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--- print:ubuntu [2011/07/27 13:43] – created maa
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+prin
 ====== Install a network printer on Ubuntu ======
+Requirements:
+  * your ZEDAT login and password
+  * 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)
+) Click on System > Administration > Printing
+{{:print:img:print-ubuntu1.png}}
+) Then click on **Add**.
+{{:print:img:print-ubuntu2.png}}
+) At the next window choose **Network Printer**. Then click on **Windows Printer via SAMBA**. If this option is missing, you need to run ''sudo apt-get install smbclient'' in a terminal window first. 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**.
+{{:print:img:print-ubuntu3-3.png}}
+) 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**.
+{{:print:img:print-ubuntu4-3.png}}
+) You can change some details about additional hardware here. Usually you can just click **Forward**.
+{{:print:img:print-ubuntu5-1.png}}
+) You can give this printer a name and optionally add its location.
+{{:print:img:print-ubuntu6-1.png}}
+) Now you should the following window.Click on **Print Test Page**.If a test page is printed the printer should be installed correctly.
+{{:print:img:print-ubuntu7.png}}