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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 = SMB3Ensure the following symlink exists:
Code Block language bash /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb → /usr/bin/smbspool
- For HP printers, we recommend installing the hplip package if available for your distro. Otherwise, your configuration may use generic postscript drivers lacking some of the printer features.
Installing
Make sure you have satisifed the above pre-requisites.
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- Start the Printer configuration tool at System - Administration - Printing
- Click New
- Enter the administrative password
- You do not need to adjust the firewall or attempt to List available devices
For the "device URI", you will use these UNIX SMB URIs :
Printer NameUNIX SMB URIAccessible byCad Room smb://rs-cnf-wp1.cnf.cornell.edu/CNF_Phillips_CAD_Color_Laserjet CNF Users & Staff Togging smb://rs-cnf-wp1.cnf.cornell.edu/CNF_Duffield_Togging_Color_Laserjet CNF Users & Staff Visitor Office smb://win2.net-printrs-cnf-wp1.cnf.cornell.edu/cnf-gradofficeCNF_Duffield_Grad_Ofc_Color_Laserjet Staff & Users with Visitor Office Access Konica smb://rs-cnf-wp1.cnf.cornell.edu/CNF_Duffield_Copier_Color CNF Staff Only Office 250 smb://rs-cnf-wp1.cnf.cornell.edu/CNF_Duffield_250_Color_Laserjet CNF Users during normal CNF office business hours (CNF Staff anytime) Office 262 smb://rs-cnf-wp1.cnf.cornell.edu/CNF_Duffield_262_Color_Laserjet CNF Staff Only - 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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