You may think that the question that you have in front of you is "Will I or won't I lose my ability to print once Appletalk is turned off?" The answer? "It doesn't matter. You're switching to IP printing anyway."
Now, don't panic. It's fairly painless. To complete this process, you're going to need to know three things:
A Post-It® note upon which is written your departmental IT Person's name and phone number (just in case).
What System are You Using?
Step 1: Determine your Mac's operating system.
This is a fairly simple task. Look up into the left hand corner of your Mac's screen. There should be a little apple icon there. Is the apple blue? Go here. Is the apple striped like a rainbow? Go here.
Determining what Version of OS X You are Using
When you click on the blue apple menu, the first item on the menu should be "About this Mac."
When you select "About this Mac" it should open a window that looks like this:
The bit inside the blue circle is what we are looking for. Does your Mac say 10.2.x? Go here. Does your Mac say 10.3.x? Go here. Does your Mac say 10.4.x? Go here.
IP Printing Under OS 10.2.x
Your first task for implementing IP printing is to locate the Print Center Application. Under OS X, the Print Center is located in the following directory: Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities/Print Center.
When you double-click the Print Center Application Icon, you will be confronted with the Printer List. The printers that you are currently using will be on this list, but you are probably using Appletalk to print to them, so this does you no good. Click the "Add" button.
When you click the Add button, this menu will open up.
Click the drop-down arrows to the right of the word AppleTalk and you will come to this menu. Select "IP Printing."
This will bring you to a blank menu where you will enter the IP address of your printer.
This is where you need to know the IP address of the printer to which you wish to print. There are several ways to find this information. The easiest it to buttonhole your departmental IT guy and say "What's the IP address of that printer?" You may also go to the printer and find the button combination that causes the printer to print its configuration page. This page will be covered with information, including something that looks like "IP Address = 128.192.x.x". In our example, I have entered the IP address of the printer down the hall here. DO NOT use these numbers, unless you want me reading what you print. (Cuz I will!) Once you know this information, enter it into the field marked "Printer Address."
After you enter the IP address, you will want to select the manufacturer of the printer. Examples would be HP, Apple, Epson, etc. Drop this menu down and select the correct model. My printer is an HP.
This will open another menu underneath that where you will select the specific model of the printer to which you will be printing. This information will be stenciled on the outside of the printer. If you have been printing to this printer using Appletalk, the drivers that you need will be loaded to your machine, and the printer will be on this list. If the printer's model is not on this list, you might want to stroll down the hall and doublecheck the model number. Go ahead, I'll wait.
See? I told ya. Select the model of the printer here:
After you select the model, click "Add" and there will be a brief pause while the machine thinks about it. Then this menu will close and you will see your printer list again, only now it will have an IP address added to it. Highlight the new IP address and then click the "Make Default" button above and to the left.
Hey, you're done. Print a test page. If it doesn't work, you might want to pull out that Post-It® note with your departmental IT Person's name on it and see if there's something you've overlooked.
IP Printing Under OS 10.3.x
Your first task for implementing IP printing is to locate the Print Center Application. Under OS X, the Print Center is located in the following directory: Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities/Print Center.
When you double-click the Print Center Application Icon, you will be confronted with the Printer List. The printers that you are currently using will be on this list, but you are probably using Appletalk to print to them, so this does you no good. Click the "Add" button.
When you click the Add button, this menu will open up.
Click the drop-down arrows to the right of the word AppleTalk and you will come to this menu. Select "IP Printing."
This will bring you to a menu where you will enter the protocol you plan to use to print. The default is "Rendezvous." You will probably change it to "Internet Printing Protocol," unless you are printing to a networked HP printer, which is entirely likely at UGA, in which case you will use "Socket/HP JetDirect."
Change to this:
or this:
The next step is where you need to know the IP address of the printer to which you wish to print. There are several ways to find this information. The easiest it to buttonhole your departmental IT guy and say "What's the IP address of that printer?" You may also go to the printer and find the button combination that causes the printer to print its configuration page. This page will be covered with information, including something that looks like "IP Address = 128.192.x.x". In our example, I have entered the IP address of the printer down the hall here. DO NOT use these numbers, unless you want me reading what you print. (Cuz I will!) Once you know this information, enter it into the field marked "Address."
In the "Printer Model" menu, select the manufacturer of the printer to which you will be printing.
Once you select the manufacturer, a menu will drop down where you will select your specific model printer. You can find this this information by checking the outside of the printer, because it will be stenciled somewhere on the outside of the case. (If you have been printing to this printer using Appletalk, the drivers that you need will be loaded to your machine, and the printer will be on this list. If the printer's model is not on this list, you might want to stroll down the hall and doublecheck the model number. Go ahead, I'll wait.)
