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Re: [SLE] Summer is over
- From: Jerry Van Brimmer <jerryvb@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 17:19:49 -0700
- Message-id: <20011013171949.A7981@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Welcome back Jerry! I wondered where you went.
On 2001.10.13 15:14:22 -0700 jk05308 wrote:
> and I am back.
>
> Lots of things have happened since I signed off the list last spring.
> I've become a grandpa, twice!
> http://www.jlkreps.net/jerrypaul.html shows my new grandson. He is a
> seven year old genius!
> http://www.jlkreps.net/MichelleJeff/TYLER.html My daughter's first
> born! Looks just like his dad!
>
> Also, my LexMark z52 celibrated consuming its first color ink
> cartridge by burning out its circuit board with an 'over current'
> condition. So, rather than repair the z52 I decided to get a new
> printer. This time a laser. While at SAM's I saw a Samsung ML-4500
> on sale for $149, and it sported a Penquin on the box, with the words
> "Linux Compatible".
>
> It should have said "RH compatible, not Linux compatible" The
> install CD contained ghostscript software that was tailored to RH and
> required "printtool" and linuxconf to install. I installed it
> anyway, but It wouldn't work on my SuSE.
>
> Then. I tried YaST, which set up the lpd daemon and BSD spooler, but
> jobs set to the spooler wouldn't print because they were not being
> converted to a postscript form the ML-4500 would recognize, I guess.
> I tried various HP laserjet4 compatible drivers. No joy.
>
> So, I remembered hearing about CUPS installed it from the CDs. Then
> I went out to the SuSE ftp site and dl'd the latest gx_11, gs_libs
> and fonts, etc... and installed them. Later I did the same with
> the CUPS rpms. After that, YaST2 identifies the printer correctly by
> manufacture and model. However, when the test button is pressed
> the print job doesn't make it to the print que. It quits cups - o -
> matic with a status 32 error. Doing a gs -h shows that the latest
> gs_lib rpm from the SuSE ftp site does NOT contain the Samsung
> ML-4500, which explains why the job doesn't make it to the spooler or
> the printer.
>
> I did a test install of Mandrake's 8.0 gs_lib, which was supposed to
> contain the Samsung ML-4500 driver, but KPackage showed that it had
> too many dependencies on Mandrake utilitiy software to go through the
> pain of attempting to install it.
>
> Before I look at recompiling the gs_lib script, assuming I can lean
> how to add ML-4500 functionality, has anyone have any success in
> getting a SuSE 7.2 talk to a Samsung ML-4500?
>
> Or, does SuSE work well with one of the HP printers listed by gs -h
> on its version of gs_lib, in case I take the printer back to SAMS?
>
> Jerry Kreps
>
>
>
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On 2001.10.13 15:14:22 -0700 jk05308 wrote:
> and I am back.
>
> Lots of things have happened since I signed off the list last spring.
> I've become a grandpa, twice!
> http://www.jlkreps.net/jerrypaul.html shows my new grandson. He is a
> seven year old genius!
> http://www.jlkreps.net/MichelleJeff/TYLER.html My daughter's first
> born! Looks just like his dad!
>
> Also, my LexMark z52 celibrated consuming its first color ink
> cartridge by burning out its circuit board with an 'over current'
> condition. So, rather than repair the z52 I decided to get a new
> printer. This time a laser. While at SAM's I saw a Samsung ML-4500
> on sale for $149, and it sported a Penquin on the box, with the words
> "Linux Compatible".
>
> It should have said "RH compatible, not Linux compatible" The
> install CD contained ghostscript software that was tailored to RH and
> required "printtool" and linuxconf to install. I installed it
> anyway, but It wouldn't work on my SuSE.
>
> Then. I tried YaST, which set up the lpd daemon and BSD spooler, but
> jobs set to the spooler wouldn't print because they were not being
> converted to a postscript form the ML-4500 would recognize, I guess.
> I tried various HP laserjet4 compatible drivers. No joy.
>
> So, I remembered hearing about CUPS installed it from the CDs. Then
> I went out to the SuSE ftp site and dl'd the latest gx_11, gs_libs
> and fonts, etc... and installed them. Later I did the same with
> the CUPS rpms. After that, YaST2 identifies the printer correctly by
> manufacture and model. However, when the test button is pressed
> the print job doesn't make it to the print que. It quits cups - o -
> matic with a status 32 error. Doing a gs -h shows that the latest
> gs_lib rpm from the SuSE ftp site does NOT contain the Samsung
> ML-4500, which explains why the job doesn't make it to the spooler or
> the printer.
>
> I did a test install of Mandrake's 8.0 gs_lib, which was supposed to
> contain the Samsung ML-4500 driver, but KPackage showed that it had
> too many dependencies on Mandrake utilitiy software to go through the
> pain of attempting to install it.
>
> Before I look at recompiling the gs_lib script, assuming I can lean
> how to add ML-4500 functionality, has anyone have any success in
> getting a SuSE 7.2 talk to a Samsung ML-4500?
>
> Or, does SuSE work well with one of the HP printers listed by gs -h
> on its version of gs_lib, in case I take the printer back to SAMS?
>
> Jerry Kreps
>
>
>
> --
> To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx
> For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@xxxxxxxx
>
> Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq and the
> archives at http://lists.suse.com
>
>
>
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