Samsung Laser printers and F10/11?
Does anyone know if the following two printers work well (and preferably without the need for additional drivers) in F10 and F11? Samsung CLP 310N and SCX-4500W Thanks in advance. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Samsung-Laser-printers-and-F10-11--tp24389848p24389848.html Sent from the Fedora List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Samsung Laser printers and F10/11?
Mike Cloaked wrote: > > > I have also now tested scanning on the scx-4500w now. > > There is now a wiki entry with all the known details about this printer setup at http://userbase.kde.org/Troubleshooting/Samsung_scx-4500W -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Samsung-Laser-printers-and-F10-11--tp24389848p24704121.html Sent from the Fedora List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Samsung Laser printers and F10/11?
On Wed, 8 Jul 2009, Mike Cloaked wrote: > Does anyone know if the following two printers work well (and > preferably without the need for additional drivers) in F10 and F11? > > Samsung CLP 310N > and > SCX-4500W i've yet to get my samsung scx-4826fn running under f11. worked fine under f10. if anyone has a recipe, i am *so* willing to test it. as it is, after i configure and try to print a test page, i get: There was an error during the CUPS operation: 'client-error-document-format-not-supported'. is that what you're seeing? rday -- Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rpjday Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Samsung Laser printers and F10/11?
Robert P. J. Day-2 wrote: > > On Wed, 8 Jul 2009, Mike Cloaked wrote: > >> Does anyone know if the following two printers work well (and >> preferably without the need for additional drivers) in F10 and F11? >> >> Samsung CLP 310N >> and >> SCX-4500W > > i've yet to get my samsung scx-4826fn running under f11. worked > fine under f10. if anyone has a recipe, i am *so* willing to test it. > as it is, after i configure and try to print a test page, i get: > > There was an error during the CUPS operation: > 'client-error-document-format-not-supported'. > > is that what you're seeing? > > rday > > In my case I am trying to decide on one which won't have an install and run issue so I wanted to know if either would be problematic before buying one! Hence my question - maybe Tim Waugh will chime in as he seems to be the collective knowledgebase on printing matters... -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Samsung-Laser-printers-and-F10-11--tp24389848p24392246.html Sent from the Fedora List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Samsung Laser printers and F10/11?
Mike Cloaked wrote: > Does anyone know if the following two printers work well (and preferably > without the need for additional drivers) in F10 and F11? > > Samsung CLP 310N > and > SCX-4500W According to the information on openprinting.org, those both appear to use the proprietary Samsung Printer Language, so you have just 2 options: * a proprietary driver from Samsung and * a reverse-engineered driver (SpliX) which (AFAIK) isn't in Fedora at this time. And some Samsung printers require the patent-encumbered JBIG support, so support for those is not likely to land in Fedora any time soon. Also note that the list on http://splix.ap2c.org/ cites neither the CLP 310N nor the SCX-4500W. (It does cite an SCX-4500 without the 'W', but that might be a significantly different model.) Kevin Kofler -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Samsung Laser printers and F10/11?
On Wed, 2009-07-08 at 09:14 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > as it is, after i configure and try to print a test page, i get: > > There was an error during the CUPS operation: > 'client-error-document-format-not-supported'. Hi Robert, This sounds like you have a 3rd party driver installed without the correct ownership or permissions. Tim. */ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Samsung Laser printers and F10/11?
On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 07:10 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > p.s. if this is perhaps just an issue with permissions, perhaps i > need only locate the appropriate file that's already installed and > "chmod" it? Indeed: 'chown root.root' and 'chmod 755' any drivers that were installed. Take a look in /usr/lib/cups/filter/, for instance. Tim. */ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Samsung Laser printers and F10/11?
