Prerequisites: You must know the name of the print server and the name of the print queue to which you want to map.
Open up Ubuntu's system settings utility. If it is not already present on the launcher bar on the left-hand edge of your screen, click on the Activities link at the top, left-hand corner of the screen to bring up the search screen.
Enter Settings into the search box and the Settings utility launcher will appear below the search box. Press the <ENTER> key or double-click your mouse on the Settings icon to launch it.
Select the Devices link at the lower left-hand corner of the Settings dialog.
Select Printers from the left-hand column, then click the Additional Printer Settings button.
The Printers dialog displays two Add buttons if you do not already have any printers defined on your system. Click on either Add button to start the printer mapping process. Either button will open up the same dialog box.
Click on Network Printer in the left-hand column to expand the network mapping options. Then click on the LPD/LPR Host or Printer option.
You must know the name of the print server and the name of the print queue on the print server in order to map your printer.
Most printers have a label on them indicating both. The most common print servers used on campus are:
lightning.mines.edu adminprint.mines.edu pkonica.mines.edu
If you're not certain of the name of the server and print queue, a quick solution is to look at the mapping on another computer on which the queue is already mapped.
Enter the server name in the Host: input box, and the print queue name in the Queue: input box. Then click on the Forward button.
A Searching for Drivers dialog box appears briefly, and then the Choose Driver dialog opens. Scroll down the list of manufacturers and select the brand of printer. Then click on the Forward button.
Scroll down the list of printer models and select the one that matches the printer to which you want to map. The click on the Forward button.
N O T E : Sometimes Ubuntu does not have a driver listed for your exact model of printer. Most often, selecting the printer model that most closely resembles your desired printer is sufficient. If you find yourself in this situation, and selecting the closest model does not work for you, please open up an Office Printer Issues service request so that a technician can assist you.
Ubuntu will pre-populate the printer description dialog with generic information about your selected printer. It is best if you customize these fields so that you can more easily identify the printer to which you want to print from your various applications. This is especially important if you have many printers mapped.
Make the appropriate changes and then click on the Apply button.
The Print Test Page prompt will appear, select cancel.
Your new print queue mapping now appears in your Printers dialog box. Right-click your mouse on the printer icon and select View Print Queue.
The Document Print Status dialog opens. Right-click again on the printer's icon and select Properties.
The printer's Properties dialog opens. Now, click on the Print Test Page button in the Properties dialog box while you observe the Document Print Status dialog box.
The Submitted dialog box appears indicating the Job number of your test page. Click the OK button.
You should see the test page you initiated appear and then clear from the Document Print Status dialog box.
Your Document Print Status dialog should now be cleared and your test page sitting in the printer's output tray.
If the print job remains stuck in the Document Print Status dialog, or another error occurs, please open up an Office Printer Issues service request so that a technician can assist you.
You may now close the Document Print Status, Printer Properties, and Printers windows. Your newly mapped printer is now listed in the main Printers section of the system Settings dialog and is ready for use.
2020.04.30 dkearney