Re: Tool for detecting and configuring printer?Please help!

From: Bill Day (billday_at_otecom.net)
Date: 04/22/05

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Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 16:55:00 -0400

    According to:
    http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Samsung-ML-1510On Friday
    This printer of your's works perfectly with the suggested driver of gdi.

    Here is a simple Google for ML-1510 Linux:
    http://www.linuxcompatible.org/cdetail10812.html

    HTH,

    April 22 2005 3:52 pm, Agustin wrote:
    > Hi,
    > I've asked for ideas before on how to setup my Samsung ML-1510 printer,
    > and respondents have been very helpful, given me plenty of ideas. Plus
    > that I've done a lot of googling on the subject.
    > However, everytime I need to print something I have reboot into XP because
    > I have been incapable of setting up this printer.
    >
    > My system is Debian Sarge, and I love it. But I do not understand enough
    > about CUPS, lpr, lpd etc to be able to see where the problem lies. This
    > printer plugs into a USB port, and if I type "lsusb" in command line I get
    >
    > Bus 002 Device 005: ID 04e8:3242 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
    > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
    >
    > Cups message says "Could not find a suitable printer!"
    > I also looked at http://diwww.epfl.ch/~fleuret/installations.html#ml1710
    > but again was unsuccessful.
    >
    > Please, is there no tool which will simply detect the printer, whichever
    > USB port it is plugged to? Which will take me through a step by step
    > process to install this?
    >
    > MTIA
    >
    > Agustin 

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