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1. Obtain the Debian Net-Print installer from CNF Computing
2. Install java, curl, samba, cups, and python3 .
3. Obtain an smb.conf file per the Arch Wiki

4. Start CUPS via: 

    

   systemctl restart org.cups.cupsd.service

5. Install yaourt:

    

   pacman -S yaourt

6. As a non-root user, install dpkg:

    

   yaourt dpkg

   You will be prompted to edit the package build. Choose No. Otherwise, install the missing prereqs and let the build take place.

7. As root, install the net-print package, eg:
   

    

   dpkg -i --ignore-depends=smbclient,python3,default-jre,gnome-terminal,curl . /net-print_1 .2-1.deb

8. Run, as root, the Net-Print installer:

    

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

9. For Department, select RS-CNF
10. 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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1. Start the Printer configuration tool at System - Administration - Printing
2. Click New
3. Enter the administrative password
4. You do not need to adjust the firewall or attempt to List available devices

5. 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 during normal CNF office business hours (CNF Staff anytime)
   Office 262	smb://win2.net-print.cornell.edu/cnf-prnt262	CNF Staff Only

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

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1. List the installed printer queues:

   Code Block
   language bash
   $ lpstat -a cnf-cad-1c accepting requests since Mon 27 Nov 2017 11:11:49 AM EST cnf-konica-color accepting requests since Tue 30 Oct 2018 01:58:19 PM EDT cnf-prnt250lj accepting requests since Thu 31 Jan 2019 03:27:23 PM EST cnf-togging-2c accepting requests since Mon 27 Nov 2017 11:11:49 AM EST

2. Set the error policy for each printer queue to abort the job (eg for the CAD rm printer):

   Code Block
   language bash
   $ sudo lpadmin -p cnf-cad-1c -o printer-error-policy=abort-job

Don't require "cornell\" before your NetID or GuestID when printing

Before doing the following, first stop CUPS. Once you have made changes, restart CUPS.

1. Edit the /etc/cups/ppd/printers.conf file in your favorite text editor
2. For each printer queue, find the line starting with "DeviceURI" .
3. Add "cornell/" between the "smb://" and the "win2.net-print.cornell.edu", for example
   

   DeviceURI smb://cornell/win2.net-print.cornell.edu/cnf-cad-1c
       

4. Do the above for each printer. Save your changes. And restart CUPS

Printing (including from CNF Thin)

In the Print dialogue, select the Net-Print printer.

1. The "Status" area may say "Unable to connect to CIFS host after (tried 3 times)". This is OK. You will be prompted to connect with your NetID/GuestID credentials in the next step.

When prompted for your username and password, for your username use: cornell\<NetID> or cornell\<GuestID> – that's the lowercase word "cornell" followed by a backslash followed by your NetID or GuestID.

1. NOTE that your username will be autofilled without the leading cornell\ ... you MUST add the cornell\ to your username for the document to print (that's the word "cornell" followed by a backslash followed by your NetID or GuestID)
2. NOTE that the cursor may start in the Password field instead of the Username field. You will need to click into the Username field to make the above necessary change to your username.

Your document prints.