Install the Follow-Me printer on a Linux system

Are you an employee with an Linux workstation that you manage yourself? If so, you can download and install the printer yourself. This allows you to easily send print jobs via the internet, regardless of your location. 

Important before you start:

• Do you still have the old version (“LinuxFollow-Me”) on your computer? If so, please remove it. 

1. Download the Linux driver and save locally.
2. Open the New Printer dialog.
   
   Starting Printer Setup
   
   a) Start the Printer Configuration tool
   b) Go to Server → New → Printer.
   c) In the Authenticate dialog box, type the root user password and confirm.
   d) Select the printer connection type and provide its details in the area on the right.
    
3. From the list of devices on the left, select Network Printer → LPD/LPR Host or Printer.
   
   
    

4. On the right, enter the connection settings:
   
   Host:         [e-mail]
    

   For a single user system: Replace the generic HvA-ID by your personal HvA-ID. When you send a print job only you can pick up your prints at a printer.

   For a multi user system: Log in with your personal HvA-ID. The administrator should leave out the HvA-ID@ part of the host name. When you send a print job the print system will then use your username (through environment variable CUPS_USER or USER) to make sure that only you can pick up your prints at a printer. 
   
   Queue:       LinuxFollow-Me
   
    

5. Click on Forward to continue:
   
   
   
   
   Selecting the Printer Model and Finishing
   Once you have properly selected a printer connection type, the system attempts to acquire a driver. If the process fails, you can locate or search for the driver resources manually.
   
   Follow this procedure to provide the printer driver and finish the installation:
    
6. In the window Choose Driver, select the following option: Provide PPD file.
   
   
    
7. Use the browser bar below the option description to select the Canon .PPD file.
    
8. Click on Forward to continue.
    
9. After the changes are applied, a dialog box appears allowing you to print a test page. Click on Yes to print a test page now. Alternatively, you can print a test page later as described in the next section.
   
   Print a Test Page
   After you have set up a printer or changed a printer configuration, print a test page to make sure the printer is functioning properly:
   
    
10. Right-click the printer in the Printing window and click on Properties.
     
11. In the Properties window, click on Settings on the left.
     
12. On the displayed Settings tab, click on the Print Test Page button.