UWO Math Printing
The printer in MC103a is hosted on the stealth.uwo.ca SMB server. I figured this guide out on my own, so this could break at any time if anything changes. Note that this guide uses up your print credits, as usual.
Install CUPS and Samba
- Samba: you may need the following in your
/etc/smb.conf:[global] client min protocol = SMB2 client max protocol = SMB3
- Samba: you may need the following in your
Download the PPD for the printer: Math.ppd
I retrieved this from the print server a while ago and have no recollection about how I did this. Note that the math printers are not listed on the supported models; they work anyways.
Figure out the connection URL:
URL-encode your username
<username>@UWO.CA, e.g. mine isbconnor4@UWO.caresulting inbconnor4%40UWO.CA. MAKE SUREUWO.CAIS CAPITALIZED!URL-encode your password, e.g. mine is (not)
hunter2!resulting inhunter2%21The connection url is then
smb://<encoded user>:<encoded password>@STEALTH.UWO.CA/Math-MC103a-BWFor example, mine is:
smb://bconnor4%40UWO.CA:hunter2%21@STEALTH.UWO.CA/Math-MC103a-BWAgain, make sure
STEALTH.UWO.CAis capitalized.Note that CUPS will hide your username and password from the printer URL once you’ve finished setting it up and the file storing this (
/etc/cups/printers.confor similar) is not world-readable.As with the school computers you need to add a second printer for colour printing; this is done by changing
Math-MC103a-BWtoMath-MC103a-Colour. This guide should also work for the other printers available on that server as long as you’re able to print to them; you can get a listing viasmbclient:smbclient -L '\\stealth.uwo.ca' -U '<username>@UWO.CA'
Add the printer via CUPS
- Usually https://127.0.0.1:631/admin -> “Add Printer”
- “Windows Printer via SAMBA”
- Paste in that connection string
- Give it some name
- Upload the PPD file and finish
Print!