Adding a printer from the BC network
Macintosh OS 9.x
To add a printer from the BC network using Macintosh OS 9.x:
- From the File menu, select Find.
Sherlock opens.
- Search for the following: desktop printer utility
- Once you find the Desktop Printer Utility, double-click the name to open it.
The Desktop Printer Utility opens (refer to Figure 1).

Figure 1: Desktop Printer Utility.
- Do the following:
- From the With drop-down list, select LaserWriter 8.
- From the Create Desktop choices, select Printer (LPR).
- Click OK.
The following window appears (refer to Figure 2).

Figure 2: Setting up an OS 9 printer.
- Under the PostScript Printer Description (PPD) File section, click Change.
The following window appears (refer to Figure 3).

Figure 3: Select a PostScript Printer File Description File.
- Scroll through the list of printers and click on your printer model, then click Select.
- Under the LPR Printer Selection section, click Change.
The Internet Printer window appears (refer to Figure 4).
- In the Printer Address box, enter the printer name followed by ".bc.edu" (refer to Figure 4). A label indicating the printer name should be located on the front of the printer. It should follow a standard naming convention for your department. If this label is not on the printer, please contact your Technology Consultant (TC) [
www.bc.edu/tc] for this information.
Figure 4: Internet Printer window.
- On the Internet Printer window, click OK.
- Click Create.
You are prompted to save the desktop printer as (refer to Figure 5).
Figure 5: Save desktop printer as prompt.
- In the Save desktop printer as box, enter a name for the desktop printer and click Save.
A printer icon appears on your desktop (refer to Figure 6).

Figure 6: Example of a printer icon on your desktop.
- Quit the Desktop Printer Utility.
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