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--- print:ubuntu [2011/07/27 14:29] – maa
+++ print:ubuntu [2011/10/05 12:33] – [Install a network printer on Ubuntu] maa
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 ====== Install a network printer on Ubuntu ======
 Requirements:
-  * your ZEDAT login and password (if not on a computer in the IMP domain)
+  * your ZEDAT login and password
-  * the ip address of the printer you want to connect to
+  * the name of the printer you want to connect to
   * the following instructions will only work from a computer in either the physics department network or from WLAN (eduroam)
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-) At the next window choose **Network Printer** and wait until the list of printers appears. It may take a while.
+) At the next window choose **Network Printer**. Then click on **Windows Printer via SAMBA**.Type in the upper right corner **wprint.imp.fu-berlin.de/printer**. Replace **printer** by the name of your printer. You can set your username and password now, otherwise you will be asked every time you print. Therefore click on **Set authentication details now** and enter your ZEDAT account and password. Make sure you type FU-BERLIN\ in front of your ZEDAT account name. After that click **Forward**.
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-) Locate your printer by its ip address and click it. Then click **Forward**.
+) If you know your printer model choose your manufacturer, then click **Forward**, choose your model in the next window and click **Forward** again. If you don't know your printer model choose **Generic**.
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-) Wait until the driver is found. Usually you shouldn't change anything on this window, just click **Forward**.
+) You can change some details about additional hardware here. Usually you can just click **Forward**.
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 ) You can give this printer a name and optionally add its location.
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 ) Now you should the following window.Click on **Print Test Page**.If a test page is printed the printer should be installed correctly.