Adding a Ricoh WCER network printer: Mac

This document will guide you through the steps needed to add a WCER Ricoh floor printer on any Apple Mac computer and also contains a section dedicated to creating printer presets.

Topics

Requirements

  • WCER Network Account
    • Printers within WCER are network resources, requiring active SoE domain credentials in order to use them.
      If you do not have a WCER network account, please coordinate with your supervisor or PI to get one created.
  • Network Connection
    • Ethernet connection from a School of Education office space.
      (Education Building, Teacher Ed Building, Education Sciences Building)
    • Departmental VPN connection via the GlobalProtect VPN client.
      Please click here for help installing and using the GlobalProtect VPN client on your Mac.

  • Project Print Code
    • WCER projects are assigned 4-digit print codes which will enable their members to print to Ricoh floor printers.
      Please contact your supervisor or PI if you have not been provided a project print code.

  • Ricoh Printer Drivers — ONLY needed if installing on a personally-owned Mac

Install a WCER Network Floor Printer

  1. Open System Settings either from the dock, or from the  (Apple) menu, and select the Printers & Scanners from the list of settings.

  2. Select the Printers & Scanners setting from the left side of the window and click on the Add Printer, Scanner or Fax... button.

    System Settings Add Printer



  3. Select the IP globe icon within the Add window that appears and complete the following

    a) Enter the printer's fully qualified domain name within the Address field. In our example, the printer is named Omaha, so we will enter wceromaha.ad.education.wisc.edu

    b) Make sure Line Printer Daemon - LPD is selected from the Protocol drop-down menu.

    c) Edit the entry in the Name field to something easier to read. Again, this would be Omaha in our example.

    d) The Location field is optional, but it may be helpful for you to enter something here.

    e) The Use field automatically populates with the proper Ricoh driver. If it displays Generic Postscript, please verify that the Address field is correct.
       
        Press the Add button.

    Add printer configurations



  4. Click on the new printer under the Printers list to reveal the printer's information window.

    Choose the new printer

    Then click the Options & Supplies... button

    Options and Supplies button



  5. Choose Lower Paper Trays from the Option Tray drop-down menu.

    Choose Installed from the Internal Tray 2 drop-down menu.

    Configure printer options

 The printer is now installed, but print jobs will not make it through until we configure the printer with a 4-digit print code. To do this, proceed to the Create a Printer Preset section of this article.

 

Printer Presets

In order to print to WCER Ricoh floor printers, you need two settings configured:

  • 4-digit project print code
  • Black & White default color mode

On a Mac computer, these settings, among others, are stored in a configuration file called a printer preset. Once a preset is created for a printer, it can be sued for all print jobs on that Mac.

Create a Printer Preset

  1. Open Microsoft Word and open any document, or create a new one and Select Print from the "File" menu.
    Note: You can use just about any Mac application to create a printer preset, but I just prefer using Microsoft Word.


  2. In the Print window that appears, make sure your printer is selected. In our example we will choose "Omaha".

    Make sure you are selecting the printer


  3. Scroll down and select Printer Options to expend the menu. Then click on the information icon associated with Job Log.

    Select "Job Job" under "Printer Options"


  4. In the window that pops up, enter your WCER username within the User ID text field. Click the Enable User Code checkbox and enter your project's 4-digit print code within the User Code text field.
    Click the OK button to confirm.

    Enter username and user code



  5. Select information icon associated with the Printer Features option.

    Select "Printer Features" from the Printer Options




  6. In the window that pops up, select Black and White from the "Color Mode" pull-down menu.
    Click the OK button to confirm.

    Choose "Black & White" from color mode pull-down menu


  7. Select Save Current Settings as Preset..." from the the "Presets" pull-down menu.

    Save Current Settings as Preset



  8. In the resulting window, enter a name for the preset within the "Preset Name" text field. In this example, I chose to name it "Omaha - B&W - 1234" so that if I ever need to print for another project, I won't be confused as to which preset I should use.
    Click the OK button to save.

    Name the preset

A printer preset has now been created for Omaha that can be used for all applications on your computer. You may click either the "Print" or "Cancel" buttons and the preset will remain. 

 

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KeywordsRicoh, Mac, OS X, network, floor, printer, print, code, alma, springfield, queenstown, edo, kitt, minneapolis, omaha, florence, london, ludington   Doc ID85723
OwnerDave P.GroupWCER
Created2018-09-19 11:33:09Updated2024-10-25 11:18:35
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