2 Printers (Lexmark and Samsung) and CUPS

mastergara · 2009-03-18 03:40:53

I am attempting to get at least one of these printers working through CUPS (before I start in on trying to get Samba setup, but I digress). The two printers are:

Samsung ML-1710 Laser Printer
Lexmark z611 Ink Printer

At some point, I had the ML-1710 working on another Linux system (Gentoo), but I made the mistake up updating the system, and now cannot get it back working. As these are 2 printers with slightly different error messages, I will address them one at a time.

Lexmark:

I installed the printer following similar steps to a post I found on teh intarweb http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=83456
I modified the instructions for what I believe to be accurate for an installation of Arch. See attached code:

======================MY STEPS======================

tar -xvzf CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz # extract the driver.
tail -n +143 z600cups-1.0-1.gz.sh > install.tar.gz # the sh script is broken for newer systems.
mkdir tarball
cd tarball
tar -xvzf ../install.tar.gz # extract the contents produced by tail
rpmunpack z600cups-1.0-1.i386.rpm # Creates z600cups-1.0-1.cpio.gz
rpmunpack z600llpddk-2.0-1.i386.rpm # Creates z600llpddk-2.0-1.cpio.gz

(or rpmunpack < [filename].rpm | gunzip | cpio -idmuv)


gunzip z600cups-1.0-1.cpio.gz
gunzip z600llpddk-2.0-1.cpio.gz

[root@sgs1660 tarball]# cpio -itv < z600cups-1.0-1.cpio
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root       119011 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/lib/cups/backend/z600
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        97862 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertoz600
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         2549 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/share/cups/model/Lexmark-Z600-lxz600cj-cups.ppd.gz

[root@sgs1660 tarball]# cpio -itv < z600llpddk-2.0-1.cpio
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         1508 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/include/lexmark/alignmentdata.h
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         4124 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/include/lexmark/cartridgemanager.h
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         1772 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/include/lexmark/cartridgeuserinterface.h
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         1336 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/include/lexmark/cleaningdata.h
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         3441 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/include/lexmark/clock.h
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         5594 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/include/lexmark/errorcommunicator.h
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         1944 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/include/lexmark/linuxinkjetprinter.h
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         3934 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/include/lexmark/mediamanager.h
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         6430 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/include/lexmark/portmonitor.h
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         3070 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/include/lexmark/printerdevice.h
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         3536 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/include/lexmark/printjobmanager.h
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root       100064 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/lib/liblexprinter.a
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          741 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/lib/liblexprinter.la
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        76780 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/lib/liblexprinter.so.0.0.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        31578 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/lib/liblexprintjob.a
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          748 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/lib/liblexprintjob.la
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        25579 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/lib/liblexprintjob.so.0.0.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root      2254574 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/lib/liblexz600core.a
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          748 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/lib/liblexz600core.la
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root      1381164 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/lib/liblexz600core.so.0.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root      1440768 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/local/z600llpddk/utility/bnsi1.lut
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root      1440768 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/local/z600llpddk/utility/bnsi2.lut
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root      1440768 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/local/z600llpddk/utility/bnsi3.lut
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root      1080498 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/local/z600llpddk/utility/lxbcalgn.out
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root       654780 Aug 20  2003 ./usr/local/z600llpddk/utility/lxbccln.out
19473 blocks
[root@sgs1660 tarball]#

cd /
cpio -i --make-directories -v < z600cups-1.0-1.cpio # Install with Great Verbosity, make sure to give it the full path
cpio -i --make-directories -v < z600llpddk-2.0-1.cpio # Install with Great Verbosity
ldconfig # Update the libraries

(please don't mind too much my notes in there, or the ones taken from the Ubuntu post)

After cycling the services, and adding the printer through the CUPS web interface, I attempt to print a test page, and I get the following:

Lexmark "Cannot Process Raster"

Turn up the verbosity on the logging, and check what happens when I try again:

