Installing u:print on macOS
Note
If you change your u:account password after installing u:print, you must also update it in the Keychain Access programme for the server uprint.univie.ac.at.
If you originally entered your u:account UserID incorrectly, you must remove the entire entry for uprint.univie.ac.at from Keychain Access and re-enter it. Then restart your device. When using the printer, you will need to re-enter your details. When entering your user name, please note the correct spelling with a preceding u\.
Installing u:print
- Click on the Apple logo, System Settings... or the gear icon on the desktop – Printers & Scanners – Add Printer, Scanner or Fax... – Right-click on the empty white area in the toolbar – Customise toolbar... – Drag the gear icon Advanced into the toolbar – Done – Click on the gear icon – Type: Windows printer via spoolss, URL:
smb://uprint.univie.ac.at/FollowMe?encryption=no(for students) orsmb://uprint.univie.ac.at/staff?encryption=no(for employees) - PPD Canon printer driver – Open the file by double-clicking on it
- In the drop-down menu Use: select the entry Other... – in the left sidebar in the section Locations, select the file mac-ppd-v465-DE-18.dmg – select the folder iR-ADV C5535_5540 – select the file CNADVC5535X1. PPD.gz – Open – Add – OK
- Select the u:print entry in the printer list – Open Print Queue... – Click on Printer in the menu bar – Print Test Page – Name: u\u:account UserID, Password: u:account password – (Optional: activate the checkbox Remember this password in my keychain) – OK
1. Adding printer
- Open system settings by
- clicking on the Apple logo in the top left corner of the menu bar and selecting System Settings...
- or by clicking on the gear icon ⚙ at the bottom of your desktop.
- Click on the Printers & Scanners entry.
- Click on the Add Printer, Scanner or Fax... button to add a new printer.
2. Downloading printer driver
- Download the PPD Canon printer driver. If necessary, scroll down on the Canon website until the PPD driver is listed.
- After downloading, open the downloaded file in the Finder by double-clicking on the file.
- You will be asked for the name and password for the printer. Enter your u:account access data:
- Name: The UserID of your u:account in the form u\u:account UserID (example: u\doejamie99)
- Password: Your u:account password
- As needed, activate the checkbox Remember this password in my keychain so that your login details are automatically entered the next time you use the printer.
- Confirm with OK.
Note
By default, all print jobs – even if they are only black and white – are sent to the u:print device as colour prints. Therefore, when printing black-and-white documents, please refer to the following section of the instructions: Creating default settings for colour and black-and-white printing.
Creating default settings for colour and black-and-white printing
- Open a programme that uses the standard macOS print dialogue (such as Safari) – click on File in the menu bar, select Print, or press the cmd + P keys simultaneously.
- Select uprint.univie.ac.at from the Printer drop-down menu – click on Printer Options in the Options section – select Farbe from the Feature Sets: drop-down menu – select Schwarzweiß or Farbe from the Farbmodus: drop-down menu
- In the Preferences drop-down menu, select Save Current Settings as Preset... to save the setting – name the default setting u:print black and white or u:print colour – OK