Re: Installing the Printer

sanghvi · February 12, 2009, 1:09pm

Dear All,

Can some1 help me in installing the printer Samsung SCX-4100, i have already download drivers from samsung site, but i dont’ know how to install the same.

Pl. help me.

Thanks,
Sanghvi

smpoole7 · February 12, 2009, 5:51pm

You can use Yast for that: System -> Configuration -> Administrator Settings. Choose Hardware, then click on Printers.

Is this a network printer, or is it connected directly to your PC? If the latter, Yast should detect it. It will suggest a driver, which you can try (it’ll probably work) and you’ll be in business.

If it’s a networked printer (even if it’s shared from another computer on the network), you may have to do some other work. Post back here with the details if you can’t get it running.

sanghvi · February 13, 2009, 8:57am

Thanks for your suggestion.

It’s not working, when i choose to print a page i do get the print dialog box & it says sending to printer but the printer does’nt print the page. I have download the drivers from the samsung site for SCX-4100. But still its not working.

Sanghvi

deano_ferrari · February 13, 2009, 10:17am

Some more questions…

How is the printer connected (eg usb) to your machine?
After you downloaded the drivers, can you explain what steps (commands) you executed to install them?
Have you tried to print a test page ok with cups web interface (via your browser)

http://localhost:631/printers/

Can you supply the output of

cat /etc/cups/printers.conf

This may also be a permissions problem (other issues notwithstanding).

sanghvi · February 13, 2009, 12:42pm

How to do these, i am a newbie so i dont’ know much about it

If possible, kindly let me know step-by-step how to install the drivers ?

deano_ferrari · February 13, 2009, 7:50pm

Start from the top. You mentioned you downloaded a driver. I’m guessing it was a *.tar.gz (tarball) file.

Did you follow the instructions as explained here?

You need to type some commands within a CLI shell (console). You will also need to be root first. Do this with

su (press enter, then enter root password when prompted)

Now if the driver was installed correctly, you should be able to plug the printer in, and configure it via

yast > hardware > printer (follow any prompts given)

See how that goes…

user · February 13, 2009, 10:34pm

On Fri February 13 2009 12:56 pm, deano ferrari wrote:

>
> Start from the top. You mentioned you downloaded a driver. I’m guessing
> it was a *.tar.gz (tarball) file.
>
> 1) Did you follow the instructions as explained ‘here’
> (http://driverscollection.com/?file_id=24223)?
>
> You need to type some commands within a CLI shell (console). You will
> also need to be root first. Do this with
>
> su (press enter, then enter root password when prompted)
>
> 2) Now if the driver was installed correctly, you should be able to
> plug the printer in, and configure it via
>
> yast > hardware > printer (follow any prompts given)
>
> See how that goes…
>
>
sanhvi:
You might want to look at these two pages:
http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Samsung-SCX-4100
http://forums.freestandards.org/read.php?31,451

They are not real encouraging. If you installed the 64bit, x86_64 you will
need to modify some of the information from the openprinting forum. If you
are using 64bit please let us know.

For some printers, it is better to install directly with CUPS rather than
through YAST. I’m not sure if this falls into that category or not. If YAST
fails, you access your CUPS service here:
http://localhost:631/
Good luck

P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green

sanghvi · February 14, 2009, 10:39am

Thanks for the suggestion,

once i finished the above steps i’ll let you know.

Thanks,
Sanghvi

sanghvi · February 14, 2009, 12:00pm

Thanks !!!
it worked, but scanner is not working, the drivers were unified for printer & scanner.

Sanghvi

deano_ferrari · February 14, 2009, 9:10pm

Thats good news re printer.

For the scanner:

What does the output of ‘scanimage -L’ report? You mention it doesn’t work but you don’t describe what steps you tried.
You can try the

sane-find-scanner

command with your usb scanner plugged in.

Some scanner HOWTOS for you to review:

YaST/Modules/Scanner - openSUSE

SDB:Scanner Setup from SUSE Linux 10.0 - openSUSE

sanghvi · February 16, 2009, 11:35am

I tried through YAST it said no scanner is found. As per your suggestion i gave the command ‘sane-find-scanner’ & here is the output…
*sane-find-scanner

sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the

result is different from what you expected, first make sure your

scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer.

No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that

you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.

No USB scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that

you have loaded a kernel driver for your USB host controller and have setup

the USB system correctly. See man sane-usb for details.

Not checking for parallel port scanners.

Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports

can’t be detected by this program.

You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once you

found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as

necessary.

I have this 3-in-One Samsung SCX-4100 printer, Scanner & copier, is OS is ignoring scanner since on same USB port printer is register, i dont’ know much about linux just my wild guess…

Let me know what to do
Sanghvi

user · February 16, 2009, 10:32pm

On Mon February 16 2009 04:36 am, sanghvi wrote:

<snip>
> I have this 3-in-One Samsung SCX-4100 printer, Scanner & copier, is OS
> is ignoring scanner since on same USB port printer is register, i dont’
> know much about linux just my wild guess…
>
> Let me know what to do
> Sanghvi
>
>
Sanghvi;
The Openprinting site has two listings for the SCX-4100. You might want to
look at:

http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Samsung-SCX_4100

In particular see the note on permissions at the bottom. Not sure if this
applies to you or not, but maybe it will help.

P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green

pdc_2 · February 17, 2009, 9:36am

to follow up on PV’s point; (that there may be a permissions issue);

in a terminal, assume substitute user powers; (also known as root):

scanimage -L

tell us what that says:

(the # signifies that you are logged in as su …so you don’t type that in …)

sanghvi · March 9, 2009, 12:45pm

linux-nc1u:/home/sanghvi # scanimage -L

No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).
linux-nc1u:/home/sanghvi #

pdc_2 · March 10, 2009, 2:39am

tell us the output of

lsusb

also: in post #7, pv asked you

If you are using 64bit please let us know.

sanghvi · March 10, 2009, 8:09am

Thanks !!
Here is the output

sanghvi@linux-nc1u:~> lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04e8:3413 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd SCX-4100 Scanner
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
sanghvi@linux-nc1u:~>

How to Check whether the OS is 64 Bit or 32 ?

pdc_2 · March 10, 2009, 9:24am

so lsusb sees your Samsung

open a terminal; log in as root; enter root password; then

chmod a+rw /dev/bus/usb/002/003

that should make any user be able to access the scanner

try xsane

it works for our Canon scanner; see if it finds your scanner now

… oh … the 64bit question … I was hoping you might have remembered what you clicked when you installed

I think the command

uname -a
may help us, but grateful if other forum members can chip in if this is wrong

sanghvi · March 10, 2009, 12:10pm

Thanks !!!
I have given the commands as …

sanghvi@linux-nc1u:~> su
Password:
linux-nc1u:/home/sanghvi # chmod a+rw /dev/bus/usb/002/003
linux-nc1u:/home/sanghvi # uname -a
Linux linux-nc1u 2.6.27.19-3.2-pae #1 SMP 2009-02-25 15:40:44 +0100 i686 athloni386 GNU/Linux
linux-nc1u:/home/sanghvi #

When i tried to start scanlite it said NO Scanner Device Found

pdc_2 · March 11, 2009, 1:14am

The SANE project

SANE - Scanner Access Now Easy

(Scanner Access Now Easy)

is the source for information for scanners, for linux;

Your model number is not listed, but a near-relative is, and it is described as unsupported:

SANE: Supported Devices

so that is a pretty definite ruling;

do not despair: many countries have on-line sales of computer equipment; we looked for a fully supported second-hand scanner, and bought the CanoScan N650U

as on here