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SmartPrint macOS Manual Install Instructions

NOTE: The SmartPrint Popup client is only compatible with macOS versions 10.14 +.

Popup Client Installation

  1. Download the SmartPrint Popup Client.
  2. Double-click this file to create a new disk image in the Finder (unless it opens automatically). This disk contains the Popup installer, Popup.pkg.
  3. Double-click Popup.pkg to run it. You may need to authenticate as an administrator. If so, click the lock icon and enter an administrator username and password.
  4. Select a destination volume (only the startup volume can be selected).
  5. Click Install (or Upgrade). The installer will automatically install the Popup application.

Configuring a Printer Queue

  1. Open System Preferences and click on Print & Fax, or Print & Scan, or Printers & Scanners depending on your macOS version.
  2. Click the + (plus sign) button to add a printer.
  3. If you have an Advanced (gear) icon on the Add Printer toolbar, skip to step 6. If you do not have an Advanced icon, continue with step 4.
  4. Hold down the Control key and click anywhere on the Add Printer toolbar. Select Customize Toolbar... at the bottom of the popup menu.
  5. Drag the Advanced icon onto the Add Printer toolbar and close the customization dialog by clicking Done.
  6. Click on the Advanced icon in the toolbar.
  7. From the Type dropdown, select Pharos Print Server.
  8. In the URL field, for a Black and White printer queue, enter popup://sp2.scu.edu/BW-Q; for a Color printer queue, enter popup://sp2.scu.edu/Color-Q.
  9. In the Name field, for the Black and White printer queue, enter SmartPrint BW Printer; for the Color printer queue, enter SmartPrint Color Printer.
  10. From the Print Using or Use dropdown, select Generic PostScript Printer driver.
  11. Click Add. If you get a "Setting up SmartPrint Printer" dialog box, check the Duplex Printing Unit checkbox; since most SmartPrint printers can print double-sided. The new SmartPrint queue will now appear in the list of printers.
  12. To print to the new queue, select it from the printer dropdown in the print dialog of any application.