Pre-Requisites
- 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:
/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.
Installing
Make sure you have satisifed the above pre-requisites.
RedHat/Debian/Ubuntu/Mint - PaperCut installers
- Install the PaperCut 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/Ubuntu/Mint:
- Install additinoal 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
- Install the Debian Net-Print package itself.
- Install additinoal pre-requsities:
- For RedHat use the "yum install" command to install the package. Eg:
- Items "Net-Print Queue Installer" and "PaperCut Client" are created in the "Internet", "office", and "System" sub menus of your desktop
- 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):