Print Wirelessly from Mac

This guide for PharmD student pharmacists describes how to print wirelessly from your personal Mac laptop to printers in the Student Pharmacy Lounge which is located in room S956 of the Medical Sciences Building at UCSF Parnassus campus. (Windows users: see Print Wirelessly from Windows.)

This configuration process installs print management software and printer drivers and adds printer devices to your laptop. You may uninstall the print management software, printer drivers, and printers when you no longer need to print wirelessly to these printers (e.g., after you graduate).

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Our printers
What you need
Install print management software called PaperCut
- Installation
- Manage your PaperCut account
Install drivers to print in black and white
Add black and white printers
Install drivers to print in color
Add the color printer

Our printers

Printer name	Type	Location	Room availability
Rainbow	color	S956 (Student Lounge)	24/7
Zebra	black and white	S956 (Student Lounge)	24/7

What you need

your MyAccess credentials
about 20 to 30 minutes
an internet connection
your computer

Install print management software called PaperCut

Because letting student pharmacists print for free is not financially sustainable, we require that you use software called PaperCut which accurately charges you for printing. (Our prices are lower than those at other campus locations. Also, other campus locations don’t use PaperCut, so you’ll need to set up separate accounts to print there.)

Installation

Perform these steps when you are on campus.
Connect to the UCSFwpa wireless network.
In Finder, press Command+K or select Connect to Server… from the Go menu. The Connect to Server dialog appears.
In the Server Address text box, enter smb://qcoeiswws001.campus.net.ucsf.edu/PCClient/mac

A dialog will appear requesting credentials to connect.
Enter your MyAccess credentials.

A Finder window containing files appears. It may take a few moments for icons to appear.
Find and open client-local-install.
A dialogue will appear asking if you would like to install PCClient into the applications folder, select Yes.
PaperCut will begin to install automatically into your Applications folder. This will take a few moments and unfortunately there is no progress bar. You'll know the software has finished installing when a "P" appears in your toolbar.
Once installed, you can open PaperCut either from the "P" in the toolbar or directly from the PCClient application in your Applications folder. PaperCut will open with a login screen.
Your PaperCut credentials are the same as your MyAccess credentials. Use your MyAccess credentials to log in. Check to save credentials if you wish to skip the login prompt when opening it again.

Manage your PaperCut account

To view your account status or add money, open PaperCut then click UCSF or visit PaperCut on the Web. Login using your MyAccess credentials.

On the website you can add printer funds (in $5 increments) using a credit card, explore past transactions and view current rates.

Install drivers to print in black and white

Download the latest driver software for Dell S5830dn Laser Printer at https://goo.gl/xpDLXe
Once downloaded, double-click to mount the DMG file.
Double-click the package found within.
Follow the onscreen guide to finish installing the driver.
Unmount the DMG installer image when complete.

Add the black and white printer

The following section is involved to install Zebra in the Student Lounge (S956).

After the driver is installed, select System Preferences from the Apple menu. The System Preferences window appears.
Open Printers & Scanners.

The Printers & Scanners window appears.
Near the lower left corner, select the plus sign (+). The Add window appears.
Right-click an empty area next to the toolbar title (Add). A popup menu appears. Select Customize Toolbar…

The customization pane opens.
Drag the Advanced toolbar item into the toolbar then click Done.

The customization pane closes.
Select the Advanced toolbar item, then select Windows printer via spoolss from the Type picklist.
In the URL text box type smb://qcoeiswws001.campus.net.ucsf.edu/zebra
In the Name text box, enter Zebra (B&W)
In the Location text box, enter S956 (Student Lounge
In the Use picklist, choose Select Software…

The Printer Software window appears.
Find and select Dell S5830dn Laser Printer then click OK.
Click Add. The black and white printer has been added.

You may need to restart your computer before printing will work.

Each time before you print, open PaperCut. Printing will not work if PaperCut is not running.

Install drivers to print in color

Visit Downloads for Dell 5130cdn Color Laser Printer.
Select Drivers for OS Deployment. Download information and links appear. Click the Download link.

The file downloads.
Open the downloaded file. A Finder window appears with two folders.
Open the folder called MacOSX10.7-
Double-click the Dell 5130cdn Print Installer.pkg and follow the onscreen directions to complete the installation.

Add the color printer

After the driver is installed, select System Preferences from the Apple menu. The System Preferences window appears.
Open Printers & Scanners.

The Printers & Scanners window appears.
Near the lower left corner, select the plus sign (+). The Add window appears.
Select the Advanced toolbar item. (If you don’t see this, follow steps 9 and 10 in Add black and white printers.
Select Windows printer via spoolss from the Type menu.
For the URL text box type smb://qcoeiswws001.campus.net.ucsf.edu/Rainbow
In the Name text box, enter Rainbow (Color).
In the Location text box, enter S956.
In the Use picklist, choose Select Software…
Find and select Dell 5130cdn Color Laser then click OK.
Click Add. The color printer has been added. You might need to restart your computer before printing will work.

Each time before you print, open PaperCut. Printing will not work if PaperCut is not running.