Printer Samsung ML-1640 gone crazy in Ubuntu 12.04

[Dmitry Popov]

wexere@work-desktop:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04

CUPS 1.5.2

Printer recognised in auto mode, driver in cups 2.0.0

But if you start to print something he can simple abort this job, or flash with led-indicator and do not print, or print only one page. I must to power off/on to work with printer every time i send a new task to print.

uname -a

Linux work-desktop 3.2.0-24-generic-pae #37-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 25 10:47:59 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

lsusb

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
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 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0cf2:6230 ENE Technology, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04e8:3292 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd ML-1640 Series Laser Printer
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c050 Logitech, Inc. RX 250 Optical Mouse

dmesg | tail

[ 133.104062] type=1400 audit(1336022373.768:30): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/bin/evince" pid=1824 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 133.114291] type=1400 audit(1336022373.776:31): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf" pid=1827 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 133.122578] type=1400 audit(1336022373.784:32): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/bin/evince//launchpad_integration" pid=1824 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 133.123820] type=1400 audit(1336022373.784:33): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/sbin/cupsd" pid=1827 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 133.257550] init: rc-sysinit main process (1783) killed by TERM signal
[ 133.603245] init: plymouth-stop pre-start process (1947) terminated with status 1
[ 167.662513] usblp0: removed
[ 167.678321] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04E8 pid 0x3292
[ 899.638235] usblp0: removed
[ 899.654542] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04E8 pid 0x3292

wexere@work-desktop:~$ apt-cache policy cups
cups:
  Установлен: 1.5.2-9ubuntu1
  Кандидат: 1.5.2-9ubuntu1
  Таблица версий:
 *** 1.5.2-9ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

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[Thomas Majewski (thomasjmajewski)]

Same problem on my system with a new 12.04 install. Indicator-printers disappears from the panel after a while. Printer goes wild with inexplicable accesses. Prints a page or two and then won't print. I assume that it is the CUPS package that has the problem.

[PaterPeng (pater-peng)]

I can confirm this Bug - it's very annoying because printing is nearly impossible.
The Problem could be in the cups oder in the printer-driver-splix Package.

[Dmitry Popov (wexere)]

I have additional information. I have 2 different computers with install ubuntu 12.04 on it. Both have samsung ML-1640 plugged in. Both have identical bugs. On my home PC i solved problem with wireless router Zyxel Keenetic. I plugged in printer in router`s build in print-server. In ubuntu install a network-share printer. And all work fine.

[Dmitry Popov (wexere)]

Hi.

Finally i found some kind of solution.

In terminal print: sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

And add this: blacklist usblp

Restart.

[Sergey Tolmachev (tolsi)]

It is actual so far. Dmitry, thank you for your solution!

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Dmitry Popov, is this still an issue for you in the latest version of cups for Precise?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for cups (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]