Re: networked multi-function colour laser printers

2014-07-15 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 15 July 2014 00:45:25 Doug wrote: XSane is smart enough to take care of that No it's not, it needs the right drivers. Either you already happened to have them, or your printer driver must have supplied Scanner drivers. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: networked multi-function colour laser printers SOLVED

2014-07-15 Thread Richard Lyons
Just a quick thank you to all who offered advice and help. The errant Samsung hardware has started working again, so my search for a replacement is deferred -- at least for now. In case it helps anybody else, the things that brought the machine back to life were rebooting the printer, clearing

Re: networked multi-function colour laser printers

2014-07-15 Thread Doug
On 07/15/2014 10:46 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Tuesday 15 July 2014 00:45:25 Doug wrote: XSane is smart enough to take care of that No it's not, it needs the right drivers. Either you already happened to have them, or your printer driver must have supplied Scanner drivers. Lisi I did not

Re: networked multi-function colour laser printers

2014-07-15 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 15 July 2014 19:21:05 Doug wrote: On 07/15/2014 10:46 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Tuesday 15 July 2014 00:45:25 Doug wrote: XSane is smart enough to take care of that No it's not, it needs the right drivers. Either you already happened to have them, or your printer driver

networked multi-function colour laser printers

2014-07-14 Thread Richard Lyons
Hi, Perhaps someone here has already solved this: I have wasted another 20 hours trying to get sane (or anything that scans) to see a networked Samsung CLX-4195FN. And this is s journey I have travelled before with a B+W Brother MFP which ran for a few years under various flavours of Debian with

Re: networked multi-function colour laser printers

2014-07-14 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 02:13:22PM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote: I see that HP and OKI both claim to offer Linux drivers, for example. The sane-project.org website never has the current models, however, so I would like to hear any positive experience others have had before buying another

Re: networked multi-function colour laser printers

2014-07-14 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 14:13:22 +0100 Richard Lyons rich...@the-place.net wrote: Hello Richard, I see that HP and OKI both claim to offer Linux drivers, for example. With HP, by and large, you don't need to install their own drivers. Here, I install hplip and drivers (from the repos). The

Re: networked multi-function colour laser printers

2014-07-14 Thread Richard Lyons
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 01:18:43 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 02:13:22PM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote: I see that HP and OKI both claim to offer Linux drivers, for example. The sane-project.org website never has the current models, however, so I would like to hear

Re: networked multi-function colour laser printers

2014-07-14 Thread Bzzzz
On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 14:13:22 +0100 Richard Lyons rich...@the-place.net wrote: I see that HP and OKI both claim to offer Linux drivers, for example. The sane-project.org website never has the current models, however, so I would like to hear any positive experience others have had before buying

Re: networked multi-function colour laser printers

2014-07-14 Thread Richard Lyons
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 14:38:46 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 14:13:22 +0100 Richard Lyons rich...@the-place.net wrote: Hello Richard, I see that HP and OKI both claim to offer Linux drivers, for example. With HP, by and large, you don't need to install their own

Re: networked multi-function colour laser printers

2014-07-14 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 14:13:22 +0100 Richard Lyons rich...@the-place.net wrote: Hi, Perhaps someone here has already solved this: I have wasted another 20 hours trying to get sane (or anything that scans) to see a networked Samsung CLX-4195FN. And this is s journey I have travelled before

Re: networked multi-function colour laser printers

2014-07-14 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 15 Jul 2014 01:18:43 +1200 Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz wrote: On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 02:13:22PM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote: I see that HP and OKI both claim to offer Linux drivers, for example. The sane-project.org website never has the current models, however, so I

Re: networked multi-function colour laser printers

2014-07-14 Thread Bzzzz
On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 14:13:22 +0100 Richard Lyons rich...@the-place.net wrote: apparently, it needs a special discover program to be network discovered (read all, at least until P2): http://www.bchemnet.com/suldr/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=059e8faf009f3df74e6e30d8aa4f2d6eaction=recent;start=0 also

Re: networked multi-function colour laser printers

2014-07-14 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 15:58:56 +0100 Richard Lyons rich...@the-place.net wrote: Hello Richard, Yes, but in fact the printing side is usually manageable -- the main problem being that CUPS mysteriously finds more and more copies of the I've not experienced that here, but my experience may be

Re: networked multi-function colour laser printers

2014-07-14 Thread Richard Lyons
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 10:45:57 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: If I'm reading your post correctly, you have no problem printing to this printer, only scanning. Perhaps you can do what I did... My Brother MFC8810DW multifunction is Linux compatable, and I even got the thing to scan from my

Re: networked multi-function colour laser printers

2014-07-14 Thread Jape Person
On 07/14/2014 10:58 AM, Richard Lyons wrote: On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 14:38:46 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 14:13:22 +0100 Richard Lyons rich...@the-place.net wrote: Hello Richard, I see that HP and OKI both claim to offer Linux drivers, for example. With HP, by and large,

Re: networked multi-function colour laser printers

2014-07-14 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 15:58:56 +0100 Richard Lyons rich...@the-place.net wrote: Yes, but in fact the printing side is usually manageable -- the main problem being that CUPS mysteriously finds more and more copies of the network printer, and it is difficult to know which one to choose when

Re: networked multi-function colour laser printers

2014-07-14 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 14 July 2014 14:13:22 Richard Lyons wrote: I have wasted another 20 hours trying to get sane (or anything that scans) to see a networked Samsung CLX-4195FN. Have you spoken to the Samsung second line support Linux specialist(s)? Would you like name and email address (off-list)?

Re: networked multi-function colour laser printers

2014-07-14 Thread Doug
On 07/14/2014 10:45 AM, Steve Litt wrote: On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 14:13:22 +0100 Richard Lyons rich...@the-place.net wrote: Hi, Perhaps someone here has already solved this: I have wasted another 20 hours trying to get sane (or anything that scans) to see a networked Samsung CLX-4195FN. And

Re: networked multi-function colour laser printers

2014-07-14 Thread Richard Lyons
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 13:37:39 -0400, Doug wrote: On 07/14/2014 10:45 AM, Steve Litt wrote: I can't speak for Debian, but I am using an Epson WP-4530 multifunction. I have never had to load a driver for it in PCLinuxOS-KDE or in Mint KDE, which uses Ubuntu software. I am tempted by the

Re: networked multi-function colour laser printers

2014-07-14 Thread Doug
On 07/14/2014 03:04 PM, Richard Lyons wrote: On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 13:37:39 -0400, Doug wrote: On 07/14/2014 10:45 AM, Steve Litt wrote: I can't speak for Debian, but I am using an Epson WP-4530 multifunction. I have never had to load a driver for it in PCLinuxOS-KDE or in Mint KDE, which

Re: networked multi-function colour laser printers

2014-07-14 Thread Gary Dale
On 14/07/14 03:04 PM, Richard Lyons wrote: On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 13:37:39 -0400, Doug wrote: On 07/14/2014 10:45 AM, Steve Litt wrote: I can't speak for Debian, but I am using an Epson WP-4530 multifunction. I have never had to load a driver for it in PCLinuxOS-KDE or in Mint KDE, which uses