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Setup remote printing on personal laptop (Ubuntu)?

August 25, 2016September 12, 2019 systems

NOTE: you must be logged in to eduroam using your eecs credentials for remote/wireless printing

1. Navigate to System Settings -> Printers
2. Click Add
3. In the left pane, select Network Printer, followed by Windows printer via SAMBA
4. In the right pane enter the printer address (URI) as smb://laptopprint.student.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/eecslabblack (for students) [or] as smb://laptopprint.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/eecsstaff (for staff/PhDs)
5. Select Set authentication details now and enter your EECS credentials (in the below format) and Click Forward

For Students
Username: STUDENT\your_eecs_username
Password: your_eecs_password

For Staff/Phd
Username: your_eecs_username
Password: your_eecs_password

6. At the Choose Driver prompt, choose Select printer from database, followed by selecting Generic and click Forward
7. At the following prompt (for Models) choose PostScript Printer on the left menu, followed by choosing Generic Postscript Printer Foomatic/Postscript on the right menu. Click Forward
8. At the Describe Printer prompt, enter a suitable printer name and description for identification purposes. Click Apply
9. The printer you just added will now be listed in your system Printing Menu

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