Samsung printer ML-1640 disappeared.

[kajhaul]

Binary package hint: foomatic-db

Since installing Karmic alpha-4 no more support for Samsung ML-1640 laser printer (USB). It was present in Jaunty, but - alas - no more. Only way to fix was to install the proprietary driver from Samsung, which is very tedious.

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

Do you have the "splix" package installed ("dpkg -l | grep splix")?

Does the file

/usr/share/ppd/splix/samsung/ml1640.ppd

exist on your system?

[kajhaul (kaj-haulrich)]

On Tuesday 08 September 2009 16:10:20 Till Kamppeter wrote:
> Do you have the "splix" package installed ("dpkg -l | grep
> splix")?

Output:

ii splix 2.0.0-2ubuntu1
Driver for Samsung's SPL2 (bw) and SPLc (col

> Does the file
>
> /usr/share/ppd/splix/samsung/ml1640.ppd
>
> exist on your system?
Yes.

Still, when trying to find (add) that printer under (Kubuntu)
"Printer configuration" it does not show. In fact, no USB printers
listed.

But then again, could it be due to the proprietary driver from
Samsung now installed? (it works well).
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[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

So problem is not a missing driver or PPD file but the printer not being detected. Then it is a known problem. Please do a full update to get the latest CUPS version.

[kajhaul (kaj-haulrich)]

On Tuesday 08 September 2009 20:08:09 Till Kamppeter wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 420015 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/420015
>
> So problem is not a missing driver or PPD file but the printer
> not being detected. Then it is a known problem. Please do a full
> update to get the latest CUPS version.
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 420015
> usblp Kernel module needs to be removed and /dev/bus/usb/*/*
> made accessible for USB printers to work with CUPS 1.4.x
>
OK - Thanks for your patience.
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