Samsung-CLP-300 [Solved]

[normr]

Help! I can't get my printer going. It's installed as the default printer but it gives this message: Paused: Filter "ppmtosplc" for printer "Samsung-CLP-300" not available: No such file or directory. I've scattered the ppmtosplc file around various cups places but no joy. What to do?

[WarraWarra]

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equo update ; equo install equo entropy spritz ; equo conf update ; layman -S ; equo deptest ; equo libtest ; revdep-rebuild -iv ; depmod -a

Copy and paste above to terminal after you signed in as root user.
Example:
su
passwd:

It will try and if fails try the next but with this it fixes everything that could be upset and can take a bit of time so run it and go for a walk or watch a movie.

Likely you have missing dependancy's for the cups printer driver that did not install ir is not complete for some reasons and above revdep-rebuild -iv fixes this and installs missing files.
Running all of it fixes everything that is installed and downloads missing bits.

You did not mention how you installed the printer driver / files and did you run a config program that could need to be run with this ? Are you using SL 4.1 Gnome or 4.1 KDE or what version of SL ? 32bit 64 bit.
Is there a module you need to load or restart the pc for something to load to get it working ?

[normr]

Thanks for this. I ran it and it fixed several problems. Still no printer joy though. This isn't a serious problem for me. I have Ubuntu 9.04 an Windows 7 installed on my system both of which support my printer. I'll keep looking for a solution.

By the way I'm using 64 bit 4.1 gnome.

Cheers!

[Fitzcarraldo]

According to the OpenPrinting database, the foo2qpdl, splix and splix2 drivers support your printer. Of these, a quick search in Entropy and Portage shows that the splix driver is available to install in Sabayon Linux:

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# equo search splix
>>  @@ Searching...
>>   #1 Sabayon Linux Official Repository
>>      @@ Package: net-print/splix-1.1.1               branch: 4
>>        Available:            version: 1.1.1 ~ tag: NoTag ~ revision: 0
>>        Installed:            version: Not installed ~ tag: N/A ~ revision: N/A
>>        Slot:                 0
>>        Homepage:             http://splix.sourceforge.net/
>>        Description:          A set of CUPS printer drivers for
>>                              SPL (Samsung Printer Language)
>>                              printers
>>        License:              GPL-2
>>  Keyword:    splix
>>  Found:      1 entries
# eix splix
* net-print/splix
     Available versions:  1.0.1_beta2 (~)1.1.0 1.1.1
     Homepage:            http://splix.sourceforge.net/
     Description:         A set of CUPS printer drivers for SPL (Samsung Printer Language) printers

[Fitzcarraldo]

ADDENDUM: From Gentoo Bugzilla Bug Report No. 189768, it looks like the Portage package foo2zjs also supports the foo2qpdl driver printers, so you could also try installing foo2zjs from Portage (it's not in Entropy).

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# equo search foo2
>>  @@ Searching...
>>   #1 Sabayon Linux Official Repository
>>  @@ No matches.
# eix foo2
* net-print/foo2zjs
     Available versions:  (~)20080225!m (~)20081129!m {cups foo2zjs_devices_hp1000 foo2zjs_devices_hp1005 foo2zjs_devices_hp1018 foo2zjs_devices_hp1020 foo2zjs_devices_hp1215 foo2zjs_devices_hp1500 foo2zjs_devices_hp1600 foo2zjs_devices_hp2600n foo2zjs_devices_hpp1005 foo2zjs_devices_hpp1006 foo2zjs_devices_hpp1007 foo2zjs_devices_hpp1008 foo2zjs_devices_hpp1505 foo2zjs_devices_km2200 foo2zjs_devices_km2300 foo2zjs_devices_km2430 foo2zjs_devices_km2480 foo2zjs_devices_km2490 foo2zjs_devices_km2530 foo2zjs_devices_kmcpwl foo2zjs_devices_lm500 foo2zjs_devices_oki3200 foo2zjs_devices_oki3300 foo2zjs_devices_oki3400 foo2zjs_devices_oki3530 foo2zjs_devices_oki5100 foo2zjs_devices_oki5200 foo2zjs_devices_oki5500 foo2zjs_devices_oki5600 foo2zjs_devices_oki5800 foo2zjs_devices_sa2160 foo2zjs_devices_sa300 foo2zjs_devices_sa315 foo2zjs_devices_sa3160 foo2zjs_devices_xp6110 foo2zjs_devices_xp6115 foomaticdb usb}
     Homepage:            http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/
     Description:         Support for printing to ZjStream-based printers

To install that driver using Portage:

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# emerge --sync
# layman -S
# USE="cups foo2zjs_devices_sa300 usb" emerge foo2zjs

Mind you, according to http://foo2qpdl.rkkda.com/ you should not use the Gentoo Portage ebuild but can compile the foo2qpdl driver using the instructions on that page. I've had a look at the Gentoo Portage ebuild for version foo2zjs-20081129 of the package (it's the file /usr/portage/net-print/foo2zjs/foo2zjs-20081129.ebuild) and it does contain the instruction to download your printer's driver ("http://foo2qpdl.rkkda.com/icm/samclp300.tar.gz") if you set the correct build switch, so I reckon it would be worth trying first. You can always uninstall the foo2zjs package if it doesn't work.

[normr]

Thanks. No joy. This is too annoying. I just have to accept that I won't be able to print from Sabayon.

Actually things have changed a little. I tried re-installing the printer. Test page print took me through the warm-up cycle before it stopped. Now I have the following status message: Ready: /usr/libexec/cups/filter/pstoraster failed


I'll kick it again tomorrow...............

Cheers!

[Fitzcarraldo]

Try adding the foomaticdb USE flag as well as (and later instead of) the cups USE flag when building the driver. Also, did you try the instructions on the foo2qpdl Web page I posted?

[normr]

JOY!!!!!!!! Printer now working.

Thanks for your help!

[Fitzcarraldo]

You're welcome. Glad you got it working.

For the future benefit of others with the same printer, which of my suggestions was the one that actually got it working in the end?

[normr]

I installed the driver using portage. Under gnome I still had no printer. After installing KDE 4.2.3 I checked the printer and was able to print a test page and from Firefox. Of course I still can't print from gnome.