On Sat, 2006-01-21 at 22:44 -0500, Rick Sutphin wrote: > Hello, > > I purchased a Samsung SCX-4521F multifunction Laser printer. Though the > box says the printer works under Linux, and comes with a Linux > installer, I have been unable to get the printer to work. > > I suspect that the problem is due to the printer not being correctly > configured in hotplug and udev (the printer is only supported under > USB), but I do not know how to correctly configure it. > > According to the configuration GUI that comes with the program, the > printer should be connected to /dev/mfpN, where is N = 4 through 11. > > #ls /dev/mfp* > > returns no results indicating that the above devices do not exist, > though > > #lsmod > > indicates that a module named mfpport is loaded. > > #cat /proc/bus/usb/devices > > indicates that the printer is using the usblp driver. > > I think that the following needs to be done: > 1. the printer added to hotplug > 2. hotplug configured so that it associates the printer with the correct > driver (mfpport?) > 3. udev set up so that it will create the needed /dev/mfpN nodes > > Unfortunately, I don't know how to do the above and have not been able > to google anything useful. > > Any help would be appreciated. > What does /var/log/messages say about the device? Have you tried to set it up with cups? http://localhost:631 > Thanks, > Rick > > >
