Wireless printing on Library computers for Mac OS


Printers are available at many libraries on campus. See the UTL page on Printers for more details.

Note: You must be connected to the UofT wireless network to print your documents.

Configure a new printer: 

  1. Click on the Apple menu and choose System Preferences.
  2. Click the Printers & Scanners icon.


  3. Printers and Scanners
  4. Click on “+” icon on the bottom left side of the window to add a new printer. You may need to click the lock icon (bottom left corner) before the + sign is available

    Add Printer
  5. In the Printer Browser window, select the IP icon at the top. 
    • For protocol, make sure LPD (Line Printer Daemon) is selected.
    • For address type: printhere.utoronto.ca
    • Type in the Queue and Name of the printer you wish to add. The list is as follows:

    Name Queue Duplexing Printable Instructions Printer Model
    Athletic Centre Colour Printer AC-Colour Yes PDF (Generic PostScript Printer)
    Bora Laskin (Law) Library B&W Printer BL-BW Yes PDF (Generic PCL Printer)
    Emmanuel Library B&W Printer EM-BW Yes PDF (Generic PostScript Printer)
    Engineering Library B&W Printer EN-BW Yes PDF (Generic PostScript Printer)
    Gerstein Library B&W Printers GE-BW Yes PDF (Generic PostScript Printer)
    Gerstein Library Colour Printer GE-Colour no PDF (Generic PostScript Printer)
    Graham Library B&W Printer GR-BW Yes PDF (Generic PostScript Printer)
    Graham Library Colour Printer GR-Colour no PDF (Generic PostScript Printer)
    iSchool Inforum B&W Printer IS-BW Yes PDF RICOH Aficio SP 6440N PS
    iSchool Inforum Colour Printer IS-Colour no PDF (Generic PostScript Printer)
    Ivey Library B&W Printer IV-BW Yes PDF (Generic PostScript Printer)
    Kelly Library B&W Printer KE-BW Yes PDF (Generic PostScript Printer)
    Kelly Library Colour Printer KE-Colour no PDF (Generic PostScript Printer)
    Milt Harris (Rotman) Library B&W Printer MH-BW Yes PDF (Generic PostScript Printer)
    Noranda Library B&W Printer NO-BW Yes PDF (Generic PostScript Printer)
    OISE Library B&W Printer EC-BW Yes PDF RICOH Aficio SP 6330N PS
    Pratt Library B&W Printer PR-BW Yes PDF (Generic PostScript Printer)
    Pratt Library Colour Printer PR-Colour Yes PDF (Generic PostScript Printer)
    Rehabilitation Sciences Computer Lab B&W Printer RH-BW Yes PDF (Generic PostScript Printer)
    Robarts InfoCommons B&W Printers IC-BW Yes PDF (Generic PostScript Printer)
    Robarts InfoCommons Colour Printer IC-Colour no PDF (Generic PostScript Printer)
    Robarts Reference B&W Printers RE-BW Yes PDF (Generic PostScript Printer)
    University College Commuter Student Centre B&W Printer UC-CSC-BW Yes PDF (Generic PostScript Printer)
    University College Laidlaw Library B&W Printer UC-LIB-BW Yes PDF (Generic PostScript Printer)
  6. Select a printer driver with the Print Using dropdown. If a specific model is indicated in the table above, and you installed the driver package, select the model indicated.
    Otherwise, select Generic Postscript Printer.
  7. Click the Add button to complete the configuration.

    Add Printer
  8. In the next window, put a check in the box beside Duplex Printing Unit and click Continue to complete the configuration.
  9. Quit System Preferences.

How to Print:

  1. Open the document you wish to print.
  2. From the File menu, choose Print.
  3. Select the desired (wireless) printer location from the pull-down menu in the Print window.
    Select printer
  4. Set any other layout settings you wish to apply.
  5. Click Print.
  6. Go to the printing station to complete the print job.

To find out more about wireless printing, please refer to the printhere.utoronto.ca web page.