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This document describes how to set up LPD printing under Mac OS X 10.4, so that you can print to printers within your own building and to printers connected to MITnet at other campus locations. These instructions assume the printer has been set up on MITnet.

LPD/IP printing is the recommended method for printers on MITnet. To print only within your building, you may also try AppleTalk. For instructions on setting up AppleTalk printing, in the Macintosh Finder Help menu, open Mac Help and search for Connecting to a network printer.

Set up LPD

Set up LPD printing as described below. You first need to determine the hostname of the printer, where you can get two related settings for the printer and its companion print server.

1. Get the hostname and the print server name of the printer you wish to print to. For instructions on how to do this, see: Mac OS X: Print Server Information
2. Launch the Printer Setup Utility, located in the /Applications/Utilities directory.
3. If you have no printers set up, you will be prompted to add a printer.
   
   
4. Click the Add button.
   Result: The Printer Browser window appears.
   
   
5. In the Printer Browser window, if not already selected, click the IP Printer button.
6. In the Protocol field, if not selected by default, select Line Printer Daemon - LPD from the drop-down menu.
7. In the Address field, type the Spool host name of the printer from the Print Server Information (step #1, above).
   Result: The Printer Browser will indicate that it is verifying the address. If the printer is found, the Browser will state "Valid and complete address."
8. In the Queue field, type the Remote Printer Name from the Print Server Information.
9. Select the maker of the printer from the Printer Using drop-down menu, then select the printer Model from the scroll-down list.
   Result: The completed Printer Browser window will look similar to the following.
   
   
10. Click Add.
11. After clicking Add in step #10, a window of Installable Options for the specified printer may be displayed. Check these as appropriate for the printer, especially if it will print Duplex, then click Continue.
    
    
    
    Result: The printer, under it's Spool host name, will be added to the Printer List in the Print & Fax window.
    
    
12. You may add other printers by clicking the Add icon in the Printer List window, or quit the Print Setup Utility.

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