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Introduction
As of May 2018August 2021, all CNF printers are printed to via Net-Print.
CNF is migrating printers to the Net-Print service offered by Cornell Information Technologies.
Net-Print new features include: printing from user owned laptops via Cornell wireless, printing from user owned tablets and phones (coming soon to Net-Print), and tracking of print jobs for users and for CNF Computing staffmigrating from Net-Print (PaperCut) to a new print server.
Printing to CNF printers via Net-Print is provided at no cost to CNF users. Other Net-Print printers on campus may incur a cost and first require adding money to one's Net-Print accountUsers may print from CNF managed computers or from personal computers connected to the Cornell network.
On the backend, Net-Print uses the PaperCut software solutionthe print server is a standard Windows print server using Cornell authentication and authorization.
These instructions are in the process of being updated with the new printing configurations.
Manage Your Net-Print Account
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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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- At this point, the varioius pop up dialogues informing of driver installation may go away and nothing else may happen. OR
- When the printer status window opens, the printer has been successfully installed. You can close the printer status window.
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- Windows7: Start Menu → Devices and Printers
- Windows10: Start Menu → Settings → Devices → Devices and Printers
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Macintosh
Using PaperCut:
- Install Net-Print software for Mac (IT@Cornell web page)
- 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.
- Add Macintosh Print Queues for Net-Print (IT@Cornell web page)
- In step 3, for Department, choose RS-CNF .
- In step 4, all CNF printers begin with "cnf".
- 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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- If the printer model does not appear in the "Printer Software" window
- click "Cancel"
- Download and install the driver from the printer manufacturer website
- Now re-try "Select Software"
- 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
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
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Windows Instructions
Macintosh OS X Instructions
LINUX (including CNF Thin) Instructions
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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
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- Install the packages.
- For RedHat use the "yum install" command to install the package. Eg:
sudo yum install net-print-1.2.1-0.x86_64.rpm
- For Debian:
- Install pre-requsities:
- python3
- gnome-terminal
- curl
- Java8 JRE
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
- Install the Debian Net-Print package.
- Items "Net-Print Queue Installer" and "PaperCut Client" are created in the "Internet", "office", and "System" sub menus of your desktop
- For RedHat use the "yum install" command to install the package. Eg:
- Run the Net-Print Queue Installer application
- 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
- For the "Department", select "RS-CNF"
- 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.
- You may need to manually run this from the commandline as follows (eg permissions problems adding the printer):
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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)
- 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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