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• Ensure that CUPS is installed and started.
• Ensure that the SAMBA4 client packages are installed (SAMBA 3 will not work). If your distribution does not include a default smb.conf config file (usually in /etc/samba), you will need to follow your distribution's instructions to create a default smb.conf .

• 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
      

• Ensure the following symlink exists:

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

• If using the PaperCut installers, ensure that CURL is installed.
• If using the PaperCut installers, obtain the installer packages from CNF Computing.

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Installing

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)

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Start CUPS via: 

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Install yaourt:

As a non-root user, install 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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Run, as root, the Net-Print installer:

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RedHat - Printer configuration GUI

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