First make sure the CUPS daemon in running:
/etc/init.d/cups status
If it isn't, start it, then set it to run at system boot:
sudo /etc/init.d/cups start
sudo chkconfig cups on
PaperCut authentication via AD is easiest achieved by placing the username and password into the smb URI. In the example of setting up the Doan 104 HP Laserjet 4700:
sudo lpadmin -p DC104HPColor -E -v smb://ColleaguePrinting:password@ad/print.ad.midmich.edu/DC104HPColor
-p DC104HPColor sets the printer name for the system and can be anything. ColleaguePrinting is the AD username, followed by the AD password. Everything after the @ is the location of the AD print queue, following the //server/printer format. Since no driver is specified in this command, it will apply a generic driver.
Set the printer to default:
sudo lpadmin -d DC104HPColor
Check to make sure the printer is both entered in and enabled:
lpstat -p
printer DC104HPColor is idle. enabled since Thu 11 Dec 2014 01:51:21 PM EST
Set CUPS to raw printing mode (for Colleague purposes):
sudo lpadmin -p DC104HPColor -o raw=true
Check /etc/cups/lpoptions to see if the option was applied:
sudo nano /etc/cups/lpoptions
GNU nano 2.0.9 File: etc/cups/lpoptions
Default DC104HPColor raw=true
Finally, test the printer settings by using lpr to send a test postscript to the printer:
lpr usr/share/cups/data/testprint
The printer configuration can be checked by viewing printers.conf:
sudo nano etc/cups/printers.conf
GNU nano 2.0.9 File: etc/cups/printers.conf
# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.4.2
# Written by cupsd on 2014-12-11 10:53
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE WHEN CUPSD IS RUNNING
<Printer DC104HPColor>
Info DC104HPColor
DeviceURI smb://ColleaguePrinting:password@ad/print.ad.midmich.edu/DC104HPColor
State Idle
StateTime 1418313188
Type 4
Accepting Yes
Shared Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
OpPolicy default
ErrorPolicy stop-printer
</Printer>
Note the third comment line. Editing is only allowed if the cups daemon is shutdown.