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Jonathan Dixon

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Information Technology Support III
Area of Expertise: 
Computer Technologies

Charles Alloway

Staff
Manager Information Technology Systems
Area of Expertise: 
Computer Technologies

How to add a Printer for OS X Users

This page documents how to add a network printer to an OS X machine. If you have a Microsoft Windows device, you'll want to check out this page.

Prior to setting up your printer you may want to install the vendor supplied drivers to make sure all features are available.
An example would be that using generic drivers may not allow you to print a color 11x17 (tableture) page.

Pre-req - Install instructions and driver downloads:

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Mailing Lists

Computer Science Lists

The Department of Computer Science maintains several mailing lists, which are created on the Iowa state University Mailman servers and managed by the System Support Group (SSG).

Subscribing to Lists

Most undergraduate lists are maintained by data retrieved from Beardshear Hall. Users that are not on one of these lists, but wish to be, can subscribe to the list by sending an email to the SSG. Please indicate in the email the name of the list to be subscribed.

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How to Use FileZilla

In this tutorial, we will be using FileZilla to connect to pyrite. You can download FileZilla here. If you are using a computer that is not on the campus network, you must VPN to connect.

1. Open FilZilla. You should see a screen like the one below.

FileZilla 1

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How to Access Your Files Through the Samba Server

Please use \\my.files.iastate.edu\Users\<net-id> as the folder path in the instructions below. (You will need to replace <net-id> with your net-id. This is the part of your address before the "@iastate.edu". For example: lexluthor@iastate.edu would use the path \\my.files.iastate.edu\Users\lexluthor.)

Windows: Map your Samba share as a network drive

1. Click Windows Start button then click Computer. This launches Windows Explorer.

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