Is there a way to install the SCX-4200 printer on a FreeBSD box ? The printer is delivered with the install software required for Linux. And CUPS does not seem to "know" it. Thank you in advance for any help. Harald Weis -- FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 24 19:59:52 UTC 2008
On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:14:22 +0100 Harald Weis <hawei@free.fr> wrote:> Is there a way to install the SCX-4200 printer on a FreeBSD box ? > The printer is delivered with the install software required for Linux. > And CUPS does not seem to "know" it.As always, check OpenPrinting.org first: http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Samsung-SCX-4200 HTH -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen
On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 05:36:35PM CET, Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> said:> On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:14:22 +0100 > Harald Weis <hawei@free.fr> wrote: > > > Is there a way to install the SCX-4200 printer on a FreeBSD box ? > > The printer is delivered with the install software required for Linux. > > And CUPS does not seem to "know" it. > > As always, check OpenPrinting.org first: > http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Samsung-SCX-4200 >It is not always sufficient. My Brother DCP-540 CN is said to work perfectly, but only with brother binary linux drivers, under linux. I did not find any way to make it work under freeBSD. -- Erwan
On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 07:01:02PM -0500, Alex Goncharov wrote:> On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 11:26:23PM +0100, Roland Smith wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 05:44:03PM +0100, Erwan David wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 05:36:35PM CET, Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> said: > > > > On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:14:22 +0100 > > > > Harald Weis <hawei@free.fr> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Is there a way to install the SCX-4200 printer on a FreeBSD box ? > > > > > The printer is delivered with the install software required for Linux. > > > > > And CUPS does not seem to "know" it. > > > It is not always sufficient. My Brother DCP-540 CN is said to work > > > perfectly, but only with brother binary linux drivers, under linux. I > > > did not find any way to make it work under freeBSD. > > > > This should be a FAQ: do yourself a favor and get a printer that > > supports postscript. It will work with little effort with most > > UNIX-based program (because they usually support postscript output) and > > with most spoolers. > > Try to install the cupsys, cupsys-bsd, cupsomatic-ppd and foomatic-dbNone of these exist in the FreeBSD port index (/usr/ports/INDEX-7)> ports and take a look at this link: > > http://forums.linux-foundation.org/read.php?31,302,320,quote=1Refers only to Linux :-( Harald -- FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 24 19:59:52 UTC 2008
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 12:11:27PM +0100, Harald Weis wrote:> On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 07:01:02PM -0500, Alex Goncharov wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 11:26:23PM +0100, Roland Smith wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 05:44:03PM +0100, Erwan David wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 05:36:35PM CET, Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> said: > > > > > On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:14:22 +0100 > > > > > Harald Weis <hawei@free.fr> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Is there a way to install the SCX-4200 printer on a FreeBSD box ? > > > > > > The printer is delivered with the install software required for Linux. > > > > > > And CUPS does not seem to "know" it. > > > > It is not always sufficient. My Brother DCP-540 CN is said to work > > > > perfectly, but only with brother binary linux drivers, under linux. I > > > > did not find any way to make it work under freeBSD. > > > > > > This should be a FAQ: do yourself a favor and get a printer that > > > supports postscript. It will work with little effort with most > > > UNIX-based program (because they usually support postscript output) and > > > with most spoolers. > > > > Try to install the cupsys, cupsys-bsd, cupsomatic-ppd and foomatic-db > > None of these exist in the FreeBSD port index (/usr/ports/INDEX-7)foomatic-db => /usr/ports/print/foomatic-db looking for cupsys on the internet will give results like "cupsys" renamed to "cups" (at least for debian). Best regards, Holger
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 03:06:42PM +0200, Alexander Shikoff wrote:> On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 11:14:22PM +0100, Harald Weis wrote: > > Is there a way to install the SCX-4200 printer on a FreeBSD box ? > > The printer is delivered with the install software required for Linux. > > And CUPS does not seem to "know" it. > > > > Thank you in advance for any help. > > I've successfully setup printing on SCX-4521F connected to MS Windows box. > I use Linux binary driver from Samsung website. On my FreeBSD box (7.1-PRERELEASE) > I use cups and samba-client. > > Unfortunately I have detailed description of all steps in Russian only. > > But I'll try to give you a the short summary. I hope it will let you > find right way: >snip> > That's all. If you have any issues/question feel free to ask. Have a nice day! >Thank you very much. I'll report as soon as possible. Harald -- FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 24 19:59:52 UTC 2008
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 03:06:42PM +0200, Alexander Shikoff wrote:> That's all. If you have any issues/question feel free to ask. Have a nice day!Thank you again on-list, Alexander, for your comprehensive instructions which would have worked immediately if I had read /usr/ports/UPDATING before switching linux_base. My own fault. Sorry to all others for the long silence, I was very busy elsewhere, but I guess nobody was waiting for me :-) The printer works like a charm. But I had no success with the scanner for which I employed Alexander's philosophy in order to download the required libraries. Now all libraries are there, but: Running smfpscan yields: WARNING: configuration file not found sane_init - QApplication::postEvent: Unexpected null receiver Running mfp yields: direct mfp:/dev/mfp/4 "Unknown" "MFP USB Port #0" direct mfp:/dev/mfp/5 "Unknown" "MFP USB Port #1" Seems hopeless under FreeBSD. I suppose the solution to my problem is called "HP Laserjet M1120 MFP". Harald