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Make sure you have satisifed the above pre-requisites.

RedHat/Debian/Ubuntu/Mint - PaperCut installers (Recommended)

1. Install the PaperCut 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/Ubuntu/Mint:
      1. Install additinoal pre-requsities:
         
         1. python3
         2. gnome-terminal
         3. curl
         4. Java8 JRE

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

            2. sudo apt-get update

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

      2. Install the Debian Net-Print package itself.
2. Items "Net-Print Queue Installer" and "PaperCut Client" are created in the "Internet", "office", and "System" sub menus of your desktop
3. 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 - PaperCut installers (Recommended)

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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