[root@sgs1660 cups]# tail -f error_log | grep -i PID
D [17/Mar/2009:20:23:53 -0700] [CGI] /usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi started - PID = 12346
I [17/Mar/2009:20:23:53 -0700] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=12346)
I [17/Mar/2009:20:23:53 -0700] [Job 12] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 12347)
I [17/Mar/2009:20:23:53 -0700] [Job 12] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstoraster (PID 12348)
I [17/Mar/2009:20:23:53 -0700] [Job 12] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertoz600 (PID 12350)
I [17/Mar/2009:20:23:53 -0700] [Job 12] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb (PID 12351)
D [17/Mar/2009:20:23:53 -0700] PID 12347 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops) exited with no errors.
E [17/Mar/2009:20:23:53 -0700] PID 12348 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstoraster) stopped with status 127!
E [17/Mar/2009:20:23:53 -0700] PID 12350 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertoz600) stopped with status 1!
D [17/Mar/2009:20:23:53 -0700] PID 12351 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/usb) exited with no errors.
D [17/Mar/2009:20:23:53 -0700] PID 12346 (/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi) exited with no errors.
D [17/Mar/2009:20:23:55 -0700] [CGI] /usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi started - PID = 12352
I [17/Mar/2009:20:23:55 -0700] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=12352)
D [17/Mar/2009:20:23:55 -0700] PID 12352 (/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi) exited with no errors.
D [17/Mar/2009:20:28:05 -0700] [CGI] /usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-deviced started - PID = 12354
I [17/Mar/2009:20:28:05 -0700] Started "/usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-deviced" (pid=12354)
D [17/Mar/2009:20:28:06 -0700] PID 12354 (/usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-deviced) exited with no errors.

Output of an lpinfo -v

[root@sgs1660 ~]# lpinfo -v
network socket
network beh
network http
network ipp
direct usb://Lexmark%20/Z600%20Series
network lpd
direct usb://Samsung/ML-1710
direct scsi

I am guessing this has something to do with the raster, but I am not sure what. I would like to get one of the printers working, and perhaps the other one will fall into place. I do not have the Samsung ML-1710 configured currently, as I decided to take that out of the picture for now (perhaps someone has some good information on how that is setup through Arch?).

Also, can someone explain to me why the CUPS Web Admin keeps trying to go to 127.0.0.1 when I am working on the system remotely? I am able to browse most of the pages through the IP address of the host, but when I attempt to do most administration (add/delete printer, print test page) the links point to 127.0.0.1. I do not have access to a web browser locally, as the SGS 1660 is a headless box.

Any ideas on issues seen I would be most appreciative of. Or if I can provide more information or logs, please let me know. Many thanks!

skottish · 2009-03-18 03:45:45

Did you see this?

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18259

It looks as if there's a working package for the Lexmark.

mastergara · 2009-03-19 01:16:08

I think I am doing something wrong to install it.

[root@sgs1660 ~]# pacman -Uvp lexmarkz-cups-RPM.tar.gz
Root      : /
Conf File : /etc/pacman.conf
DB Path   : /var/lib/pacman/
Cache Dirs: /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
Lock File : /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
Log File  : /var/log/pacman.log
Targets   : lexmarkz-cups-RPM.tar.gz
loading package data...
error: missing package metadata in lexmarkz-cups-RPM.tar.gz
error: 'lexmarkz-cups-RPM.tar.gz': invalid or corrupted package

And just to make sure the file is there:

[root@sgs1660 ~]# tar tzvf lexmarkz-cups-RPM.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- joel/users  6843351 2008-07-05 03:38 z700llpddk-2.0-1.i386.rpm
-rwxr-xr-x joel/users  3781939 2003-08-20 23:35 z600llpddk-2.0-1.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- joel/users    96029 2003-08-20 23:36 z600cups-1.0-1.i386.rpm
-rwxr-xr-- joel/users  6236953 2003-12-14 23:17 z65llpddk-2.0-2.i386.rpm
-rwxr-xr-x joel/users  6236519 2003-10-23 23:34 z55llpddk-2.0-2.i386.rpm
-rwxr-xr-x joel/users  2693814 2003-10-23 23:28 z35llpddk-2.0-2.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- joel/users   297316 2008-07-05 03:38 lexmark-z700-cups-driver-1.1.1-1.i586.rpm
-rw-r--r-- joel/users   104881 2003-12-14 23:18 lexmarkz65-CUPS-1.0-1.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- joel/users   101860 2003-10-23 23:34 lexmarkz55-CUPS-1.0-1.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- joel/users   101394 2003-10-23 23:28 lexmarkz35-CUPS-2.0-1.i386.rpm

Any ideas if I buggered something else?

skottish · 2009-03-19 01:43:53

You're trying to install a non-Arch package with pacman. It's simply not going to work.

