1. Select
System Preferences from the Apple menu
2. Double‐click on
Print & Scan (Print & Fax)
3. In the Print & Scan (Print & Fax) window, click on the plus sign button
4. Click on the
IP tab in the Print Browser window
a. Protocol: Line Printer Protocol LPD
b. For Address, enter the IP address of the printer you want to add: In your case enter 140.254.158.120
c. Leave the Queue field blank.
d. The Name and Location fields are for your reference to keep track of your printers anddifferentiate between multiple ones
e. For Use: Select “Select Software” and search and select for the Xerox 7845 driver
5. Click
Add. The printer will be added to your list of printers.
6. Open
Terminal and type the command
cupsctl WebInterface=yes and hit enter
7. Open a browser and go to http://127.0.0.1:631/printers
8. For
each Xerox with accounting, click the printer name and follow these steps. (note that these steps vary according to the version of OS X)
a. Look for Set Default Options.
1. For Lion and newer, this can be found in the pull‐down menu that says
Administration and then select
Set Default Options
2. For Snow Leopard and older, there is a button on the bottom right of the page
b. Change the
Accounting settings by going to the
Advanced section. Change
Accounting System to
Xerox Standard Accounting. Save the changes by selecting
Set Default Options at the bottom of the page. You will likely be prompted for a username and password.
(Your local admin credentials work.)
c. Now when a colleague tries to print, an accounting code dialog box should appear
d. Please input your accounting code/printing code for the
User ID and then select
OK. The colleague should now be able to print
