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sphere101

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Registered: 2017-08-04

Posts: 42

Samsung SCX4623f and cups not working

Hello community,
I'm having some issues getting my old printer to work with a new install of Arch linux, it worked fine with Ubuntu but i have moved on...
So i installed the Samsung drivers from thier site.
uld_v1.00.36_00.91.tar
Ran the install script and configured the printer via the CUPS GUI. I also blacklisted the usblp module but that did not help.
Installed foomatic-db and foomatic-db-ppd, however that did not resolve the issue either. Enabled debug mode on CUPS here are the logs...

D [11/Aug/2017:04:55:40 -0500] [Client 228] Waiting for CGI data.
D [11/Aug/2017:04:55:40 -0500] [Client 228] Sending 0-length chunk.
D [11/Aug/2017:04:55:40 -0500] [Client 228] Flushing write buffer.
D [11/Aug/2017:04:55:40 -0500] [Client 228] New state is HTTP_STATE_WAITING
D [11/Aug/2017:04:55:40 -0500] [Client 228] Waiting for request.
D [11/Aug/2017:04:55:40 -0500] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Printing jobs and dirty files", busy="Active
 clients, printing jobs, and dirty files"
D [11/Aug/2017:04:55:42 -0500] [Job 17] Read thread still active, aborting the pending read...
D [11/Aug/2017:04:55:43 -0500] [Job 17] Resetting printer.
D [11/Aug/2017:04:55:43 -0500] [Job 17] PID 30985 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/usb) exited with no errors.
D [11/Aug/2017:04:55:43 -0500] Discarding unused job-state-changed event...
E [11/Aug/2017:04:55:43 -0500] [Job 17] Job stopped due to filter errors; please consult the error_log 
file for details.
D [11/Aug/2017:04:55:43 -0500] cupsdMarkDirty(---J-)
D [11/Aug/2017:04:55:43 -0500] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Printing jobs and dirty files", busy="Printi
ng jobs and dirty files"
D [11/Aug/2017:04:55:43 -0500] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Printing jobs and dirty files", busy="Printi
ng jobs and dirty files"
D [11/Aug/2017:04:55:43 -0500] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event...
D [11/Aug/2017:04:55:43 -0500] [Job 17] The following messages were recorded from 04:55:35 to 04:55:35
D [11/Aug/2017:04:55:43 -0500] [Job 17] \'Smart CMS\' is active -> Expecting: 1 byte per pixel, 256 lev
els of gray (as in P5 bitmap)
D [11/Aug/2017:04:55:43 -0500] [Job 17] Printer found with device ID: MFG:Samsung;CMD:SPL,FAX,FWV,EXT;M
DL:SCX-4623 Series;CLS:PRINTER;MODE:FAX2,SCN;STATUS:BUSY; Device URI: usb://Samsung/SCX-4623%20Series?s
erial=Z2TDBAAZ700787X&interface=1
D [11/Aug/2017:04:55:43 -0500] [Job 17] End of messages

Any suggestions????
Thanks in advance...

alex.theoto

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From: Athens Greece

Registered: 2014-11-30

Posts: 307

Re: Samsung SCX4623f and cups not working

Did you try splix?

Last edited by alex.theoto (2017-08-12 04:53:56)

Lone_Wolf

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Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,562

Re: Samsung SCX4623f and cups not working

So i installed the Samsung drivers from thier site.
uld_v1.00.36_00.91.tar
Ran the install script and configured the printer via the CUPS GUI.

installing things outside of pacman is almost always a very bad idea , run uninstall asap .
(if they installed in /usr/local/ you should be fine).

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2017-08-12 16:44:30)

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sphere101

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Registered: 2017-08-04

Posts: 42

Re: Samsung SCX4623f and cups not working

I would love there to be a package for samsung printers but i'm not aware of it..
I read the following and it looks like splix is for earlier models..
or printers requiring the cnijfilter drivers, search for the correct driver in the AUR
Printer     Driver/filter     Notes
ML-2010     splix    
SCX-4200     splix    
Newer printers?     samsung-unified-driverA

I also tried the package from AUR but it appears to just be another version from samsung's website. I can try splix later today but i'm not holding out much hope for it :-(.
Now , I've had this printer for many years and i'm willing to buy another one that is guarenteed to work with archlinux. Ofcourse, i would prefer to save the cash and get this one going.
Thanks,

sphere101

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Registered: 2017-08-04

Posts: 42

Re: Samsung SCX4623f and cups not working

Alright,
Here is how i solved the issue, first copied a library over...
cp /home/andy/Downloads/uld/x86_64/libscmssc.so /usr/lib
Also added
pacman -S ghostscript

Tested printing and its working, scanning not tested yet.
Hope this helps someone down the road..

alex.theoto

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From: Athens Greece

Registered: 2014-11-30

Posts: 307

Re: Samsung SCX4623f and cups not working

You can mark your thread as [SOLVED]

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,562

Re: Samsung SCX4623f and cups not working

I would love there to be a package for samsung printers but i'm not aware of it..

You could try starting  a package for this.

Check out "AUR Issues, Discussion & PKGBUILD Requests" subforum.

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