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Only two printers/print queues are installed on BSG Orchard Macs: '''BSG Follow Me Colour''' and '''BSG Follow Me Mono'''. Only two printers/print queues are installed on BSG Macs: '''BSG Follow Me Colour''' and '''BSG Follow Me Mono'''.

Overview

For more general information of Follow Me printing, see Follow Me printing.

Please note, this guide is for unmanaged Mac OS X computers where you have local administrative rights. If you are using a managed Mac OS X computer please see OS X Printing, if you are using an unmanaged Mac computer and don't have administrative rights please see Web Printing.

Only two printers/print queues are installed on BSG Macs: BSG Follow Me Colour and BSG Follow Me Mono.

Installing the Printer Queues

Start by downloading the Ricoh 5503 printer driver from http://support.ricoh.com/bb/html/dr_ut_e/re/model/mpc4503/mpc4503en.htm, mount the downloaded disk image and install the Ricoh printer driver package.

Open System Preferences and select Printers & Scanners.

Click the lock icon and enter your username and password.

Select the + under the Printers list, a new dialogue window will appear.

Right Click on the toolbar and select Customise Toolbar... Drag the Advanced icon to toolbar.

Click the Advanced icon, set Type to Windows printer via spoolss

Add the BSG Follow Me Mono URL:

* smb://bsg-prt01.bsg.ox.ac.uk/Follow-Me-Mono

Add the Name: * BSG - Follow Me Colour

Add the Location: * BSG ROQ Building (virtual queue)

Click Use and Select Software... and Select *Ricoh MP C5503 PS

Click OK

Then repeat the process to add the BSG Follow Me Colour Queue:

  • smb://bsg-prt01.bsg.ox.ac.uk/Follow-Me-Colour

Then, change default settings for each new print queue, by selecting the queue in Printers then click Options & Supplies

Select Options and select the following

  • Option Tray: Lower Paper Trays
  • Finisher SR3150

Then, open a print dialog and click Copies & Pages and select Printer Features from the drop down list.

Under the General 1 Feature set, select the following:

  • Fit to Paper: Nearest Size and Scale - this means A3 jobs released to an A4-only printer will come out shrunk to fit on A4 paper.
  • Color Mode: Color / Black and white (as per name)

Then from the drop down list move from Printer Features to Layout.

  • Two Sided: Long-Edge Binding