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: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <deviceinfo version="0.2"> <device> <!-- USB-SUBSYSTEM --> <match key="info.subsystem" string="usb"> <match key="usb.vendor_id" int="0x04e8"> <!-- Samsung SCX-4500W --> <match key="usb.product_id" int="0x342b"> <append key="info.capabilities" type="strlist">scanner</append> </match> </match> </match> </device> </deviceinfo> 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@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
