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#1
I've tried the command:
export SANE_DEFAULT_DEVICE="smfp:net;192.168.1.20"

I confirmed that it worked by using echo $SANE_DEFAULT_DEVICE.

When I ran XSane the printer's 'motor' started & stopped. However, a popup appeared stating "No devices available" which implies that this 'DEFAULT' setting worked as my HP2540 was not found. Any other ideas?
#2
I've already looked at that webpage. I have edited /etc/sane.d/xerox_mfp.conf so that every line (i.e. the lines pertaining to usb) are commented out and I have added "tcp 192.168.1.20 9100". No success after logging out & in. I also tried "tcp 192.168.1.20 1723" after opening incoming port 1723 on my Firewall, as I found a posting referring to port 1723. I did the same edit for /etc/sane.d/xerox_mfp-smfp.conf: again with no success. I've also checked that /etc/sane.d/dll.conf contains an entry for xerox_mfp, as required by http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#SCANNERS which specifies xerox_mfp for the backend.

In the posting you refer to, I don't understand how to set "SANE_DEFAULT_DEVICE to 'smfp:net;xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx'". Interestingly, when I start XSane, the printer's 'motor' starts.
#3
Thanks for advice. Printer now working OK for printing. Printer problem (i.e. not finding it) seems to have been caused by printer discovery service (dnssd was part of printer's address). This seems to me to be a software bug in dnssd (or other software collectively know as Bonjour). I've put 192.168.1.20 into the printer dialog and the printer's address was then automatically set to "socket://192.168.1.20:9100": so dnssd is no longer used for this printer. I had previously set incoming port 9100 open as it's used by a usb HP inkjet printer that I use for colour printing & scanning. BTW When I first had the printer, Ubuntu couldn't find it until I opened the incoming ports for Bonjour (referred to in  my previous post).

However, printer is still not found by XSane even though my HP Inkjet printer is found and works OK for scanning. I would really like to make my Samsung printer be recognised by XSane as a scanner. Any ideas?
#4
I've now installed suld-driver2-1.00.35. As shown in the previous attachment for Synaptic, it removed suld-driver-1.00.17, suld-network-install, suld-driver-common-1  (but installed suld-driver2-common-1), suld-ppd-2 (but installed suld-ppd-4).

I then tried the standard Ubuntu Printers dialog to Add Printer. It found the printer but wouldn't print to it due to Ubuntu saying it's not found. This is the intermittent problem that I have have before using the 'suld' packages (i.e. is the reason, as well as the lack of the printer not being recognised as a scanner by Simple Scan and Xsane apps). I've now deleted the printer in the standard Ubuntu Printers dialog. You state "you may need to provide the IP address or network name of your printer when adding it to get the detection to work.". How do I do that (i.e. what do I run)? When I use the the standard Printers dialog, it sets the printer's URI to dnssd://samsung%20scx-472x%20series%20(sec001599d2245b)._ipp._tcp.local/. I have my Firewall open on the incoming ports for Bonjour (i.e. 5298 udp & tcp and 5353 udp), HPJet (9100 udp & tcp), CUPS (631 udp & tcp) with all outgoing ports open. And ufw's log shows no blocked traffic.
#5
suld-ppd-1 etc packages are now present.

However, if I try to install suld-driver2-1.00.35, it wants to remove suld-driver-4.01.17 (Synaptic screenshot attached). If I did this, presumably I would no longer have a driver for printing. So what do I do?

After I previously installed suld-driver-4.01.17, when I try to print a document, it does not show my printer. So I tried to add a networked printer using the standard Ubuntu Printers dialog but it did not find my SSCX-4729FD printer. How do I add the printer?
#6
I installed the suld-driver-common-1 and suld-ppd-2 packages after downloading them from http://www.bchemnet.com/suldr/pool/debian/extra/su/.

When I try to install suld-driver-4.00.39, I get:
Depends: libstdc++5 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: suld-network-install
Depends: suld-ppd-1  but it is not installable

When I try to install suld-driver-4.00.35 (you recommend this driver for my Monochrome Laser multifunction SCX-4729FD printer), I get:
Depends: libstdc++5 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: suld-ppd-1  but it is not installable

When I try to install suld-driver-4.01.17, I get:
Depends: suld-network-install

I proceeded with install of suld-driver-4.01.17, which it did successfully. When I try to print a document, it does not show my printer. So I tried to add a networked printer using the standard Ubuntu Printers dialog but it did not find my SSCX-4729FD printer. How do I add the printer?

When I try to install suld-driver2-1.00.35 (you recommend this driver for the scanner on  my SCX-4729FD printer), I get:
suld-driver2-1.00.35:
Depends: suld-driver2-common-1  but it is not installable
Depends: suld-ppd-4  but it is not installable
Conflicts: suld-network-install

Which driver should I use in order to make the scanner work?


#7
When I try to install a suld-driver package, I get:

suld-driver-4.01.17:
Depends: suld-network-install
Depends: suld-driver-common-1  but it is not installable
Depends: suld-ppd-2  but it is not installable

or:

suld-driver-4.00.39:
Depends: libstdc++5 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: suld-network-install
Depends: suld-driver-common-1  but it is not installable
Depends: suld-ppd-1  but it is not installable

depending on which driver I try to install.

