AD/Printing in OS X 10.5

In Apples newest Operating System named "Leopard" OS X 10.5, Apple has finally streamlined network printing on AD/ systems. Previously on OS X 10.4 you had to install log in/log out hooks in order to connect and print to network printers without doing some server trickery. With 10.5, its pretty simple once you show a simple extra button during the "add printer" setup.

Steps:
1. Open System Preferences
2. Select Printers & Fax
3. Click the "+" sign in order to start the adding process
4. With this pane open, Cntrl + Click the menu bar to "Customize Toolbar"
5. Drag the "Advanced" button onto the menu bar
6. Select the Advanced button - The computer will briefly not give you any options as it scans the network.
7. Under "Type" select Windows, this will change the address line to the correct "smb://"
8. Enter in the full address of the printer (ie) " smb://NeworkAddress/PRINTERNAME "
9. Name the printer something relevant
10. Under "Print Using", you will want to say "Select Driver"
11. Type in the model number and add the printer

It is nice that small things like this in newer versions of OS X show Apples consciousness of enterprise situation needs. Hopefully with the FULL exchange support coming on the iPhone, we will be able to see a real amount of support without strange glitches with Mail and iCal.