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Setting up a personal Mac computer to use direct printers and plotters

Learn how to connect your personal Mac computer to the direct printers and plotters.

If you use a personal Mac computer, follow these instructions to print directly to a Sharp MX-C500P desktop printer or to print to a large format printer or plotter.

You need to install the printer client software, which installs the appropriate printer drivers on your computer, and the user client software, which you will use to select an account to pay for printing.

Make sure you connect to the eduroam Wi-Fi network or you connect to the VPN.

Installing the print client software

  1. Download ‘PaperCut Print Deploy Client (macOS)’ from Secure Downloads.
  2. In the Downloads folder, double-click on ‘pc-print-deploy-client[smps3-pas.campus.bath.ac.uk].dmg’. A screenshot of the Downloads folder
  3. Double-click the PaperCut Print Deploy Client Package. A screenshot of the PaperCut Print Deploy Client Package icon
  4. The installer will open. A screenshot of the installer
  5. Click on ‘Continue’ and step through the installation. Click on 'Close'. A screenshot showing the successful installation
  6. Click on the green printer icon in the menu bar and select 'View my printers'. A screenshot of the 'View my printers' button
  7. The PaperCut Print Deploy Client will open. Enter your University username, like abc1, and password and click on 'Sign in and add printers'.  A screenshot of the PaperCut login screen
  8. The printers will start installing. A screenshot of the installed printers

Installing the user client software

  1. Download ‘Papercut User Client (macOS)’ from Secure Downloads.
  2. Go into the unzipped folder and select ‘client-local-install’.
  3. Double-click on the ’PCClient’ application icon in the local Applications folder. The PCClient application should start up, and a small ‘P’ icon should appear in the menu bar.   A screenshot of the PCClient application icon
  4. It may take up to one minute to display a login window. Enter your University username, like abc1, and password and tick ‘Remember my identity’. A screenshot of the login screen

Printing a document

When printing a document, you will see a pop-up window for selecting an account to pay for printing. Select ‘Charge to my personal account’, or select ‘Charge to a shared account’, and then a department or project code. A screenshot of the print job notification screen

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