HOWTO Install Samsung Unified Printer Driver

[Ferb]

I just got a Samsung SCX-4300. After several tries I have the printer running but I can't run the scanner.

When I try to open the Samsung Unified Driver Configurator I have this message

The scanner is not recognize by the XSane Image Scanner or by the Scanner Utility.

Can someone help me to fix this?

Did you try the Linux drivers for the Samsung Website for the SCX-4300?

[yahs]

I have a Samsung SCX-4100 and thanks to the links below
http://jacobo.tarrio.org/Samsung_SCX-4200_on_Debian
http://www.vyvy.org/main/node/146
I now have printing and scanning.

After many tries I found the following had to be done.

sudo gedit /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh

Look for the comment "# Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work" and uncomment its following four lines for making /proc/bus/usb work. After that, restart the script:

\$ sudo /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh stop
\$ sudo /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh start


Use the patched /usr/lib/libmfp.so.1.0.1. Use the fix for the driver version 2.00.97. (http://jacobo.tarrio.org/Samsung_SCX-4200_on_Debian)

2. Log in to the group lp to access the scanner. This is required by the driver. So add yourself to the group lp

Hope this helps

[fcastillo]

Hi guys, I have a SCX-4725FN connected over the network to many computers. I downloaded the driver from the samsung webpage, installed it and my multifunction is working fine when i send something to print, but I'd like to use the scanner of the network. All the how-to I've read don't mention if the guide is for local, network or both. I'd really need to use my scanner over the network and don't know how.
I'm using Ubuntu Hardy 8.04.1 with kernel 2.6.24-21
Please, any help would be appreciated... Thanks!!

[mario.campos]

Hi, I am another newbie having problems to make SCX-4200 scanner to work with Xsane. I have the printer connected locally and I am running Ubunty Hardy with the latest (20070720152943906_UnifiedLinuxDriver.tar.gz) version of Samsung Unified Driver.

The printer ant the scanning through Samsung Configurator are OK, but Xsane crashes and gscan2pdf accuses missing scanner. Follows the description of what I did to try fixing it:

a) cd ~/cdroot
sudo chown -R root:root *

b) sudo ./autorun

After finishing the graphical installer, I got the printer working and the scanning through Samsung Configurator. But Xsane is crashing and gscan2pdf not identifying the scanner in the system.

c) sudo chmod +s /usr/bin/xsane

d) sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.conf
Edited to look as:
options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7 dma=3
include /etc/modprobe.d/

e) sudo gedit /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh.
edited:
#
# Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work
#
mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs
domount usbfs "" /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmode=0644
ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices
mount --rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb

sudo scanimage -L returns:
device `smfp:SAMSUNG SCX-4200 Series on USB:0' is a SAMSUNG SCX-4200 Series on USB:0 Flatbed Scanner
But Xsane is still crashing and gscan2pdf not identifying the scanner in the system.

f) sudo /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh stop
sudo /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh start
Still no change.

I tried to get the patch from Jaccobo Tario, but his site if out.

Any suggestion?

[mario.campos]

The things got even more wierd. Yesterday I found gscan2pdf and xsane able to detect the scanner when running them as root from the Terminal ("sudo gscan2pdf" or "sudo xsane"). But today, that is not working anymore and "sudo scanimage -L" also returns no devices were detected. I opened mountdevsubfs.sh. with gedit and found the file is in blank. I would thank if someone could help me to restore it.

[debernardis]

Each version change brings new problems with this Samsung thingie. Now, I am using Intrepid - persistent - on a usb stick (Hardy has problems in my hands, too many errors on the casper-rw partition) and this, of course, makes difficult to connect my Samsung SCX-4100 multifunction printer.
The first post of this thread allowed me to fix the printer partg, but I am stuck with the scanner which is not recognized.

Will somebody help me look in this issue, please? Thamks

[rek075]

Samsung SCX-4200 scanner does not work on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron
Summary: I have installed the samsung unified driver in gutsy and on hardy. The scanner works on gutsy but NOT on HARDY.

Description: I've installed the driver first using the script provided by samsung, and manually. The manual installation was done because that the script allows /etc read and write by users (I really want to know the name of the programmer who did this mess!)

