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When you login to the Net-Print Account Management website, login with the short version of your Cornell NetID or Cornell GuestID. And, of course, your password.

Installing Net-Print/PaperCut Software and Printers

Windows

Use these instructions for your personal Windows computer or on CNF Windows computers if the printer does not automagically appear in the list of printers.

Printing from Windows does not require installation of the PaperCut software on your personal computer.

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

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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.

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1. Windows7: Start Menu → Devices and Printers
2. Windows10: Start Menu → Settings → Devices → Devices and Printers

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Macintosh

Using PaperCut :

1. Install Net-Print software for Mac (IT@Cornell web page)
   1. When the installer finishes, a text file will open.  You can safely ignore the information in this text file and move on to step 2 below.
2. Add Macintosh Print Queues for Net-Print (IT@Cornell web page)
   1. In step 3, for Department, choose RS-CNF .
   2. In step 4, all CNF printers begin with "cnf".
      1. You will see multiple "Find-Me" print queues listed at the top and the specific CNF printers listed at the bottom of the departmental list of printers.

Not Using PaperCut :

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For URL, use the UNIX URIs below:

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1. If the printer model does not appear in the "Printer Software" window
   1. click "Cancel"
   2. Download and install the driver from the printer manufacturer website
   3. Now re-try "Select Software"
   4. If the printer model still does not appear, cancel the setup and start over.

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Linux

Note that the below instructions are for Linux computers NOT managed by CNF Computing.

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

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

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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

Windows Instructions

Macintosh OS X Instructions

LINUX (including CNF Thin) Instructions

Without using the PaperCut installers:

Use your Linux distribution's GUI (recommended) or the CUPS gui or the commandline to add a Windows printer

• In RedHat, you can use the Printer configuration tool at System - Administration - Printing

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

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

        http://localhost:631

1. Use the above UNIX SMB URIs
2. Enable authentication for the print queue

   1. If you cannot enable authentication via the CUPS web gui, edit file /etc/cups/printers.conf to add a line for the NetPrint queue:

      AuthInfoRequired username,password

• Using the commandline

1. Download a PPD for the model of printer
2. Get the SMB URI for the printer from the section above
3. As root or sudo'ed, run the following command (substituting in for the brackets)

   lpadmin -p <your_name_for_the_print_queue> -E -P </path/to/PPD-file> -o auth-info-required=username,password -v '<SMB URI>'

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• RedHat/Debian

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:Install pre-requsities:
   3. 1. python3
      2. gnome-terminal
      3. curlJava8 JRE

      4. 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.

• ArchLinux

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systemctl restart org.cups.cupsd.service

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Install yaourt:

pacman -S yaourt

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yaourt dpkg

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

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

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

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Printing via Net-Print/PaperCut

CNF Managed Windows

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

The PaperCut software will prompt you for your username and password.

1. For your username, use your <NetID>@cornell.edu or your <GuestID>@cornell.edu . The "@cornell.edu" is all lowercase.

Your document prints.

Other Windows

When you are ready to print, choose the Print command in your application and then select a Net-Print printer.

If prompted to login, 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").

Macintosh

Follow the instructions on the "Print with Net-Print for Mac" IT@Cornell page.

If prompted for your username when printing, format your NetID/GuestID as follows: cornell\<GuestID> OR cornell\<NetID>

• That's the lowercase word "cornell" followed by a backslash followed by your NetID or GuestID.

Linux/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.

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