OK. You are connected to an AAU network.
Failed! You are not connected to
Enter your AAU Username / AAU brugernavn
Use format: AAU-ID@domain.aau.dk eq. ab23cd@domain.aau.dk
Your Username is used temporarily in this guide only - we do not share it, store it or send you any messages.
Your AAU AAU Username / AAU brugnavn:
Invalid email address. Must be your AAU email address.
Select printer
Select the kind of printer you would like to install
Showing the guide for printer selected in previous step.
You must select a printer
First: Ubuntu does not install a smb.conf in 18.04 so I suggest you install the samba client package:
Press "ctrl + alt + " to open a terminal
Code: sudo apt install smbclient
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Launch the printer installation by clicking the "show applications" icon
Launch the printer setup by clicking the Ubuntu icon:
- Enter ‘printers’ at the search line
- Click on the ‘Printers’ icon
Click the "additional printer settings" button.
Click on ”Add” to add a new printer.
- Expand the ‘Network Printer’ item listed under devices
- Select ‘Windows Printer via Samba’
- Add the printer server/printer name:
- For authentication select ‘Set authentication details below’
- Enter the username: in the form xxx.aau.dk\johndoe
- Enter the password
Select " select printer from database"
And then select "generic" as printer driver.
Select printer model:
- Select ‘PCL 6/PCL XL’
- Select ‘Generic PCL 6/PCL XL Printer Foomatic/pxlcolor’
Describe the printer:
- Enter a short name, it’s recommended to enter the real printer name.
- Optionally enter a description and location.
You can print a test page if you like (will be charged).