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    [SOLVED] How to install local printer?

    I feel lost right now.

    I would like to use my Samsung ML-1610 USB printer with my Toshiba Satellite L500D with Kubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx.
    I hoped it would be detected automatically - it wasn't (as far as I can see).
    I looked into Printer configuration-system settings and realised that there was no option for local printers at all (only "network printer" and something called "printer class").

    Then, YES, I HAVE searched the forums and found some threads about printer issues, USB printers etc.
    My problem is:
    These threads could as well be written in chinese....I wouldn't understand that either.....
    I have also visited Openprinting.org - kind of same problem there!

    Some key words seem to be:
    CUPS
    LSB (followed by numbers like 3.2)
    RPM (has to do with the linux distribution - kubuntu seems not to be a RPM based distribution - or is it? )
    Gutenprint

    But what is all that stuff.....?

    I did run lsusb as recommended in one of the printer-threads; here's my result:

    ~$ lsusb
    Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 003 Device 002: ID 12cf:0101
    Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 002 Device 002: ID 064e:d104 Suyin Corp.
    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
    Bus 001 Device 005: ID 12d1:1003 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E220 HSDPA Modem / E270 HSDPA/HSUPA Modem
    Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04e8:3268 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd ML-1610 Mono Laser Printer
    Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

    I guess this means that my printer in fact IS detected by the system (BUS 001 Device 004).
    But why can't I use it then?

    BTW I tried printing from Open Office (which only gives me the choice "generic printer", nothing else, in the printer configurations). Trying to print results in the simple message: "Error while printing".

    Thanks a lot in advance....
    Toshiba Satellite L500D-11D, AMD Turion X2, ATI Technologies Inc M92 (Radeon mobility HD4500 series), Kubuntu 10.04,
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    Re: How to install local printer?

    I looked up your printer on this page at openprinting.org. It appears that you want to download the SPLIX driver. I suspect that the easiest way to do that is to download the ".deb" file from the OpenPrinting site. I don't know whether your computer has a 32 or 64 bit CPU, so you will have to choose the correct version for your machine. You will probably want to install the package "gdebi-kde" from the Kubuntu repositories with your favorite package manager in order to install the ".deb" package.
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      Re: How to install local printer?

      It might just be the problem with the USB printer, as it was in my case. See Re: Why can't I access my USB printer? that got my USB printer 'recognized' so I could use it.
      Windows no longer obstructs my view.
      Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
      "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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        Re: How to install local printer?

        Also take a look at #13 on the FAQs linked in my signature.
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          Re: How to install local printer?

          I downloaded the "splix" from openprinting.org (version .deb for 64 bit), installed it and now it works.....
          Actually I have just a very faint idea of what I did (installed some kind of driver), but the problem seems to be solved for the moment.

          Thanks for all comments!
          Toshiba Satellite L500D-11D, AMD Turion X2, ATI Technologies Inc M92 (Radeon mobility HD4500 series), Kubuntu 10.04,
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            Re: [SOLVED] How to install local printer?

            Cool. Glad you got it working.
            Windows no longer obstructs my view.
            Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
            "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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              Re: [REOPENED] How to install local printer?

              Well....I had it working.

              But next time I started up my computer: same problem again. Just the message "error while printing" when I try to print, and my Samsung can't be found in settings-printer configuration.

              What to do?

              UPDATED, here's the solution so far:
              Both CUPS and Splix are needed to use the printer (Samsung ML-1610).
              To be found at openprinting.org.
              Then CUPS has to be set up at "localhost:631" (just type in the webbrowser).
              There are a lot of options, but most seem not to be needed initially.
              AFTER THAT the printer appears as "local printer" in system settings/computer administration/printer configuration.


              THANKS DIBL FOR YOUR HELP!
              Toshiba Satellite L500D-11D, AMD Turion X2, ATI Technologies Inc M92 (Radeon mobility HD4500 series), Kubuntu 10.04,
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