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Install printers on Ubuntu. Open file explorer and connect to smb://edp-liu-prn01.ad.liu.se/PPD Save credentials.

Install printers on Ubuntu. - Linköping University · New Printer Choose Driver Select printer from database O provide PPD file Search for a printer driver to download PostScript

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Page 1: Install printers on Ubuntu. - Linköping University · New Printer Choose Driver Select printer from database O provide PPD file Search for a printer driver to download PostScript

Install printers on Ubuntu.

Open file explorer and connect to smb://edp-liu-prn01.ad.liu.se/PPD

Save credentials.

Page 2: Install printers on Ubuntu. - Linköping University · New Printer Choose Driver Select printer from database O provide PPD file Search for a printer driver to download PostScript

Open Linux and copy the PPDs to your computer

Open printers tool

Add a windows printer.

smb://AD/edp-liu-prn01.ad.liu.se/<Printer name>

or smb://AD/edp-liu-mob01.ad.liu.se/<Printer name>

Remark the AD in the URI, its necessary with Ubuntu.

Other Linux flavor do or do not need it.

Page 3: Install printers on Ubuntu. - Linköping University · New Printer Choose Driver Select printer from database O provide PPD file Search for a printer driver to download PostScript

Install smbclient if it is not already there.

Finish installing the printer, pointing out the PPD

Page 4: Install printers on Ubuntu. - Linköping University · New Printer Choose Driver Select printer from database O provide PPD file Search for a printer driver to download PostScript

Finish configuration.

Do not print the test page. Choose cancel

Print a test document.

Page 5: Install printers on Ubuntu. - Linköping University · New Printer Choose Driver Select printer from database O provide PPD file Search for a printer driver to download PostScript

Check the stored password if you have problems.

If you have not saved the password in the keyring, or if you do not wish to, you should see a dialog

prompting for user name and password when trying to print from an application.

Unfortunately, a bug in LibreOffice impedes that. https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53029

To fix this change the print behavior in LibreOffice.

Page 6: Install printers on Ubuntu. - Linköping University · New Printer Choose Driver Select printer from database O provide PPD file Search for a printer driver to download PostScript

Steps:

- Navigate to Tools -> Options -> LibreOffice -> Advanced.

- Check "Enable experimental features"

- Change to LibreOffice -> General tab

- Under heading "Print dialogs", uncheck "Use LibreOffice Dialogs"