Go the link that I posted above and download the file from the 'Tarball' link. untar the archive, enter the directory, and run makepkg. This will create the new package that will be called either:

lexmarkz-cups-1-6-i686.pkg.tar.gz
lexmarkz-cups-1-6-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz

Install the package with pacman -U <your_package_from_above>

mastergara · 2009-03-19 03:02:31

skottish wrote:

download the file from the 'Tarball' link.

[root@sgs1660 ~]# wget http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lexmarkz-cups/lexmarkz-cups.tar.gz
--2009-03-18 19:44:49--  http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lexmarkz-cups/lexmarkz-cups.tar.gz
Resolving aur.archlinux.org... 66.211.213.17
Connecting to aur.archlinux.org|66.211.213.17|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3678 (3.6K) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: `lexmarkz-cups.tar.gz'

100%[======================================>] 3,678       --.-K/s   in 0s

2009-03-18 19:44:49 (49.7 MB/s) - `lexmarkz-cups.tar.gz' saved [3678/3678]

Check!

skottish wrote:

untar the archive, enter the directory, and run makepkg

[root@sgs1660 ~]# cd tarball/
[root@sgs1660 tarball]# tar zxvf ../lexmarkz-cups.tar.gz
lexmarkz-cups
lexmarkz-cups/PKGBUILD
lexmarkz-cups/lexmark-eula.txt.tar.gz
lexmarkz-cups/lexmarkz-cups.install
[root@sgs1660 tarball]# cd lexmarkz-cups/
[root@sgs1660 lexmarkz-cups]# ls
PKGBUILD  lexmark-eula.txt.tar.gz  lexmarkz-cups.install
[root@sgs1660 lexmarkz-cups]# makepkg
==> ERROR: Running makepkg as root is a BAD idea and can cause
    permanent, catastrophic damage to your system. If you
    wish to run as root, please use the --asroot option.
[root@sgs1660 lexmarkz-cups]# makepkg --asroot
==> Making package: lexmarkz-cups 1-6 i686 (Wed Mar 18 19:46:02 PDT 2009)
==> WARNING: Running makepkg as root...
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Missing Dependencies:
  -> libstdc++5
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> ERROR: Could not resolve all dependencies.

Check, Check, doh!

OK. Lets try to get this dependency installed!

[root@sgs1660 lexmarkz-cups]# pacman -Ss libstdc
extra/libstdc++5 3.3.6-2
    GNU Standard C++ library version 3
community/cross-arm-wince-cegcc-libstdcppdll 0.51.0-1 (cegcc)
    CE GCC bundle - cross compilation tools for WinCE
[root@sgs1660 lexmarkz-cups]# pacman -S libstdc++5
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (1): libstdc++5-3.3.6-2

Total Download Size:    0.27 MB
Total Installed Size:   0.92 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages from extra...
 libstdc++5-3.3.6-2-i686  277.9K  221.8K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
checking package integrity...
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                   [#####################] 100%
error: could not prepare transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
libstdc++5: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

ehr... wtf mate? ok. lets see here....

[root@sgs1660 lexmarkz-cups]# pacman -Q glibc
glibc 2.9-4
[root@sgs1660 lexmarkz-cups]# pacman -Q libstdc++5
error: package "libstdc++5" not found
[root@sgs1660 lexmarkz-cups]# pacman -Ss libstdc++5
extra/libstdc++5 3.3.6-2
    GNU Standard C++ library version 3
[root@sgs1660 lexmarkz-cups]# ls -al /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2009-03-10 20:42 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 -> libstdc++.so.5.0.5

I am trying not to be too silly, and I do appreciate the help. I suspect that there is something I am missing in the way of steps, and what I need to get installed. I am guessing that the package compilation need that C Library installed, but I fear breaking something else on the system if I go through, and yank that symlink. Any ideas on how to proceed?

