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Installing u:print on Linux

For:  students    employees

This user guide will help you install u:print on Linux.

You can use the CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) printing system for this. This system is the standard for most Linux distributions.

Requirements

  • Your device is connected to the Uni data network or access is via VPN.
  • You are using CUPS version 2.2 or higher
  • You have the smbclient and system-config-printer packages pre-installed. You can install both packages at the same time with the command sudo apt install smbclient system-config-printer.

Note

If you have changed your u:account password, proceed as follows:

  1. Open a terminal by entering Terminal in the search field on your desktop.
  2. Open the printer settings by entering the command sudo system-config-printer in the terminal.
  3. Click Change in the menu Device URI.
  4. Enter your new u:account password.

Configuring a new printer

  1. Open a terminal – Enter the command system-config-printer in the terminal – Add – Network printer – Windows printer via SAMBA – Enter the following in the smb:// field: uprint.univie.ac.at/FollowMe(for students) or uprint.univie.ac.at/Staff (for employees) – Select the option Set authentication details now – Password: u:account password, Username: u\u:account UserID – Next
  2. Provide PPD file – Download PPD file – Click on File selection field – Downloads – Select downloaded PPD file – Forward – Forward – Enter uprint in the Printer name and Description fields – Apply – (Optional: Print test page – Transfer – OK)

Detailed user guide

  1. Open a terminal by entering Terminal in the search field on your desktop.
  2. Open the printer settings by entering the command system-config-printer in the terminal.
  3. Click on the Add button.
  1. Click on the Network Printer entry in the menu on the left.
  2. Click on the entry Windows Printer via SAMBA.
  3. Enter the following in the smb:// field on the right:
    • Students: uprint.univie.ac.at/FollowMe
    • Employees: uprint.univie.ac.at/Staff
  4. Select the option Set authentication details now and enter the following data:
    • Password: Your u:account password
    • Username: u\u:account UserID (example: u\doejamie99)
  5. Click on the Forward button.
  1. You will be asked to choose a driver. Select the option Provide PPD file.
  2. Download the following PPD file from the Canon website.
  3. Click on the file selection field.

Click on the Downloads entry in the menu on the left and select the downloaded PPD file.

  1. The file is now selected. Click on the Forward button.
  2. Click on the Forward button in the Installable Options window.
  3. In the Describe Printer window, enter uprint in both the Printer Name and Description fields.
  4. Click Apply.
  5. If you want to print a test page, click Print test page in the Would you like to print a test page? window.
  6. Confirm with Transfer and then with OK.
  7. The test page should now appear in the list of print jobs on the u:print device.
  8. Do not print the test page if you want to avoid credit being deducted from your u:card for the test page.

Setting up black-and-white printing as default

  1. Enter Add printers in the search field on your desktop.
  2. Click on the search result to open the printer settings in the Ubuntu system settings.
  3. Click on the three vertical dots ⋮ to the right of the uprint entry and select the Printing Options entry.
  1. Select the Color entry in the menu on the left.
  2. Select the Schwarzweiß (black-and-white, in German) entry in the Farbmodus (Colour mode, in German) drop-down menu.
  3. Close the window.

Changing printer options

If you want to change the printer options, you may need to start the printer settings as a superuser.

  1. To do this, open a terminal by entering Terminal in the search field on your desktop.
  2. Enter the following command in the terminal: sudo system-config-printer

Otherwise, the changed settings will not be applied.

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