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1. Install Samba4 or greater (Samba3 will not work)

   1. RedHat samba4 packages have a bug missing the following symlink, which you must create:

      /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb → /usr/bin/smbspool

   2. Edit the Samba config file (usually /etc/samba/smb.conf) to contain the following two directives in the "[global]" section:

                client min protocol = SMB2
                client max protocol = SMB3

   3. Obtain the RedHat or Debian Net-Print installers from CNF Computing
   4. Install the packages.
      1. For RedHat use the "yum install" command to install the package. Eg:

         sudo yum install net-print-1.2.1-0.x86_64.rpm

      2. For Debian:
         1. Install pre-requsities:
            1. python3
            2. gnome-terminal
            3. curl
            4. Java8 JRE

               1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java

               2. sudo apt-get update

               3. sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

               4. sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

         2. Install the Debian Net-Print package.
      3. Items "Net-Print Queue Installer" and "PaperCut Client" are created in the "Internet", "office", and "System" sub menus of your desktop
   5. Run the Net-Print Queue Installer application
      1. You may need to manually run this from the commandline as follows (eg permissions problems adding the printer):
         

         sudo /opt/netprint/client/install_netprintpc_printer.pl -g

      2. For the "Department", select "RS-CNF"
      3. You will see multiple "Find-Me" print queues listed at the top of the list of printers. The specific CNF printers are listed at the bottom of the list.

Printing via Net-Print/PaperCut