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If you set up Samba as a print server, clients in your network are able to send print jobs to the Samba host using the server message block (SMB) protocol. The examples shown in this documentation use a raw printer in the back end. These directions explain how to add a networked printer on Mac OS X via the SMB protocol. This is typically used for: Printing from non-Active Directory-bound Macs to a Windows print server (e.g., faa-print or faa-print2). AD-bound Macs may occasionally connect to a Windows server via SMB as well.
For more information, please contact Technology Services Managed IT Services via:
- Phone: (217) 333-1986
- The Web: http://go.illinois.edu/MITShelp
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Overview
These directions explain how to add a networked printer on Mac OS X via the SMB protocol. This is typically used for:- Printing from non-Active Directory-bound Macs to a Windows print server (e.g., faa-print or faa-print2).
Systems
- Non-Active Directory-bound computers running Mac OS X
Customers
- All customers of above systems
Actions
- Gather the following information for the networked printer: server URL, queue name, printer location, and printer model information/features. This information may be available on the departmental printing documentation article: College of FAA: Departmental Printing Overview. If you cannot locate any of this information, please create an Technology Services at FAA Help Desk help request.
- (If necessary) Download and install the appropriate driver for the printer. If your Mac is Fully Managed or Semi-Managed, the driver may already be installed. Please create an Technology Services at FAA Help Desk help request if you need assistance.
- Open System Preferences.
- Click on 'Print & Scan' and unlock the preference pane (if necessary).
- Click on '+' underneath the list of printers and select 'Add Printer or Scanner...' in the menu that appears.
- An 'Add' window will appear. If there is not already an 'Advanced' button in its toolbar (on top, alongside 'Default', 'Fax', 'IP', etc.), you'll need to customize the toolbar. Control+click on the toolbar area and select 'Customize Toolbar...'.
- Drag the 'Advanced' item up onto the toolbar and click 'Done'.
- Click on the 'Advanced' button.
- Then enter/select the following:
- Type: 'Windows printer via spoolss'
- Device: 'Another Device'
- URL: smb://<insert print server URL here>/<insert queue name here>
- Name: enter a descriptive name here (suggestion: include the queue name so that Technology Services at FAA can help troubleshoot later, if necessary)
- Location: enter the location for your reference
- Use: Generally select 'Select Printer Software...', locate the appropriate driver for the printer, and click 'OK'.
(Reminder: Address, Queue, Location, and installed options for the printer may be available on the departmental printing documentation article: College of FAA: Departmental Printing Overview. If you cannot locate any of this information, please create an Technology Services at FAA Help Desk help request.) - Click 'Add'.
- Configure the appropriate installed options for the printer, then click 'OK'.
- The first time you print, you will generally be prompted to authenticate with your Active Directory (AD) credentials. Please enter uofi<netID> and your Active Directory password. You may save your credentials in your Keychain by first checking the appropriate box in the authentication window.
Support
- For general support please contact the Technology Services at FAA Help Desk.
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Created: | 2016-05-24 09:26 CST | Updated: | 2020-09-21 14:41 CST |
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Your Mac determines how each window and its contents should appear by collecting file information such as labels, tags, and other forms of metadata.
In macOS Sierra 10.12 and earlier, your Mac gathers all metadata for the files in a folder, compares it to the folder's .DS_Store file, and then displays the folder's contents. In macOS High Sierra 10.13 and later, this behavior is changed slightly: If a folder is sorted alphanumerically, the contents are displayed immediately, then the Finder collects and compares the rest of the folder's metadata.
You can adjust macOS High Sierra 10.13 and later to make browsing faster on network shares, or to force the Finder to gather all available metadata before showing folder contents.
Speed up browsing on network shares
To speed up SMB file browsing, you can prevent macOS from reading .DS_Store files on SMB shares. This makes the Finder use only basic information to immediately display each folder's contents in alphanumeric order. Use this Terminal command:
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores -bool TRUE
Then log out of your macOS account and log back in.
To reenable sorting, use this command:
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores -bool FALSE
Disable directory caching
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Your Mac caches file and folder metadata temporarily in local memory. This improves browsing speeds, especially on high-latency networks. Systems with more memory installed can cache more file information.
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If you'd like to disable directory caching so that macOS re-downloads the full contents of the folders and metadata every time you browse an SMB share, you can create or edit /etc/nsmb.conf. See the nsmb.conf man page for more information on how to edit this file.
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If your system doesn't already have an /etc/nsmb.conf file, use the following Terminal commands. Note that you must be logged in as an administrator with sudoer privileges to set this file:
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echo '[default]' | sudo tee -a /etc/nsmb.conf
echo 'dir_cache_off=yes' | sudo tee -a /etc/nsmb.conf
To reenable directory caching, remove the 'dir_cache_off=yes' line entry, or delete the entire /etc/nsmb.conf file. To delete the /etc/nsmb.conf file, use this Terminal command:
sudo rm /etc/nsmb.conf