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009, Tim Waugh wrote: > On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 07:10 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > p.s. if this is perhaps just an issue with permissions, perhaps i > > need only locate the appropriate file that's already installed and > > "chmod" it? > > Indeed: 'chown root.root' and 'chmod 755' any drivers that were > installed. Take a look in /usr/lib/cups/filter/, for instance. all of that's already true: total 604 -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 39592 2009-05-15 05:22 bannertops -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 10480 2009-05-15 05:22 commandtoescpx -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 10448 2009-05-15 05:22 commandtopclx -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 10520 2009-05-15 05:22 commandtops lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root25 2009-06-10 10:25 foomatic-rip -> ../../../bin/foomatic-rip -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 10456 2009-05-15 05:22 gziptoany -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 65112 2009-05-15 05:22 hpgltops -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 11072 2009-03-09 14:25 hplipjs -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 35392 2009-05-15 05:22 imagetops -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 65504 2009-05-15 05:22 imagetoraster -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 22984 2009-05-15 05:22 pdftops -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 19440 2009-04-15 12:35 pdftoraster -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1599 2009-05-15 05:22 pstopdf -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 56000 2009-05-15 05:22 pstops -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 6399 2009-04-15 12:35 pstopxl -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1672 2009-05-15 05:22 pstoraster lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root13 2009-06-10 10:20 rastertodymo -> rastertolabel -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 18784 2009-05-15 05:22 rastertoepson -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 35384 2009-05-15 05:22 rastertoescpx -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 18760 2009-05-15 05:22 rastertohp -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 22920 2009-05-15 05:22 rastertolabel -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 35376 2009-05-15 05:22 rastertopclx -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 27384 2009-02-27 00:08 rastertoptch -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 3560 2009-05-15 05:22 textonly lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root13 2009-06-10 10:20 texttopaps -> /usr/bin/paps -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 55000 2009-05-15 05:22 texttops might it be useful to simply remove the appropriate printer support package(s), then re-install them fresh to get rid of any misconfiguration i might have introduced? like, perhaps, removing all of printer support just to play it safe? rday -- Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rpjday Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Samsung Laser printers and F10/11?
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009, Tim Waugh wrote: > On Wed, 2009-07-08 at 09:14 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > as it is, after i configure and try to print a test page, i get: > > > > There was an error during the CUPS operation: > > 'client-error-document-format-not-supported'. > > Hi Robert, > > This sounds like you have a 3rd party driver installed without the > correct ownership or permissions. so, if i can clean all the cruft from my previous attempt, what *would* be the correct recipe? i was over at openprinting.org recently and there is no printer driver for a scx-4826fn. there *is* one for the scx-4828fn, but i have no way of knowing if that's still appropriate. BTW, my previous attempt involved downloading the Samsung Smart Panel and Samsung Unified Driver and running that. should i assume that was a mistake? rday p.s. if this is perhaps just an issue with permissions, perhaps i need only locate the appropriate file that's already installed and "chmod" it? -- Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rpjday Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Samsung Laser printers and F10/11?
On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 07:30 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > might it be useful to simply remove the appropriate printer support > package(s), then re-install them fresh to get rid of any > misconfiguration i might have introduced? like, perhaps, removing all > of printer support just to play it safe? Better to file a bug report so we can get to the bottom of the problem and know the solution in future I think. Tim. */ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Samsung Laser printers and F10/11?
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009, Tim Waugh wrote: > On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 07:30 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > might it be useful to simply remove the appropriate printer > > support package(s), then re-install them fresh to get rid of any > > misconfiguration i might have introduced? like, perhaps, removing > > all of printer support just to play it safe? > > Better to file a bug report so we can get to the bottom of the > problem and know the solution in future I think. before i do that, i think it's worth trying to reproduce the problem by configuring that printer the fedora-approved way from the beginning. recall that i downloaded from samsung the smart panel and unified driver. should i have done it that way? or should i have been able to configure that printer (samsung scx-4826fn) with what came shipped strictly with fedora? because if that's the case, submitting a bug report based on what i got from samsung might be completely meaningless. *theoretically*, how should i have configured that printer? because i should at least try it that way to see if the problem still exists. rday p.s. right now, if i go into System > Admin > Printing, i have a single entry for "SCX-4x26-Series", which strikes me as correct. but i'll file a BZ report if you think it's worth it. -- Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rpjday Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Samsung Laser printers and F10/11?
On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 09:05 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > *theoretically*, how should i have configured that printer? because > i should at least try it that way to see if the problem still exists. According to openprinting.org there is no free driver for that device (closest match shown): http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Samsung-SCX-4828FN So the Samsung supplied driver is the only option you have for that printer. Tim. */ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Samsung Laser printers and F10/11?
