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1. On your desktop, double-click My Computer or run File Explorer (Windows 8 or 10) or Windows Explorer (Windows 7).
   Please note that we are NOT talking about Microsoft's browser, which is called Internet Explorer.
   
   1. In the UNC field (the wide text field at the top of the window), type in the following Windows UNC for the individual printer, then press Return or Enter on your keyboard.
      

      (note that not all printers are available to all users)

       

      Printer Name	Windows UNC	Accessible by
      Cad Room	\\win2.net-print.cornell.edu\cnf-cad-1c	CNF Users & Staff
      Togging	\\win2.net-print.cornell.edu\cnf-togging-2c	CNF Users & Staff
      Visitor Office	\\win2.net-print.cornell.edu\cnf-gradoffice	Staff & Users with Visitor Office Access
      Konica	\\win2.net-print.cornell.edu\cnf-konica-color	CNF Staff Only
      LJ4700	\\win2.net-print.cornell.edu\cnf-prnt250lj	CNF Users & Staff
      Office 262	\\win2.net-print.cornell.edu\cnf-prnt262	CNF Staff Only

       

       

       
2. Wait a bit.
3. When prompted, enter your NetID@cornell.edu address or your GuestID@cornell.edu address and related password
   Make sure to include the "@cornell.edu" . You can also use: CORNELL\NetID or CORNELL\GuestID (capitalizing "CORNELL").
4. Make sure Remember my credentials is CHECKED (if you do not check this box, you may get an "Access Denied" error when attempting to print).
5. Wait a while.
   1. At this point, the varioius pop up dialogues informing of driver installation may go away and nothing else may happen. OR
   2. When the printer status window opens, the printer has been successfully installed. You can close the printer status window.
6. You can go the list of printers in Windows to confirm the printer is successfully installed.
   1. Windows7: Start Menu → Devices and Printers
   2. Windows10: Start Menu → Settings → Devices → Devices and Printers
7. Repeat these steps to install any additional printers.

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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

2. To install the Printers without using the PaperCut installers, use your Linux distribution's GUI or the CUPS gui to add a Windows printer
   1. In RedHat, you can use the Printer configuration tool at System - Administration - Printing
      1. Click New
      2. Enter the administrative password
      3. You do not need to adjust the firewall or attempt to List available devices

      4. For the "device URI", you will use these UNIX SMB URIs :

         Printer Name	UNIX SMB URI	Accessible by
         Cad Room	smb://win2.net-print.cornell.edu/cnf-cad-1c	CNF Users & Staff
         Togging	smb://win2.net-print.cornell.edu/cnf-togging-2c	CNF Users & Staff
         Visitor Office	smb://win2.net-print.cornell.edu/cnf-gradoffice	Staff & Users with Visitor Office Access
         Konica	smb://win2.net-print.cornell.edu/cnf-konica-color	CNF Staff Only
         LJ4700	smb://win2.net-print.cornell.edu/cnf-prnt250lj	CNF Users & Staff
         Office 262	smb://win2.net-print.cornell.edu/cnf-prnt262	CNF Staff Only

      5. If a driver is not found, you will have to download a driver via the printer gui or separately from the manufacturer's website.

   2. Other Linux distributions may have their own GUIs. You can also use the CUPS gui, if enabled, at

      http://localhost:631

      1. Again, you will have to convert the Windows UNCs above to UNIX SMB URIs
         
         
3. To install the Printers via the PaperCut installers, obtain the RedHat or Debian Net-Print installers from CNF Computing
   1. 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:
      3. 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

      4. Install the Debian Net-Print package.
      5. Items "Net-Print Queue Installer" and "PaperCut Client" are created in the "Internet", "office", and "System" sub menus of your desktop
   2. 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.

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