Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 14:06:11 -0600 From: Bob Giesen <BobGiesen@earthlink.net> To: Munish Chopra <mchopra@engmail.uwaterloo.ca>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Samsung ML-1210 Laser Printer Message-ID: <E16aMiF-0002QV-00@scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20020209151056.B16024@rn-re116a13.uwaterloo.ca> References: <20020209151056.B16024@rn-re116a13.uwaterloo.ca>
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On Saturday 09 February 2002 02:10 pm, Munish Chopra wrote: > I recently purchased a Samsung ML-1210 Laser Printer, but can't > seem to get it to work (then again, I've never installed a printer > in anything else than Windows before). > > I first tried the 'standard' procedure also described in the > handbook. The 'data' light on the printer flashes for a bit, then > there is some activity (as in parts of the printer moving), but it > never gets to actually moving paper in and printing. > > I then tried apsfilter, no luck there either. I used the standard > ghostscript and non-ghostscript drivers, but nothing. > > Cups was my last resort (though it's nice not to have a boatload of > dependencies like apsfilter). This didn't work either though. > > For all of the above, the printer mostly seems to have some > 'pre-print' activity, then just sits there. 'lpq' shows active > queues (for example, here is some output from when I was using > cups): > > rn-re116a13# /usr/local/bin/lpq > Samsung is ready and printing > Rank Owner Job File(s) Total Size > active root 3 losscode.ps 268288 > bytes 1st root 4 losscode.ps > 268288 bytes > > I made a second attempt at using cups using the .ppd file Samsung > supplied on a CD, but no luck there. > > This is on a -CURRENT system from Feb 3. I'd appreciate any help or > hints anyone could give me. Thanks. > > Please cc any replies. Well, I don't have a ready answer, but if your printer is doing something (even if it's just flashing a light) when you send a job its way, but not actually printing, then the problem is probably in either the driver (or choice thereof), the method in which it is invoked (probably via your filter?), or some other problem with the filter. (Just to eliminate other possibilities... does this printer work in Windows?) You might want to check out the following URL, if you haven't, already: http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Samsung-ML-1210 That page indicates that your printer ought to work; maybe you can get it going with their driver and directions. -- "Now there's a man with an open mind - you can feel the breeze from here!" -- Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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