Tim Waugh wrote: > > On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 09:05 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: >> *theoretically*, how should i have configured that printer? because >> i should at least try it that way to see if the problem still exists. > > According to openprinting.org there is no free driver for that device > (closest match shown): > http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Samsung-SCX-4828FN > > So the Samsung supplied driver is the only option you have for that > printer. > > I came across what appears to be a useful post concerning the scanning function of the scx-4500w (which I now have) at http://www.nabble.com/Samsung-SCX-4500W-seems-to-work-td24293013.html This post mentions using a slightly altered xerox backend file at /etc/sane.d/xerox_mfp.conf However in F10 under /etc/sane.d/ I don't find any xerox files in this directory. Can anyone point me to a guide on how to get hold of these files, and also the steps needed to install/test in F10/11 and try this for the scanning function of this printer? Also in terms of the printing function I also came across the ppd file in the Samsung official downloads for the printer - they have three tarballs available (dated from a few months ago) with various applications for Linux and within these files there is a file scx4500w.ppd that presumably be used to drive the printer? I have only ever used printers in the past that "just work" in Linux so this is a new venture for me. Is it possible using the standard tools in F10/11 to install the ppd file and try to print from cups in the usual way? If so again can someone point me to a guide? Thanks -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Samsung-Laser-printers-and-F10-11--tp24389848p24438822.html Sent from the Fedora List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Samsung Laser printers and F10/11?
On 07/11/2009 05:47 AM, Mike Cloaked wrote: > > This post mentions using a slightly altered xerox backend file at > /etc/sane.d/xerox_mfp.conf > > However in F10 under /etc/sane.d/ I don't find any xerox files in this > directory. Can anyone point me to a guide on how to get hold of these > files, and also the steps needed to install/test in F10/11 and try this for > the scanning function of this printer? It appears that this file is in 1.0.20 version of sane-backends which was released at the beginning of May. (http://www.sane-project.org) Fedora is still on 1.0.10 .. so you may want to poke the maintainer to update ? gene/ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Samsung Laser printers and F10/11?
On 07/11/2009 10:41 AM, Mail Lists wrote: > On 07/11/2009 05:47 AM, Mike Cloaked wrote: >> >> This post mentions using a slightly altered xerox backend file at >> /etc/sane.d/xerox_mfp.conf >> >> However in F10 under /etc/sane.d/ I don't find any xerox files in this >> directory. Can anyone point me to a guide on how to get hold of these >> files, and also the steps needed to install/test in F10/11 and try this for >> the scanning function of this printer? > > > It appears that this file is in 1.0.20 version of sane-backends which > was released at the beginning of May. (http://www.sane-project.org) > > Fedora is still on 1.0.10 .. so you may want to poke the maintainer to > update ? > Typo - f10 and f11 are on 1.0.19 .. you probably still need 1.0.20. You could just download from upstream perhaps ? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Samsung Laser printers and F10/11?
Mail Lists-3 wrote: > > On 07/11/2009 10:41 AM, Mail Lists wrote: > > Typo - f10 and f11 are on 1.0.19 .. you probably still need 1.0.20. > You could just download from upstream perhaps ? > > Yes indeed. By the way the Samsung driver stuff is at http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/download/supportDown.do?group=printsolutions&type=printsolutions&subtype=monomultifunctionproducts&model_nm=SCX-4500W&language=&cate_type=all&dType=D&mType=DR&vType=&prd_ia_cd=06010300&disp_nm=SCX-4500W&model_cd=&menu=download and the ppd file scx4500w.ppd is in the directory cdroot/Linux/noarch/at_opt/share/ppd/ in the Unified Linux Driver tarball once it is untarred. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Samsung-Laser-printers-and-F10-11--tp24389848p24440928.html Sent from the Fedora List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Samsung Laser printers and F10/11?
