The University of South Australia is upgrading to a new print management solution called ‘PaperCut’ which also provides ‘follow you printing’.
The transition to the new solution will occur in stages through until the end of 2023 and during this time both the old and new solutions will be supported. Signage will be placed on printers once they have been migrated to PaperCut.
During this transition stage, AskIT pages will highlight where instructions differ from the old solution and when utilising PaperCut.
For further information on PaperCut please see the What’s New page.
NOTE: Ubuntu is the preferred distribution to interact with Windows based infrastructure. This guide was built using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. If you are using an unfamiliar distribution of Linux or older version of Ubuntu you unfortunately will not be able to use the Follow-You printing option. Distributions that have had difficulty printing are Centos, Fedora and Slackware. Distributions that have successfully been setup are Ubuntu 14.x LTS or higher, Mint and PCBSD.
NOTE: If your test print job does not come out of the printer/multifunction device, please call the IT Help Desk to arrange a wireless/Follow-me appointment.
As an example, we will use the Mint Distro to show how to configure your device for using the PaperCut Follow You print queue.
As a rule, the settings are pretty straight forward and can be applied to any Linux Distribution but it is up to the individual to become familiar with and research how to connect and use Windows Network Shared printers with Linux.
The summary process is:-
Detailed steps using Linux Mint as the example
If you require further information or assistance, please contact the IT Help Desk on (08) 830 25000 or 1300 558 654.