ITS Labs: Wireless Printing from a Mac
Installing Pharos Popup 8.0
Log in to the client machine, using an administrator account.
You'll need the installer file <Popup.dmg> for OS 10.3, 10.4, & 10.5.
Double-click the installer to run it.
Installing Popup
To install Popup8.0 for MacOSX, obtain the Popup installer and run it:
1. Log in to the client machine, using an administrator account.
2. Obtain the file <Popup.dmg> from Pharos Systems.
3. Double-click this file to create a new disk image in Finder. This disk contains the Popup8.0 installer, <Popup.pkg>.
4. Double-click the installer to run it. You will be requested to authenticate yourself as an administrator.
5. Select a destination disk. You will only be able to select the startup disk.
6. Click <Install> (or <Upgrade>). The installer automatically installs Popup8.0 and required support files.
Pharos Popup will now be running on the client machine and will be automatically launched every time a user logs in.
Configuring Printers
To start using Popup8.0 for MacOSX10.4, add Popup printer queues on the client machine:
1. Open Printer Setup Utility in </Applications/Utilities/>.
2. Click the <Add> button in the toolbar, then hold down the <Option> key on the keyboard and click the <More Printers...> button.
3. From the topmost popup button, select <Advanced>.
4. From the <Device> popup button, select <Pharos Print Server>.
5. In the <Device Name> field, enter:
CCI Printing
6. In the <Device URI> field, enter:
popup://auxprint2.aux-services.unc.edu:515/CCI_Printing
7. From the <Printer Model> popup button, select:
HP LaserJet 9050
8. Click <Add>. The new Popup queue will now show up in the list of printers.
9. To print to the new queue, select it from the printer popup button in the print dialog of any application.
For MacOSX10.5, the process is similar:
1. Open System Preferences and click on the <Print & Fax> icon.
2. Click the <+> button.
3. Hold down the <Control> key on the keyboard and click anywhere on the toolbar. From the popup menu that appears, select <Customize Toolbar...>.
4. Drag the <Advanced> icon to the toolbar and close the customization dialog.
5. Click on the <Advanced> button in the toolbar.
6. From the <Type> popup button, select <Pharos Print Server>.
7. In the <Device URI> field, enter:
popup://auxprint2.aux-services.unc.edu:515/CCI_Printing
8. In the <Name> field, enter:
CCI Printing
9. From the <Printer Model> popup button, select:
HP LaserJet 9050
10. Click <Add>. The new Popup queue will now show up in the list of printers.
11. To print to the new queue, select it from the printer popup button in the print dialog of any application.
Removing Popup
To remove Popup8.0 from a client machine, run the Pharos Uninstaller:
1. Launch the Uninstaller application in </Library/Application Support/Pharos/Utilities>.
2. Select Pharos Popup and any other Pharos components that you would like to uninstall, then click <Continue>.
3. A list of the selected items will be shown. Click <Continue>.
4. Type in an administrator user name and password when required to do so. The selected components will be removed from the client machine.
5. Click <Done> and log out of the client machine.
Notes
Popup is not currently supported on OS X 10.6, but may still work.
Popup is currently not compatible with the Fast User Switching feature of Mac OS X. Always disable Fast User Switching when installing Popup on a client machine.
If a firewall is present between the client machine and the Pharos Popup and LPD Servers, the following ports must be opened for traffic for Popup to work properly:
1. Port 515.
2. Port 28203.
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