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The University of Calgary's managed IT printers are all Ricoh C4510 printers. The printers should be preconfigured on all managed IT computers but if you use a self-managed machine, you will have to set up the printers manually.
The University of Calgary's managed IT printers are all Ricoh printers. The printers are currently C4504 (pre-2023) and is currently transitioning to C4510 (post 2023).


== How to install Ricoh C4510 on Linux ==
The printers should be preconfigured on all managed IT computers but if you use a self-managed machine, you will have to set up the printers manually.
Download the C4510 ppd file from: https://www.openprinting.org/download/PPD/Ricoh/PDF/Ricoh-IM_C4510_PDF.ppd


=== Required software ===
== How to install Ricoh C4504 / C4510 on Linux ==
You will need to install the system-config-printer package.
You will need to install the <code>system-config-printer</code> package for your distro and then configure the printer using this utility.


==== Fedora / Red Hat ====
==== Fedora / Red Hat ====
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==== NixOS ====
==== NixOS ====
Add in the <code>system-config-printer</code> package to your systemPackages list.
Add in the <code>system-config-printer</code> package to your <code>systemPackages</code> list and then run <code>nixos-switch rebuild</code>.


=== Add the printer queue ===
=== Add the printer queue ===
Run <code>system-config-printer</code> from the Terminal
Run <code>system-config-printer</code> from the Terminal.


Click on '<nowiki/>''Add''<nowiki/>' and select '''Network Printer'' -> ''Find Network Printer'' -> ''Windows Printer via SAMBA''<nowiki/>'.
Click on '<nowiki/>''Add''<nowiki/>' and select '''Network Printer'' -> ''Find Network Printer'' -> ''Windows Printer via SAMBA''<nowiki/>'.
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* Select '''Prompt user if authentication is required''<nowiki/>'
* Select '''Prompt user if authentication is required''<nowiki/>'


Next, when asked to choose a driver, specify the PPD file that you downloaded for the C4510.
Next, when asked to choose a driver, specify the PPD file for the C4510. This is available from: https://www.openprinting.org/download/PPD/Ricoh/PDF/Ricoh-IM_C4510_PDF.ppd


Configure the printer with 'Finisher SR3310' and no other installable options.
Configure the printer with 'Finisher SR3310' and no other installable options.
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* https://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~leo/support/linux_printing/ricoh/ - My old CPSC page on this topic, which may be going away soon because they're integrating with central IT!
* https://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~leo/support/linux_printing/ricoh/ - My old CPSC page on this topic, which may be going away soon because they're integrating with central IT!
* [https://ucalgary.service-now.com/kb_view.do?sysparm_article=KB0032281&sysparm_rank=6&sysparm_tsqueryId=62c958c6973879d038d2bb8fe153aff5 Computer science printers and paths] (Login to UofC Service-Now required)
* [https://ucalgary.service-now.com/it?id=kb_article&sys_id=c0dd315387043514542efcc6cebb3503 Official install instructions] (Login to UofC Service-Now required)

Revision as of 22:54, 22 August 2023

The University of Calgary's managed IT printers are all Ricoh printers. The printers are currently C4504 (pre-2023) and is currently transitioning to C4510 (post 2023).

The printers should be preconfigured on all managed IT computers but if you use a self-managed machine, you will have to set up the printers manually.

How to install Ricoh C4504 / C4510 on Linux

You will need to install the system-config-printer package for your distro and then configure the printer using this utility.

Fedora / Red Hat

Install the following packages: dnf -y install system-config-printer cups-client samba-client

Ubuntu / Debian-based

Install the following packages: apt install system-config-printer cups-client smbclient samba

NixOS

Add in the system-config-printer package to your systemPackages list and then run nixos-switch rebuild.

Add the printer queue

Run system-config-printer from the Terminal.

Click on 'Add' and select 'Network Printer -> Find Network Printer -> Windows Printer via SAMBA'.

In the SMB Printer dialog:

  • Enter smb://itctspcp01.uc.ucalgary.ca/Staff. If you are a student, you must use the Student queue (cost per use applies) smb://uc/itctspcp06.uc.ucalgary.ca/Student.
  • Select 'Prompt user if authentication is required'

Next, when asked to choose a driver, specify the PPD file for the C4510. This is available from: https://www.openprinting.org/download/PPD/Ricoh/PDF/Ricoh-IM_C4510_PDF.ppd

Configure the printer with 'Finisher SR3310' and no other installable options.

Do not print a test page. Instead, finish the setup first and then submit a test page. This is because you need to authenticate for the print job to submit properly which won't happen until you finish the printer setup.

After you submit a print job, open the print queue and click on 'Authenticate'. When prompted to log in, enter your UCIT credentials. If authentication fails, try adding a 'uc/' prefixed to your username (Eg. 'uc/username').

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