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These instructions will guide you through configuring your laptop to use the SON printers.  For instructions on using the printer that you configure and retrieving jobs that you send to it, click here SON Student Printing Instructions

Instructions for MacOS 10.5 and below (for Big Sur or later, see below)

  1. Click on link to download the setup file: Popup-Student.dmg (note you must be connected to the VPN or Hopkins WiFi network for this link to work)

  2. Open the Downloads Folder and select the Popup-Student.dmg file you downloaded
  3. Open the "Popup" drive mounted to your desktop and install the "Popup.pkg"
    • NOTE: If you receive the error warning "App can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer"
    • control-click the application and choose “Open”

  4. Select Continue on the "Introduction" and "Read Me" dialogue windows

  5. Select Install

  6. Provide Username and Password to local machine if prompted

  7. When the installation completes, click Close

  8. The printer called SON-Student_Printer has now been installed



Instructions for MacOS 11.x (Big Sur) and higher
  1. Click on link to download the setup file: Popup.dmg
  2. Open the Downloads Folder and select the Popup-Student.dmg file you downloaded.
  3. Open the "Popup" drive mounted to your desktop and install the "Popup.pkg"
    • NOTE: If you receive the error warning "App can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer"
    • control-click the application and choose “Open”

  4. Select Continue on the "Introduction" and "Read Me" dialogue windows.

  5. Select Install.

  6. Provide Username and Password to local machine if prompted.

  7. Open System Preferences and click on the Printers & Scanners icon. 

  8. Click the + button in the lower left corner of the window.

  9. Hold down the Control key on the keyboard and click anywhere on the toolbar. From the popup menu that appears, select Customize Toolbar...

  10. Drag the Advanced icon to the toolbar and close the customization dialog.

  11. Click on the Advanced button in the toolbar.

  12. In the Type: field, select Pharos Print Server.

  13. In the URL: field, enter popup://son-pharos.win.ad.jhu.edu/SON-Student%20SecurePrint 

  14. In the Name: field, enter SON Student Printer

  15. In the Use field, select Generic PostScript Printer

  16. Click the Add

  17. Be sure to select the Duplex Printing Unit check box on the popup window and click OK




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