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
On Saturday 13 October 2001 05:14 pm, jk05308 wrote:
and I am back.
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Welcome back Jerry! I've been tempted to post a couple of times regarding your whereabouts. I didn't realize you had actually signed off the list. Glad to hear from you, and congratulations, also. Sorry I can't help w/ the printer prob.......I still don't know nuthin', but I "have a lot of fun". ;-) Tom -- TRBishop tb64710@alltel.net SuSE 7.2 Pro
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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Hi Jerry!
and I am back.
I'd been wondering where you had been, it's good to have you back! :-) Congratulations about becoming a grandfather too! -Tim -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks tbutler@uninetsolutions.com ICQ #12495932 AIM: Uninettm Free/Open Source Web Tools: http://www.uninetsolutions.com Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree.com ============== "Christian Web Services Since 1996" ==============
Hi, Seems no one even touched the question :) I've also had problems with my nice new linux server (SuSE 7.0) and and HP LaserJet 4. But as it's a shared NT printer that'll never be used from the server I put this into the "I didn't really care anyway" tray. And for once, fortune has come up with a slightly fitting quote... Tom -- "I've had one child. My husband wants to have another. I'd like to watch him have another." _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Hi,
Seems no one even touched the question :) I've also had problems with my nice new linux server (SuSE 7.0) and and HP LaserJet 4. But as it's a shared NT printer that'll never be used from the server I put this into the "I didn't really care anyway" tray.
And for once, fortune has come up with a slightly fitting quote... I have an old hp4 at work that I can not get to print from linux either. I
At 12:20 PM 10/14/2001 +0100, Tom Wesley wrote: think the print server in this beast is different then the newer hp's that are out today since i can get my other 2 hp4000 working an they work nicely. jack Jack Malone jack@malone.tyler.com http://www.ballistic.com/~jemalone Luke 4:18-19 "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." (NIV)
On October 14, 2001 08:28 am, Jack Malone wrote:
I have an old hp4 at work that I can not get to print from linux either. I think the print server in this beast is different then the newer hp's that are out today since i can get my other 2 hp4000 working an they work nicely.
Does it work with the HP3 driver? I think the HP4 is backward compatiable. Also the driver for the HP4 has been out for quite awhile. Nick
On October 13, 2001 06:14 pm, jk05308 wrote:
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.
Are you saying the printer is native postscript? If so you should be able to just chose postscript for your driver and forget ghostscript. I just looked at the Samsung website and see no mention of HP or Postscript for this printer. Both are pretty good indications that neither is supported.
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.
Unless things have changed SuSE isn't allowed to ship the latest greatest versions of ghostscript. They need to wait something like a year. http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/AFPL/index.htm Gets you version 7.0. But I don't see support for this printer.
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?
If the printer claims to have HP emulation then it should work just fine. My non HP printer pretends to be a HP printer. You may not have access to some features but thats the only problem I've heard of. Pay attention to the cost of things like toner and other parts. Some of the cheaper printers are cheap because the cost of keeping them running is high. Find out what getting toner and a new drum will cost you. Last year I saw a printer that basically needed to have it's whole inside replaced. The cost for supplies equalled the cost of the printer-( Nick
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