Mike Cloaked wrote: > > > > Mail Lists-3 wrote: >> >> On 07/11/2009 10:41 AM, Mail Lists wrote: >> >> Typo - f10 and f11 are on 1.0.19 .. you probably still need 1.0.20. >> You could just download from upstream perhaps ? >> >> > > Yes indeed. > > By the way the Samsung driver stuff is at > http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/download/supportDown.do?group=printsolutions&type=printsolutions&subtype=monomultifunctionproducts&model_nm=SCX-4500W&language=&cate_type=all&dType=D&mType=DR&vType=&prd_ia_cd=06010300&disp_nm=SCX-4500W&model_cd=&menu=download > > and the ppd file scx4500w.ppd is in the directory > cdroot/Linux/noarch/at_opt/share/ppd/ > in the Unified Linux Driver tarball once it is untarred. > > I am going to test the printer and scanner functions via a usb connection on an F10 machine in the coming days. Having downloaded sane-backends-1.0.20-4.fc10 and its associated library from updates-testing, I will try the scanner in the next few days, and will also try to install the printer using the ppd file and see if it will work without the Samsung provided other stuff. I will be pleased if both functions can be made to work. The xerox_mfp.conf file has been amended to include the 4500w details, and a 19-libsane-scx4500w.fdi has been made, so hopefully this will allow the scanner to operate but it now needs testing. Additionally it would be nice to test this to see if it will work via ethernet and wireless for printing, though I understand that scanning will only work via usb. If it works I will also try to test on an F11 laptop as a test ahead of moving my main machine on F10 to F11 in the next couple of weeks. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Samsung-Laser-printers-and-F10-11--tp24389848p24552353.html Sent from the Fedora List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Samsung Laser printers and F10/11?
Mike Cloaked wrote: > > > I am going to test the printer and scanner functions via a usb connection > on an F10 machine in the coming days. Having downloaded > sane-backends-1.0.20-4.fc10 and its associated library from > updates-testing, I will try the scanner in the next few days, and will > also try to install the printer using the ppd file and see if it will work > without the Samsung provided other stuff. I will be pleased if both > functions can be made to work. The xerox_mfp.conf file has been amended to > include the 4500w details, and a 19-libsane-scx4500w.fdi has been made, so > hopefully this will allow the scanner to operate but it now needs testing. > > Additionally it would be nice to test this to see if it will work via > ethernet and wireless for printing, though I understand that scanning will > only work via usb. > > If it works I will also try to test on an F11 laptop as a test ahead of > moving my main machine on F10 to F11 in the next couple of weeks. > > I thought I would report my first tests on using the Samsung scx-4500W under F10. I did a fair bit of reading before deciding what to try and in the end did the following: I downloaded the driver set and untarred them. The drivers are available from http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/download/supportDown.do?group=printsolutions&type=printsolutions&subtype=monomultifunctionproducts&model_nm=SCX-4500W&language=&cate_type=all&dType=D&mType=DR&vType=&prd_ia_cd=06010300&disp_nm=SCX-4500W&model_cd=&menu=download However I did not install their script(s). Instead I pulled the following two files out of their Unified Driver file: I added the file rastertosamsungspl (from cdroot/Linux/i386/at_root/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertosamsungspl) to /usr/lib/cups/filter/ and scx4500q.ppd (from cdroot/Linux/noarch/at_opt/share/ppd/) to /usr/share/cups/model/samsung/ Note the permissions are 644 Also did cd to /usr/share/cups/model/foomatic-db-ppds and made directory samsung, then gzip -c /home/mike/Documents/printer-info/4500w-drivers/cups-f10/scx4500w.ppd > samsung/scx4500w.ppd.gz That was all that seemed to be needed. Anyway I plugged in the usb line to the main machine here running F10, and turned on the printer whilst tailing the messages file. On startup it immediately recognised the printer and the messages file showed that the device had been found correctly and culminated in: Jul 20 20:37:32 home1 kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver usblp Jul 20 20:38:00 home1 hal_lpadmin: Added printer SCX-4500W-Series A window popped up saying the printer had been added and offered me to check the settings - all that I changed was the paper size from the US Letter to our A4 size and then I ran a test page - which looked perfect. Then I printed a system status page from the printer itself which was fine, and then did a test print from the main machine - all seems well. cups started eating lots of cpu so I restarted it and it settled down nicely. I then checked that the printer was visible to other machines on the LAN and it worked nicely. I have not used the ethernet cable yet, nor changed the wireless settings. I'll have to put it on the local network and give it a sensible ip address rather than the default 192. address that it comes with. I have also been preparing the setup to allow scanning but not had a chance to test that yet. Anyway it is very pleasing that the printer is working, despite being an unsupported printer - and only using the two files pulled from the other Samsung linux application allowed the printer to work nicely. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Samsung-Laser-printers-and-F10-11--tp24389848p24577326.html Sent from the Fedora List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Samsung Laser printers and F10/11?
