Local Computing

These are of interest only to people using local (Division of Biostat at UMN) computing resource and mostly to Mac users.

Printing on Biostat Mayo LAN with Mac

Printing on Biostat Mayo LAN with Mac

You have to be on local subnet to use this (e.g., not when you log in via UofM Wireless).

  1. Go to System Preferences -> Printer and Fax
  2. At the Printing tab, click on the "+" to add printers.
  3. In the Printer Browser window, select "IP Printer" tab.
  4. Make sure the selected Protocol is "Line Printer Daemon - LPD" in the drop-down window.
  5. Fill in the printing server Address: prntsrv-mayo2.biostat.umn.edu.
  6. Select a Queue (printer): me or nj, vt.
  7. The Name and Location don't matter. Fill in something that helps you remember where it is.
  8. Next select the printer model using the drop-down list under Pring Using. We have all HP printers:
    • me is HP LaserJet 4Si MX (duplex capable),
    • nj is HP Color LaserJet 4500.
    • vt is HP LaserJet 4050.

To find out the printer model, log on to any of the Unix servers and type for example

lpq -Pme

One can also use print text/ps/pdf files at the command line (/Applications/Utitilties/Terminal.app).

lpr -PNAME filename.pdf
where the 'NAME' is the printer name given in step 7 above. It is not necessarily the same as the the queue name.