How to Print from Your Laptop Using Library Printers (For Apple/Mac)
Step 1: Readying your Laptop
You must be connected to the UIUC wireless network through CITES (for example: UIUCnet)
- Click the Apple logo (in the top left corner of your screen) and choose System Preferences
- Under Hardware click on Print & Fax (In Lion OS X its Print & Scan)
- A window entitled Print & Fax pops up. Click the + button
- Click IP at the top of the Add Printer window
- Under Protocol choose Line Printer Daemon – LPD
- Under Address type printing1.library.uiuc.edu
- Under Queue type received
- Under Name you may give the Library Printer any name you find helpful (example: Communications)
- Click Add
- A window will appear entitled Installable Options, click Continue
- You will now have a Library Printer saved and available to use in the Library
For more information: http://www.library.illinois.edu/it/helpdesk/libprint/laptop/mac.html
Step 2: How to Print
- Select Print as you would normally
- Under Printer Name select the name of the Library Printer
- You will need to go to the Web Release Station page:
https://www-s2.library.uiuc.edu/wrs (You may want to Bookmark this for future use)
- On the Web Release Station page, select how you want to pay for your printouts, then click Continue
- Login when prompted
- Once logged in, you will see a window showing your print jobs
- Select a printer using the options available in the drop down list under Printer Location (example: Communications)
- Review your print job before clicking Print Me
- Once you are finished printing, click Sign Out
- Your printouts will be available at the chosen printer
*Color printing is not currently available in the Communications Library; it is available in the Main Library, Undergraduate Library, Grainger Library, or the ICL lab in the Education building*
