47026L9.dmg Ricoh Aficio C4501 driver].
-# Open a terminal window and type the following commands
-* lpadmin -E -p 5 -v ipp://printserver2.math.wisc.edu:631/printers/5 -P "/Library/Printers/PPDS/Contents/Resources/RICOH Aficio MP C4501"
-* cupsenable 5
-* cupsaccept  5
-===Hints===
+[https://sites.google.com/a/wisc.edu/math-intranet/administrative-resources/computing/printing Setting up printing on your Mac]
-NOTE: if have a personal Macintosh and your local username is different from your username in the Math Department, you can print using a command like this:
-    lp -d P -U <yourusername> file.pdf
-   (where P is the name of the printer (e.g. 5) and <yourusername> is your username.
-    NOTE that you can only print postscript or PDF files)