In both ways: installation by script or manually, the driver for the printer and scanner works on a clean install of gutsy. The same don't happen for hardy: the printer works but the scanner is not recognized by xsane.

Output of sane-find-scanner (both Gutsy and Hardy). Using sudo scanimage -L, the scanner is found on gutsy, but not on hardy.
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ _
found USB scanner (vendor=0x04e8 [Samsung], product=0x341b [SCX-4200 Series]) at libusb:002:003
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ _


On GUTSY (sudo xsane and sudo scanimage -L WORKS), the relevant lines of /var/log/syslog are
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ _
Apr 21 19:14:25 galileu rmmod: ERROR: Module ppdev does not exist in /proc/modules
Apr 21 19:14:25 galileu kernel: [ 1263.159257] pnp: Device 00:0b disabled.
Apr 21 19:14:25 galileu kernel: [ 1263.246583] pnp: Device 00:0b activated.
Apr 21 19:14:25 galileu kernel: [ 1263.246596] parport_pc 00:0b: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
Apr 21 19:14:25 galileu kernel: [ 1263.246662] parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x77, irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA]
Apr 21 19:14:25 galileu kernel: [ 1263.352916] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
Apr 21 19:14:25 galileu kernel: [ 1263.394944] pnp: Device 00:0b disabled.
Apr 21 19:14:25 galileu rmmod: ERROR: Module ppdev does not exist in /proc/modules
Apr 21 19:14:25 galileu kernel: [ 1263.450626] pnp: Device 00:0b activated.
Apr 21 19:14:25 galileu kernel: [ 1263.450638] parport_pc 00:0b: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
Apr 21 19:14:25 galileu kernel: [ 1263.450702] parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x77, irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA]
Apr 21 19:14:25 galileu kernel: [ 1263.564420] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ _


On HARDY (sudo xsane DOESN'T WORK and sudo scanimage -L don't find the scanner) the relevant lines of /var/log/syslog are
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Apr 21 19:11:46 kepler kernel: [ 1166.177485] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
Apr 21 19:11:46 kepler NetworkManager: <debug> [1208815906.236853] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_parport_pc_888').
Apr 21 19:11:46 kepler NetworkManager: <debug> [1208815906.253490] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_parport_pc_956').
Apr 21 19:11:46 kepler NetworkManager: <debug> [1208815906.257871] nm_hal_device_removed(): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_parport_pc_888').
Apr 21 19:11:46 kepler NetworkManager: <debug> [1208815906.275009] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_parport_pc_632').
Apr 21 19:11:46 kepler rmmod: ERROR: Module ppdev does not exist in /proc/modules
Apr 21 19:11:46 kepler NetworkManager: <debug> [1208815906.282338] nm_hal_device_removed(): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_parport_pc_956').
Apr 21 19:11:46 kepler NetworkManager: <debug> [1208815906.287454] nm_hal_device_removed(): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_parport_pc_632').
Apr 21 19:11:46 kepler kernel: [ 1166.453319] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
Apr 21 19:11:46 kepler NetworkManager: <debug> [1208815906.511863] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_parport_pc_956').
Apr 21 19:11:46 kepler NetworkManager: <debug> [1208815906.516347] nm_hal_device_removed(): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_parport_pc_956').
Apr 21 19:11:46 kepler NetworkManager: <debug> [1208815906.562628] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_parport_pc_888').
Apr 21 19:11:46 kepler NetworkManager: <debug> [1208815906.567925] nm_hal_device_removed(): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_parport_pc_888').
Apr 21 19:11:46 kepler NetworkManager: <debug> [1208815906.589722] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_parport_pc_632').
Apr 21 19:11:46 kepler NetworkManager: <debug> [1208815906.594256] nm_hal_device_removed(): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_parport_pc_632').
Apr 21 19:17:01 kepler /USR/SBIN/CRON[7696]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
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So, please, help me to figure out what's happening with the samsung scx-4200 scanner on hardy. Any help is welcome.