See? I told ya. Select the model of the printer here:
After you select the model, click "Add" and there will be a brief pause while the machine thinks about it. Then this menu will close and you will see your printer list again, only now it will have an IP address added to it. Highlight the new IP address and then click the "Make Default" button above and to the left.
Hey, you're done. Print a test page. If it doesn't work, you might want to pull out that Post-It® note with your departmental IT Person's name on it and see if there's something you've overlooked.
IP Printing Under OS 10.4.x
Your first task for implementing IP printing is to locate the Print Center Application. Under OS X, the Print Center is located in the following directory: Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities/Print Center.
When you double-click the Print Center Application Icon, you will be confronted with the Printer List. There may be printers on this list to which you have been printing to using Appletalk. Ignore these and click "Add."
There are two large buttons at the top of the window, one marked "Default Browser," one marked "IP Printer." Because it is the 'default,' the Default Browser button will probably be clicked.
Click the one that says "IP Printer." This will bring you to the IP Printer Menu. By default, this opens with the Protocol as "Line Printer Daemon - LPD." It probably looks like this:
You will change the protocol menu according to what sort of printer you are using. If you are using any printer BESIDES a networked HP printer, change the protocol menu to "Internet Printing Protocol - IPP," like so:
If you are printing to a networked HP printer, change the protocol menu to read "HP Jet Direct - Socket," like so:
The next step is where you need to know the IP address of the printer to which you wish to print. There are several ways to find this information. The easiest it to buttonhole your departmental IT guy and say "What's the IP address of that printer?" You may also go to the printer and find the button combination that causes the printer to print its configuration page. This page will be covered with information, including something that looks like "IP Address = 128.192.x.x". In our example, I have entered the IP address of the printer down the hall here. DO NOT use these numbers, unless you want me reading what you print. (Cuz I will!) Once you know this information, enter it into the field marked "Address."
A new feature of Tiger is that it will automatically query the IP address you enter, and if there is a printer there, it will fill in all of the information and drivers of the machine. So, if you have entered all of the info correctly, it should automatically fill in the fields below.
For printers using IPP, this looks like this:
For printers using HP Jet Direct, this looks like this:
Clicking the "Add" button causes your Mac to query the printer to see what Installable options are installed at the printer end. It will offer you a dialogue box asking you to confirm this information. If there is anything here that you are not sure about, it may be wise to contact the person on that Post-It® note and make sure that this looks right.
If this information is correct, click "Continue," which will return you to the Printer List, only now it will have an IP address on it. If the IP address isn't already in bold type, click it once, then click the "Make Default" button in the upper left-hand corner.
Hey, you're done. Print a test page. If it doesn't work, you might want to pull out that Post-It® note with your departmental IT Person's name on it and see if there's something you've overlooked.
IP Printing Under Classic Mac OS
Your first task to set up IP printing under the Classic OS is to find the Desktop Printer Utility. Using Sherlock (⌘ - f), search for the Desktop Printer Utility. It should be here: MacintoshHD/Applications (OS 9)/Utilities/Desktop Printer Utility.
Double-click the Desktop Printer Utility and use LaserWriter 8 (This is Apple's software for printing to Laser Printers), then select Printer (LPR). Click "OK."
This will open a control panel that allows you to select drivers and the location of the printer.
Under "PostScriptª Printer Description (PPD) File" click the "Change" button, which will open a list of printer description files. Select the model of your printer and click "Select."
Once you have selected your printer's model, the upper half of the window will change, and you will see a small icon that looks like the printer you will be using.
Click the "Change" button next to "LPR Printer Selection." This will open a small window where you will enter your printer's IP address or DNS address.
Your printer will either have an IP address like the one I used: 128.192.x.x, or it will have a DNS address: XXX.XXX.uga.edu. I had the option here of using "csa.ucns.uga.edu," but I used the IP address instead. If your department uses print queues you should enter the queue name here. Click "OK."
Once you have entered the address of your printer, click the little "Verify" button down on the left hand side of this window. This will check and see if you can print to the IP address or DNS address that you entered. Once it's verified, click "OK."
This will bring you back to the main Desktop Printer Utility window again. Click the "Create" button down on the right hand side.
You will then be offered the opportunity to name the printer and save it to the desktop. I suggest calling it by its DNS name or IP address, since you may end up printing to multiple printers and want to keep it straight from the rest. (Naming it "printer" might not be such a good idea.)
Click "Save" and you're done. Print a test page using SimpleText to make sure that it worked. If not, you may need to contact your Departmental IT person to find out what the error might be.