Many thanks!

EDIT: I found this command in another arch forum post (http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=209255):
pacman -Sf libstdc++5

Is is mostly safe to force that install?

Last edited by mastergara (2009-03-19 03:06:21)

skottish · 2009-03-19 03:59:52

With libstdc++5 it's never safe to blindly force install. So, let's find out what put it there:

pacman -Qo /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5

And please, never, ever make symlinks to "fix" problems. You're going to cause much larger problems by doing it.

mastergara · 2009-03-19 07:11:18

Skottish,

Danke again for the assist. It looks like in one of my less bright moments, right clicking through putty wound up running the -Sf without even realizing it. I wound seeing it on my ssh session when I went to run the command you gave. Le sigh...
SO! The output of that command is:

[root@sgs1660 lexmarkz-cups]# pacman -Qo /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5
/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 is owned by libstdc++5 3.3.6-2

And as a general rule, I do not use symlinks to try to mess about with libraries. That symlink was there before I got started mucking about with the rpm/tarball/pkgbuild/etcetc. Or perhaps it would be more correct to say I did not add that symlink in there.

I do not object too much to nuking out this system, and reinstalling a clean base install of Arch. Since the sole design of this system is for CUPS/Samba (headless print server), wiping it after I muck my way through the incorrect way of doing things was in the plan.

Now while I cannot say that it is unrelated to my goofing up the force install of libstdc++5, I am still seeing the same message in CUPS when I try to print a test page:

Lexmark "Cannot Process Raster"

Where "Lexmark" is the name of the printer. And I am still seeing this in the error logs:

E [19/Mar/2009:00:10:33 -0700] PID 25197 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstoraster) stopped with status 127!
E [19/Mar/2009:00:10:33 -0700] PID 25199 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertoz600) stopped with status 1!
D [19/Mar/2009:00:10:33 -0700] [Job 14] /usr/bin/gs: error while loading shared libraries: libcairo.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
D [19/Mar/2009:00:10:33 -0700] [Job 14] Running /usr/bin/gs -dQUIET -dDEBUG -dPARANOIDSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dNOMEDIAATTRS -sDEVICE=cups -sstdout=%stderr -sOUTPUTFILE=%stdout -c -_
D [19/Mar/2009:00:10:33 -0700] [Job 14] /usr/bin/gs: error while loading shared libraries: libcairo.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
E [19/Mar/2009:00:10:33 -0700] [Job 14] Cannot Process Raster
D [19/Mar/2009:00:10:33 -0700] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event...
D [19/Mar/2009:00:10:33 -0700] [CGI] lang="en_US.UTF8", locale="/en_US"...
D [19/Mar/2009:00:10:33 -0700] cupsdCloseClient: 11
D [19/Mar/2009:00:10:33 -0700] PID 25195 (/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi) exited with no errors.
D [19/Mar/2009:00:10:33 -0700] [CGI] lang="en_US.UTF8", locale="/en_US"...
D [19/Mar/2009:00:10:33 -0700] [CGI] lang="en_US.UTF8", locale="/en_US"...
D [19/Mar/2009:00:10:33 -0700] [Job 14] Printer using device file "/dev/usblp1"...
D [19/Mar/2009:00:10:33 -0700] [Job 14] backendRunLoop(print_fd=0, device_fd=5, use_bc=1, side_cb=0x804a930)
D [19/Mar/2009:00:10:33 -0700] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event...
D [19/Mar/2009:00:10:33 -0700] PID 25200 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/usb) exited with no errors.
D [19/Mar/2009:00:10:33 -0700] [Job 14] File 0 is complete.
E [19/Mar/2009:00:10:33 -0700] [Job 14] Job stopped due to filter errors.