PS: To install the driver manually (best way), only for reference:

1) Download 20070720152943906_UnifiedLinuxDriver.tar.gz from samsung, extract the files, go to new directory cdroot and type these commands
cp Linux/noarch/at_root/etc/sane.d/smfp.conf /etc/sane.d/
cp -r Linux/noarch/at_opt/share/ppd/* /usr/share/ppd/custom/
cp Linux/i386/at_root/usr/lib/libmfp.so.1.0.1 /usr/lib/
cp Linux/i386/at_root/usr/lib/sane/libsane-smfp.so.1.0.1 /usr/lib/sane/
cp Linux/i386/at_root/usr/lib/cups/backend/mfp /usr/lib/cups/backend/
cp Linux/i386/at_root/usr/lib/cups/filter/* /usr/lib/cups/filter/
cd /usr/lib
ln -s libmfp.so.1.0.1 libmfp.so.1
ln -s libmfp.so.1.0.1 libmfp.so
cd sane
ln -s libsane-smfp.so.1.0.1 libsane-smfp.so.1
ln -s libsane-smfp.so.1.0.1 libsane-smfp.so

2) Edit /etc/sane.d/dll.conf and add the line "smfp" to the end of file. Add yourself to the groups lp and scanner.

3) Reboot

I followed the manual instructions here and it worked for me on Ubuntu Server 8.04. However, I have an AMD64 machine so I replaced i386 with x86_64 and lib with lib64.

[tayroni]

Each version change brings new problems with this Samsung thingie. Now, I am using Intrepid - persistent - on a usb stick (Hardy has problems in my hands, too many errors on the casper-rw partition) and this, of course, makes difficult to connect my Samsung SCX-4100 multifunction printer.
The first post of this thread allowed me to fix the printer partg, but I am stuck with the scanner which is not recognized.

Will somebody help me look in this issue, please? Thamks

I'M BACK!!!

And today I'm installed intrepid ibex and I had problems (again) with the Samsung SCX-4200. On intrepid there is the same usb-related problem on hardy: The driver software by SAMSUNG looks for the usb device on /proc/bus/usb/00*/00*, but all software is ported to look only on /dev/bus/usb/00*/00*.

But, the same manual for hardy cannot be followed by intrepid because
/etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh was updated.

To reenable support on /proc/bus/usb/00*/00*, add yourself to the groups lp, lpadmin and scanner:

sudo adduser your_login_here lp
sudo adduser your_login_here lpadmin
sudo adduser your_login_here scanner

and edit the file /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh. ADD THE LINES:

#
# Magic to KEEP /proc/bus/usb working
#
mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs
domount usbfs "" /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmode=0644
ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices
mount --rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb

right below the line

domount devpts "" /dev/pts devpts -onoexec,nosuid,gid=$TTYGRP,mode=$TTYMODE

Finally, reboot.

HAPPY INTREPID TO YOU!!!

[chewearn]

I just bought a Samsung CLP-315. I got Intrepid amd64. I didn't really follow the steps in first post to get it working. But I did follow one advice, which is to run the Samsung installer in root terminal.

Here is the steps I gone thru:

1. Upon plugging in the printer, Intrepid automatically detect it and want to search for a driver. I thought I will try that first. After a long while searching, it installed a CLP-315 printer. Unfortunately, test print came out with one page containing error message:

SPL-C ERROR - Including Corrupted Header Data
POSITION : 0X0 (0)
SYSTEM : src/xl_image
LINE : 811
VERSION : SPL-C 5.35 11-20-2007

Since that was not working, I delete the printer from Administration > Printer.

2. Next, I pop in the CD that came with the printer. There was a "Linux" subdirectory containing a file "install.sh". Well, that was simple enough. Based on the advice from OP, I opened a root terminal. Then:

cd /media/cdrom/Linux/
./install.sh

Install went smoothly, but upon completion, test print resulted in the same error printout as above.

3. Heck, just trying things randomly, I reboot. The original printer installed by the Samsung installer still did not work. But somehow, Intrepid autodetect and autoinstall a new printer during boot; "Samsung CLP-300 series" in Administration > Printer. Hurray! This new printer worked perfectly.

Hope that helped.

[gluxoid]

Yesterday I plugged in my new CLP-315, Ubuntu popped up a dialog that let me search for the CLP-315 driver. Both color and monochrome test-pages printed correctly. However after setting the default paper size to A4, I get that error page printed (post #169) and independently of that, with duplex turned on I get one correct and one blank page.