Facilities Oce ColorWave 500 Plotter Printer
For Windows Installs:
The fac-services-plan printer (also known as the plotter printer) is an Oce ColorWave 500, and can be installed by connecting to \\swat-print. The printer’s full name is fac-services-plan.swarthmore.edu.
Troubleshooting Connections
If a computer is not connecting to the Oce printer, try uninstalling the software and using the cleanup tool
Run Cleanup Tool from the Oce website:
Go to http://downloads.oce.com/ProductDownloads/Index/219 (Wide Format Printers).
Select Type: choose Utilities.
Select Operating System: choose end user’s operating system.
Select Language: choose English-US.
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Select tool from the list that appears (under Latest Version Search Results):
After Cleanup Tool, Reinstall Oce printer:
Go to http://downloads.oce.com/ProductDownloads/Index/219 to download driver.
Select Type: choose Drivers.
Select Operating System: choose end user’s operating system.
Select Language: choose English-US.
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Select driver from the list that appears (under Latest Version Search Results):
If the client is using a CAD program,
Select the Driver Select for Microsoft Windows or the Océ Wide format Printer Driver 2 for Microsoft® Windows® (WPD2).
- These drivers are 60.4MB and 91.4MB respectively, so only choose the second one if it is specifically needed.
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Enter IP address when prompted:
The program will ask you to identify the printer you are trying to connect to by IP address or name.
The IP address for the printer will be the beginning of the URL where you can access the user’s job list in a web browser, else it is likely to be posted on or near the printer
For Mac Installs:
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Download driver package from the Oce ColorWave 500 download site (http://downloads.oce.com/ProductDownloads/Index/512), (Océ ColorWave 500):
Choose the Type: select Drivers.
Choose the Operating System: select end user’s operating system.
Choose the Language: select English-US for the driver you want to install.
Select Driver Express for Adobe® PostScript® 3™
After downloading, double-click package to Extract folder contents to the Desktop, in a folder named 'MacOS_X'.
For Mac OS 10.15 and higher versions, unzip the MacOS_X archive that is downloaded to your desktop and then manually copy the MacOS_X folder to the Macintosh HD > Applications folder.
Then browse to locate the .ppd file you’ll need during printer install.
Use the occw5005.ppd file in the English -> StandardFonts folder.
Follow the standard Swarthmore Mac printer install directions.
When it becomes time to install the driver, choose Other, and then browse to where it is located in the Applications folder.