Installing Samsung SCX-4521F

[Jeff Vian]

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
> 
> 
>