So if we assume the drivers are in correctly, what am I missing that is causing the raster to be a PITA?
Also, any idea why when I hit the "Print test page" button, it tries to go to 127.0.0.1, instead of the IP of the interface I am accessing?

Danke danke again!

skottish · 2009-03-19 15:17:20

I'm at a loss of what to do next. I remember seeing the error that you have in the last few days, searched for it, turned up another thread with a Lexmark printer using the same driver, and there was not solution. Hopefully someone with a Lexmark printer can jump in and cast the magic spell.

R00KIE · 2009-03-19 18:18:23

I have a Lexmark Z65 and I have tried that AUR pkgbuild and I could make my printer work but I did that quite a while ago and I don't recall exactly how I did it. I can tell you what I have on my system maybe it will help in some way.

pacman -Qs cups
local/cups 1.3.9-4
    The CUPS Printing System
local/cups-pdf 2.5.0-1
    PDF printer for cups
local/lexmarkz-cups 1-4
    Lexmark Z35, Z55, Z65, Z600 and Z700 Printer Drivers for CUPS
local/libcups 1.3.9-3
    The CUPS Printing System

 pacman -Qs ghostscript
local/ghostscript 8.64-3
    An interpreter for the PostScript language
local/gsfonts 8.11-4
    Ghostscript standard Type1 fonts

$ ls -l /usr/share/cups/model/Lex*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2551 2008-11-11 19:27 /usr/share/cups/model/Lexmark-Z35-lxz35cj-cups.ppd.gz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2684 2008-11-11 19:28 /usr/share/cups/model/Lexmark-Z55-lxz55cj-cups.ppd.gz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2549 2008-11-11 19:28 /usr/share/cups/model/Lexmark-Z600-lxz600cj-cups.ppd.gz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2739 2008-11-11 19:28 /usr/share/cups/model/Lexmark-Z65-lxz65cj-cups.ppd.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2586 2008-11-11 19:28 /usr/share/cups/model/Lexmark-Z700-lxz700cje-cups.ppd.gz

$ pacman -Qo /usr/share/cups/model/Lexmark-Z65-lxz65cj-cups.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/Lexmark-Z65-lxz65cj-cups.ppd.gz is owned by lexmarkz-cups 1-4

Maybe what you need is here http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=713
The driver package seems to be different than the one used by lexmark-cups. On the Lexmark page the driver listed for Z611 matches the one used by this package ... give it a go.

Edit:
I do remember having followed some guide to configure things on cups .... or maybe I followed the help of cups as I don't have that saved on disk for future reference

Last edited by R00KIE (2009-03-19 18:21:03)

cjpembo · 2009-03-20 20:36:03

My Samsung ML-1710 works great. Install cups and splix and configure it via the CUPS web interface. It should just be that easy.

Chris

cactus · 2009-04-25 23:03:00

@mastergara: whoah. sgs1660 eh? That brings back memories.
I used to do support for those things. ha!

Last edited by cactus (2009-04-25 23:03:33)

Arch Linux

#1 2009-03-18 03:40:53

2 Printers (Lexmark and Samsung) and CUPS

#2 2009-03-18 03:45:45

Re: 2 Printers (Lexmark and Samsung) and CUPS

#3 2009-03-19 01:16:08

Re: 2 Printers (Lexmark and Samsung) and CUPS

#4 2009-03-19 01:43:53

Re: 2 Printers (Lexmark and Samsung) and CUPS

#5 2009-03-19 03:02:31

Re: 2 Printers (Lexmark and Samsung) and CUPS

#6 2009-03-19 03:59:52

Re: 2 Printers (Lexmark and Samsung) and CUPS

#7 2009-03-19 07:11:18

Re: 2 Printers (Lexmark and Samsung) and CUPS

#8 2009-03-19 15:17:20

Re: 2 Printers (Lexmark and Samsung) and CUPS

#9 2009-03-19 18:18:23

Re: 2 Printers (Lexmark and Samsung) and CUPS

#10 2009-03-20 20:36:03

Re: 2 Printers (Lexmark and Samsung) and CUPS

#11 2009-04-25 23:03:00

Re: 2 Printers (Lexmark and Samsung) and CUPS

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