Printer Setup on Ubuntu

IMPORTANT: If you are connected with WIFI, you need to first install and connect to York VPN (http://vpn.yorku.ca)!

• In Terminal:

sudo apt-get install smbclient 
sudo apt-get update  
sudo apt-get install python3-smbc  

• Settings → Printers → Additional Printer Settings → Add → Network Printer→ Windows Printer via SAMBA

Type in print server name (list of printers can be found Herehttps://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:printers:printers :

smb://pcserver1.eecs.yorku.ca/prt2 (eg. second floor b&w printer - Ricoh 8400) 

Authentication: 

Select:
 'Set authentication details now'
Password: (EECS password)
Username: eecsyorkuca\username
           
-> Click Forward

• Search for a printer driver to download → Make and Model: Ricoh 8400 → Search
• Click on drop down “Printer model” and choose Ricoh SP 8400DN → Forward → Forward → Forward → Short name : prt2 (leave everything else default) → Apply → type in root username/pw

• When printing for the first time after reboot, you need to go back into Settings→Printers and click on the print job and authenticate using your EECS username/pw

• If it still doesn't print check:

/etc/cups/printers.conf and change the line

AuthInfoRequired none 
to 
AuthInfoRequired username,password 

then

systemctl stop cups
systemctl restart cups