This guide will show you how to add the Canon printer founders1-xc to your Mac computer.
Step 1: If you haven’t already, you will need to download and install the Canon print driver package listed on Printers at Knox. The Mac driver package is the same for all Canon printers on campus.
Step 2: Click the Apple icon on the top left corner of your screen, and click ‘System Settings’ from the drop-down menu.
Step 3: In System Settings, scroll through the left sidebar to find and click the ‘Printers and Scanners’ section.
Step 4: Click ‘Add Printer, Scanner, or Fax’
Step 5: If the Advanced menu icon is already showing, skip to Step 6. In the ‘Add Printer’ window, hover your mouse pointer in the top bar area (highlighted in gold below) and right-click on your mouse/trackpad.
a. Click ‘Customize Toolbar'
b. Drag the Advanced Icon (two gears) towards the top bar and drop it next to the other buttons.
c. After the Advanced icon is moved to the top-bar, click ‘Done’
Step 6: Click Advanced in the menu bar.
Step 7: Fill in the information on the “Add Printer” window.
Type: Open the drop-down menu, select Windows Printer via spoolss
Device: Select Another Device from the dropdown if it is not already selected.
URL: Copy and paste the following line in: smb://printers.knox.edu/founders1-xc
Name: Replace ‘printers.knox.edu’ with the founders1-xc
Use: Open the dropdown menu, choose Select Software. Type in C5840 and select Canon iR-ADV C5840/5850 PS
Your window should look like the screenshot below:
Click the Add button.
Step 8: Now click on the new printer you just added.
Step 9: Click on the Options & Supplies… button.
Step 10: Click on the Options tab at the top of the window. Add the following specific features the printer provides:
Paper Source Options: High Capacity Cassette Feeding Unit C1
Output Options: Inner Finisher L1
Your window should look like the screenshot below:
Click Ok.
The printer is now added to your computer. Make sure to select the new printer in the applications you use when you go to print.