If you use a personal Mac computer, follow these instructions to print directly to a Sharp MX-C500P desktop printer or to print to a large format printer or plotter.

You need to install the printer client software, which installs the appropriate printer drivers on your computer, and the user client software, which you will use to select an account to pay for printing.

Make sure you connect to the eduroam Wi-Fi network or you connect to the VPN.

Installing the print client software

1. Download ‘PaperCut Print Deploy Client (macOS)’ from Secure Downloads.
2. In the Downloads folder, double-click on ‘pc-print-deploy-client[smps3-pas.campus.bath.ac.uk].dmg’.
3. Double-click the PaperCut Print Deploy Client Package.
4. The installer will open.
5. Click on ‘Continue’ and step through the installation. Click on 'Close'.
6. Click on the green printer icon in the menu bar and select 'View my printers'.
7. The PaperCut Print Deploy Client will open. Enter your University username, like abc1, and password and click on 'Sign in and add printers'. 
8. The printers will start installing.

Installing the user client software

1. Download ‘Papercut User Client (macOS)’ from Secure Downloads.
2. Go into the unzipped folder and select ‘client-local-install’.
3. Double-click on the ’PCClient’ application icon in the local Applications folder. The PCClient application should start up, and a small ‘P’ icon should appear in the menu bar.  
4. It may take up to one minute to display a login window. Enter your University username, like abc1, and password and tick ‘Remember my identity’.

Printing a document

When printing a document, you will see a pop-up window for selecting an account to pay for printing. Select ‘Charge to my personal account’, or select ‘Charge to a shared account’, and then a department or project code.