Mike Cloaked wrote: > > > I thought I would report my first tests on using the Samsung scx-4500W > under F10. > > I did a fair bit of reading before deciding what to try and in the end did > the following: > > I downloaded the driver set and untarred them. The drivers are available > from > http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/download/supportDown.do?group=printsolutions&type=printsolutions&subtype=monomultifunctionproducts&model_nm=SCX-4500W&language=&cate_type=all&dType=D&mType=DR&vType=&prd_ia_cd=06010300&disp_nm=SCX-4500W&model_cd=&menu=download > > However I did not install their script(s). > Instead I pulled the following two files out of their Unified Driver file: > I added the file > rastertosamsungspl (from > cdroot/Linux/i386/at_root/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertosamsungspl) to > /usr/lib/cups/filter/ > > and scx4500q.ppd (from cdroot/Linux/noarch/at_opt/share/ppd/) to > /usr/share/cups/model/samsung/ > Note the permissions are 644 > > Also did cd to /usr/share/cups/model/foomatic-db-ppds and made directory > samsung, then > gzip -c > /home/mike/Documents/printer-info/4500w-drivers/cups-f10/scx4500w.ppd > > samsung/scx4500w.ppd.gz > > That was all that seemed to be needed. Anyway I plugged in the usb line to > the main machine here running F10, and turned on the printer whilst > tailing the messages file. > > On startup it immediately recognised the printer and the messages file > showed that the device had been found correctly and culminated in: > Jul 20 20:37:32 home1 kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver > usblp > Jul 20 20:38:00 home1 hal_lpadmin: Added printer SCX-4500W-Series > > A window popped up saying the printer had been added and offered me to > check the settings - all that I changed was the paper size from the US > Letter to our A4 size and then I ran a test page - which looked perfect. > > Then I printed a system status page from the printer itself which was > fine, and then did a test print from the main machine - all seems well. > > cups started eating lots of cpu so I restarted it and it settled down > nicely. I then checked that the printer was visible to other machines on > the LAN and it worked nicely. > > I have not used the ethernet cable yet, nor changed the wireless settings. > I'll have to put it on the local network and give it a sensible ip address > rather than the default 192. address that it comes with. > > I have also been preparing the setup to allow scanning but not had a > chance to test that yet. > > Anyway it is very pleasing that the printer is working, despite being an > unsupported printer - and only using the two files pulled from the other > Samsung linux application allowed the printer to work nicely. > > I have also now tested scanning on the scx-4500w now. I installed sane-backends from updates-testing to give sane-backends-1.0.20-4.fc10.i386 Then edited /etc/sane.d/xerox_mfp.conf to add two extra lines, according to advice from other postings on the net since the Samsung printer was suggested to work with the xerox_mfp backend setup: # Samsung SCX-4500W usb 0x04e8 0x342b Then made a new file /etc/hal/fdi/information/19-libsane-scx4500w.fdi with the following content: scanner Then I simply fired up the GIMP and asked it to scan - it found the scanner, and it worked without any further setup. So although I have only tested the printing and scanning capability on F10 via the usb port it does work very nicely. Yet to test: 1) printer access via ethernet 2) printer access via wireless 3) scanner access via ether/wifi If anyone has done any other tests on this Samsung SCX-4500W and has step-by-step setup details I would be interested to hear the information. Either way this is a nice printer, and very quiet in operation, and does look pretty cool too! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Samsung-Laser-printers-and-F10-11--tp24389848p24578038.html Sent from the Fedora List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
