Install CUPS driver for Zebra Printer in Mac OS

Issue / Question

Installing Zebra Printer on a Mac OS environment using the CUPS driver

Applicable To

Zebra Printers on Mac OS environment

Resolution / Answer

1. Navigate to Printers & Scanners
2. Click ‘+’ and choose ‘Add Printers & Scanners’
   
   
3. A new pop-up windows will show up
4. Choose your Zebra Printer. It should be display as follows
   
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5. In the ‘Use’ Section below, select ‘Select Software’
   
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6. You may choose you preferred driver language. If you don’t know which language to use, you may choose ZPL
   
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7. Final setup should look as below. Go ahead and click ‘Add’ to finally add the printer
   
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1. You will be able to access CUPS printer setting page by visiting the following link. Copy & paste it in Safari will work too. The link is http://localhost:631/printers/.
2. Here you might encounter the following error
   
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3. To enable CUPS Control, Select and copy 'cupsctl WebInterface=yes'
   
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4. Next, click the magnifying glass in the top right-hand corner of your screen and search for 'Terminal'.
   
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5. Once in terminal, paste in 'cupsctl WebInterface=yes' and click enter.
   
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6. Now you should be able to go to http://localhost:631/printers/ and see your installed printers.
   
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1. In http://localhost:631/printers/ main page, click ‘Printers’ tab. It should be located on the Top-Left section of the page
   
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2. You may now view / select your printer

• Choose ‘Set Default Options’ from the drop-down menu
  
  
   
• Click ‘General’ for general printer settings
  
  
   
• ‘Printer Settings’ for further modification
  
  
  
  

Printing a Test Page
 

1. From ‘Printers’ page in CUPS, select ‘Print Test Page’ from the drop-down menu to print a test page