I am using a fully up to date Ubuntu 14.04.
#8
Printing / Re: SCX-4729FD
February 28, 2014, 06:04:26
The printing hangs whether slides or handouts are printed. Unfortunately the pdf method is only good for slides. However, it's useful to know that the problem is probably the Samsung printer's software rather than Impress.
#9
Printing / Re: SCX-4729FD
February 27, 2014, 10:54:07
I'm having problems with printing LibreOffice Impress large presentations. I get no printing with the print queue showing that printer may not be connected. I'm able to print a presentation as handouts with 6 slides per page if I print a page at a time. I've tried uninstalling the printer & reinstalling it. Are there any diagnostics that I can run to see if the problem is in LibreOffice or the printer's driver / other software?
#10
Printing / Re: SCX-4729FD
May 18, 2013, 10:34:10
The option for Duplex selection in Printer - Properties - Printer Options was below the other options displayed in that window. I didn't previously notice the scroll bar. Sorry about that. Thanks for your help.
#11
Printing / Re: SCX-4729FD
May 17, 2013, 10:10:02
No joy from Samsung Support: I was told to contact Linux! Attached is the Ubuntu Printing GUI showing the Properties tab  for the my Samsung SCX-4729FD printer. For my kaput Brother printer, this included an option for Duplex, thus allowing it to be set on as the default (in fact it had options of Duplex- Long Edge & Duplex - Short Edge. I looked up in the printer manual details on how to setup Duplex: for Windows, there is an option to store selected options such as Duplex, but for Linux, there is no such option (& no option for Duplex). So it looks like nogo.
#12
Printing / Re: SCX-4729FD
May 17, 2013, 09:26:21
i have configurator-1-qt4 (i.e. not configurator-2-qt4) package installed. I used the standard Ubuntu Printing GUI to setup the printer. IMO the lack of Duplex option is due to the Samsung supplied software not including an option for it. Is that reasonable? I'll ask Samsung support anyway.
#13
Printing / Re: SCX-4729FD
May 16, 2013, 07:46:57
I've now found that when adding the printer (networked by ethernet), I need to let Ubuntu find the printer by itself (if I try to find it myself by supplying the ip address as 192.168.1.20:631, it gives the CUPS error referred to previously). This auto find doesn't always happen when trying to add a printer. So I just let cancel & retry adding a printer. The vagaries of Ubuntu Precise!

One other problem: there seems to be no mechanism to permanently set the printer to Duplex (using Long Edge). I have to do this for each print request. I expected there to be an appropriate option on the Unified Drive Configurator GUI, but the nearest thing was Edge Control off/on. How can I set it to Duplex mode permanently?
#14
Printing / Re: SCX-4729FD
May 16, 2013, 05:04:48
What you mean by "router using Samba to share"? I only have Ubuntu computers on my network (except for an Android tablet). They all have smb-client installed.

What way do you recommend for sharing the printer, linked by USB cable to one PC, with another PC?
#15
Printing / Re: SCX-4729FD
May 15, 2013, 11:28:26
Just seen how to uninstall the manually installed Samsung Unified Linux Driver.
#16
Printing / Re: SCX-4729FD
May 15, 2013, 11:23:49
My guess is that the next step is to remove the manually installed Samsung Unified Linux Driver and start again. I saw a link to it from the first Ubuntu Forum post, but it gave no details. How do I remove it?
#17
Printing / Re: SCX-4729FD
May 15, 2013, 10:21:01
I've just deleted the printer from Ubuntu's Printer list & installed the Linux Unified Printer Driver as per the instructions given by Samsung and it worked fine from the PC it's attached to by USB. However, when I try to install it on another PC (i.e. both PC's are linked through my router), I add the printer by using ipp with a URI of ipp://192.168.1.11:631/printer (this being the same method that I used for an existing HP inkjet printer that I attached to the 2nd PC by USB & then installed it to the 1st PC) but it fails with the status shown as "Stopped - The printer URI is incorrect or no longer exists.".

I want the Samsung printer to be accessible by both PCs. I'm at a loss what to do next.
#18
Printing / Re: SCX-4729FD
May 15, 2013, 05:46:11
I made a mistake for the workaround details in the last paragraph. I did find a 472x printer but it then gave me a popup with title of "CUPS Server Error" with details of "There was an error during the CUPS operation: 'client-error-not-possible'".
#19
Printing / SCX-4729FD
May 15, 2013, 05:15:12
I've tried to print a test page & a page using LibreOffice Writer. Ubuntu seemed to send the pages to the printer but nothing happened. I've tried both suld-driver-4.00.35 & suld-driver-4.00.36 (recommended driver versions on the list of supported printers) with the same lack of success. Synaptic installed suld-driver-common-1 & suld-driver-network-2 packages when I selected the driver.

I have the printer connected by ethernet cable to my router. I've made the router give the printer (i.e. its MAC address of 00:15:99:D2:24:5B with DeviceName of SamsungPrintergives it a static ip address of 192.168.1.20 on my LAN. When I add the printer, it sees the printer as  SamsungSCX-472X (SEC001599D2245B, 192.168.1.20). I'd expect it to be SamsungPrinter rather than SEC001599D2245B but that shouldn't make any difference? I'm able to select either of: AppSocket/JetDirect network printer via DNS-SD, LPD network printer via DNS-SD, IPP network printer via DNS-SD. I've tried them all (they all lead to automatic driver installation) with the same lack of success when printing is attempted: also, the printer is shown with a no entry symbol presumably implying it cannot be found.

With my previous Brother printer, this DNS-SD method did not work due to a bug in Ubuntu. So I tried the workaround, which is to use the option of 'Find network printer' supplying a Device URI of 192.168.1.20:631. This then asks me to Choose Driver with options of Select printer from database, Provide PPD file, Search for a printer driver to download. I selected the first option followed by Samsung but there was no available 4729 printer (the nearest was 4725).

What should I try next?
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