[MacTUG] Manually adding a printer to El Capitan

[Donald Duff-McCracken]

Regarding my issues with connecting a printer to El Capitan:

I still cannot connect connect to printer using the Printers&Scanners System Preference (as shown in our printer notes on our website https://uwaterloo.ca/environment-computing/adding-departmental-printers-mac ). However, I have succeeded using LPADMIN in the command line (thanks Keith and Ed for encouraging me to just use this route).

While I have been using the LPADMIN method for years for adding printers for my managed machines (my labs) I have preferred the Sys Prefs route for non managed computers as it an easy way for users to add printers themselves. So I am still curious why I can add a LPD printer via El Capitan and can do so via Yosemite (and everything before this).

If I cannot get this to work I will likely wrap the LPADMIN command in an applescript or a package and have this avail for users to install, but this will be a bit of a pain.

I would be interested in if anyone else out there can add a printer via System Preferences in Yosemite but not in El Capitan?

Minor epiphany: I just realized that I am talking two different protocols. When I add via Sys Prefs I am adding using LPD, and when I am adding via LPADMIN, I am (rather ironically) not using LPD but SMB, as I have been using the following structure:

lpadmin -p ev2-1011-bw2 -v smb://mediaprint2/ev2-1011-bw2 -L “EV2-1011” -D ev2-1011-bw2 -P /Library/Lab/PPDs/mad_bw_xerox -o printer-is-shared=false –E

So this is a bit more of an apples and oranges thing than I realized. I forgot about this till now because like most of you I originally used LPADMIN to install LPR printers. I should try adding a printer via LPADMIN and have it be an LPR printer versus a SMB printer

Comments?


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Donald Duff-McCracken
Technical Services Manager
Mapping, Analysis & Design
Faculty of Environment
University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 x32151
https://uwaterloo.ca/environment-computing/about/people
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From: Keith McGowan
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 3:28 PM
To: Donald Duff-McCracken
Subject: RE: aco copier pkg

Hi Don,

It’s your driver. It’s not supported under el Capitan.

…Keith

From: Donald Duff-McCracken
Sent: March-15-16 3:07 PM
To: Keith McGowan <kmcgowan at uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Re: aco copier pkg

Hey Keith

Thanks BTW! I will try your package

So this is what I am using which usually works…


lpadmin -p ev2-1011-bw2 -v smb://mediaprint2/ev2-1011-bw2 -D ev2-1011-bw2 -P /Library/Lab/PPDs/mad_bw_xerox -E




It gives this loptions response:


env-mac-el-capitan:~ fesroot$ lpoptions -p ev2-1011-bw2

copies=1 device-uri=smb://mediaprint2/ev2-1011-bw2 finishings=3 job-cancel-after=10800 job-hold-until=no-hold job-priority=50 job-sheets=none,none marker-change-time=0 number-up=1 printer-commands=AutoConfigure,Clean,PrintSelfTestPage printer-info=ev2-1011-bw2 printer-is-accepting-jobs=true printer-is-shared=true printer-location printer-make-and-model='Xerox Phaser 5550DT' printer-state=3 printer-state-change-time=1458068568 printer-state-reasons=none printer-type=8433876 printer-uri-supported=ipp://localhost/printers/ev2-1011-bw2

env-mac-el-capitan:~ fesroot$



The PPD I point to I included in this email
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Donald Duff-McCracken
Technical Services Manager
Mapping, Analysis & Design
Faculty of Environment
University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 x32151
https://uwaterloo.ca/environment-computing/about/people
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From: Keith McGowan
Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 3:01 PM
To: Donald Duff-McCracken
Subject: aco copier pkg

Hi Don,

Here's the pkg for our printer

...Keith
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