Re: Samsung ML-1915 printer

From	Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Samsung ML-1915 printer
Date	2017-03-27 21:00 +0200
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On Mon 27 Mar 2017 at 18:38:25 +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote:

> Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> writes:
> 
> > The HOWTO looks fine for 2010. In 2017 CUPS has changed but, more
> > importantly for this thread and its sister one at
> >
> >  https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/03/msg00100.html ,
> >
> > Samsung has made changes to its Unified Linux Driver package.
> >
> > rastertosamsungspl doesn't exist anymore. It is now rastertospl; the
> > PPDS are altered to reflect this.
> >
> > It is a good object lesson in not using outdated proprietry software.
> 
> >From Samsung web site I downloaded the latest version of Unified Linux Driver
> package and tried to use rastertospl in place of rastertosamsungspl, but it
> won't work either...  I also accordingly changed the ppd file...  But, isn't it
> strange that on another machine of mine, witht new version of CUPS, the printer
> works with the old Samsung files?

Curious indeed. rastertospl has to be executable and owned by root.

 chown root.root rastertospl

-- 
Brian.

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Samsung ML-1915 printer Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2017-03-26 17:00 +0200
  Re: Samsung ML-1915 printer Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2017-03-26 17:10 +0200
    Re: Samsung ML-1915 printer Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2017-03-26 17:40 +0200
  Re: Samsung ML-1915 printer Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2017-03-26 17:50 +0200
    Re: Samsung ML-1915 printer Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-03-26 18:20 +0200
      Re: Samsung ML-1915 printer Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2017-03-26 19:10 +0200
        Re: Samsung ML-1915 printer Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-03-26 19:20 +0200
  RE: Samsung ML-1915 printer David Martens <David.Martens@wits.ac.za> - 2017-03-26 20:10 +0200
  Re: Samsung ML-1915 printer Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-03-26 20:50 +0200
    Re: Samsung ML-1915 printer Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-03-27 14:00 +0200
      Re: Samsung ML-1915 printer kAt <giathnygeia@openmailbox.org> - 2017-03-27 18:00 +0200
        Re: Samsung ML-1915 printer Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2017-03-27 18:20 +0200
          Re: Samsung ML-1915 printer Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-03-27 19:20 +0200
            Re: Samsung ML-1915 printer Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2017-03-27 19:40 +0200
              Re: Samsung ML-1915 printer Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-03-27 21:00 +0200
                Re: Samsung ML-1915 printer Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-03-28 11:40 +0200
                Re: Samsung ML-1915 printer Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2017-03-29 00:10 +0200

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