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How to connect to the Managed Print Service (MacOS)

Connecting to Managed Print Service print queues on MacOS

Please note: the following instructions work for both University owned and Personally owned MacOS devices.

Using Pharos Pop-up client

The Pop-up client can be found at smb://software.rdg.ac.uk/managedprint/macos/mps-printers.dmg (you need to be on your Apple device to go to this)

  1. Download this file, then double click to open it.
  2. Double-click on the Popup.pkg to run the install, and follow the on screen instructions.

This installer will automatically configure the two printers FollowMe-BW and FollowMe-Colour.

NOTE: Each time you print you will be asked for your username and password.

Uninstalling Pharos Popup

To remove Pharos from a computer, run the Pharos Uninstaller:

  1. Open Finder; under the Go menu select Computer, then navigate to /Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Pharos/Utilities.
  2. Launch the Uninstaller application
  3. Select Pharos Popup and any other Pharos components that you would like to uninstall, then click Continue.
  4. A list of the selected items will be shown. Click Continue.
  5. Type in an administrator user name and password when required to do so. The selected components will be removed from the computer. 

Updated lm920207 on 13/06/24