Re: Samsung ML1640

2011-10-22 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 00:42, Tim wrote: >  I've used printers > with heads built into the ink cartridge, and separate heads, they've all > clogged up badly, and some very quickly. Well, I agree, to a degree, but there´s workarounds, like scheduling a print job of some picture every 10 days or s

Re: Samsung ML1640

2011-10-22 Thread Tim
On Fri, 2011-10-21 at 17:33 -0300, Fernando Cassia wrote: > Check ebay for Continuous Ink Systems (CIS) made in China. Then you > can buy ink in bulk (bottles) and refill automagically to your heart´s > content. Still doesn't get around the head clogging issues... I've used printers with heads b

Re: Samsung ML1640

2011-10-21 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 07:51, Tim wrote: > I've used several other inkjet printers that have convinced me that I > don't want to use a inkjet ever again. Check ebay for Continuous Ink Systems (CIS) made in China. Then you can buy ink in bulk (bottles) and refill automagically to your heart´s con

Re: Samsung ML1640

2011-10-21 Thread Michael Schwendt
011-10-20 at 12:35 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:43:34 -0400, KC (Keith) wrote: > > > > > I cannot seem to get my Samsung ML1640 to work with Fedora. Works plug > > > and play with Ubuntu with no issues at all. Ideas? > > >

Re: Samsung ML1640

2011-10-21 Thread Don Quixote de la Mancha
Apple's Mac OS X provides driverless installs for both printers and image input devices. Of course the printers must have drivers from somewhere. OS X bundles that Gutenprint drivers, that are obtained from the Open Source community. I'm pretty sure that Apple either requires or maybe somehow co

Re: Samsung ML1640

2011-10-21 Thread Tim
Tim: >> Often, it's cheaper to throw out a printer and buy a >> new one when the ink runs out, never mind the other parts of the >> printer. Fernando Cassia: > I bought a Lexmark Optra 40 because it was an inkjet with a CPU, RAM, > and color postscript. It is over 10 years old and still works, to

Re: Samsung ML1640

2011-10-21 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 07:21, Tim wrote: >  Often, it's cheaper to throw out a printer and buy a > new one when the ink runs out, never mind the other parts of the > printer. I bought a Lexmark Optra 40 because it was an inkjet with a CPU, RAM, and color postscript. It is over 10 years old and s

Re: Samsung ML1640

2011-10-21 Thread Tim
On Thu, 2011-10-20 at 14:44 -0300, Fernando Cassia wrote: > I don´t see a movement by consumers to clearly ask printer > manufacturers to identify the standards used on the box. Is there > one? The trouble is that most computer users are used to the idea of installing drivers with hardware (and, u

Re: Samsung ML1640

2011-10-20 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 00:59, Mark LaPierre wrote: > Samsung has a unified driver for Linux on their web site.  I've used it > for several years with my ML-1740 and many different Fedora releases. I´m not very happy to use binary-only drivers, because at some point they might choose to discontin

Re: Samsung ML1640

2011-10-20 Thread Raphael Groner
Besides all the prior answers, I could suggest tu use Splix. I used it with several distribution including Fedora and it works great with my Samsung ML-1640. AFAIK Ubuntu ships Splix per default, so I assume that it is used for Plug&Play. Take a look at http://splix.ap2c.org/ to get more informat

Re: Samsung ML1640

2011-10-20 Thread Keith Clark
ML1610 is not there anymore. On Thu, 2011-10-20 at 12:35 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:43:34 -0400, KC (Keith) wrote: > > > I cannot seem to get my Samsung ML1640 to work with Fedora. Works plug > > and play with Ubuntu with no issues at all. Ideas?

Re: Samsung ML1640

2011-10-20 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:43:34 -0400, KC (Keith) wrote: > I cannot seem to get my Samsung ML1640 to work with Fedora. Works plug > and play with Ubuntu with no issues at all. Ideas? What have you tried yet? What has happened? If you run "system-config-printer", you can configu

Re: Samsung ML1640

2011-10-19 Thread Mark LaPierre
On 10/19/2011 11:43 PM, Keith Clark wrote: > I cannot seem to get my Samsung ML1640 to work with Fedora. Works plug > and play with Ubuntu with no issues at all. Ideas? > > Keith > > Samsung has a unified driver for Linux on their web site. I've used it for several ye

Re: Samsung ML1640

2011-10-19 Thread Joachim Backes
On 10/20/2011 05:43 AM, Keith Clark wrote: > I cannot seem to get my Samsung ML1640 to work with Fedora. Works plug > and play with Ubuntu with no issues at all. Ideas? > > Keith > > Keith, Did you try UnifiedLinuxDriver_0.86.tar.gz, downloadable from http://org.download

Samsung ML1640

2011-10-19 Thread Keith Clark
I cannot seem to get my Samsung ML1640 to work with Fedora. Works plug and play with Ubuntu with no issues at all. Ideas? Keith -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines