Re: Setting up Samsung laser printer

From: John-Paul Stewart (jpstewart_at_binaryfoundry.ca)
Date: 08/21/04 

Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 13:37:04 -0400

Mike Oliver wrote:
> I bought a Samsung ML-1740, and Samsung was nice enough
> to include a CD with a Linux install script. Unfortunately
> it doesn't work. I'm running Debian Sarge, using KDE 3.2.

What really matter here is which printing system you're using. AFAICT,
Sarge offers all three common ones (original LPR, LPRng, CUPS). Which
one are you using?

> The script brings up a dialog that prompts for the root
> pword, then does disk access for a minute or two, then shows
> no further signs of life. It's supposed to bring up a graphical
> wizard.

I'd bypass the wizard. Chances are it assumes a RedHat (or derivative)
distro. Rather than trying to make it "play nice" with Debian, I'd just
set up the printer using whatever method suits your printing system.

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