Re: Raspberry Pi as a print server w/ Samsung CLX-3180 Series printer

[Patrick Welche <prlw1%cam.ac.uk@localhost>]

On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 12:20:56AM +0200, Moritz Wilhelmy wrote:
> I've decided my Raspberry Pi running -current would make a nice print
> server (mostly because it's running 24/7 anyway), so I decided I'd start
> tinkering with lpd and so on, because I didn't want to bother compiling
> cups. (Sadly I still ended up compiling a2ps and ghostscript)
> 
> dmesg reports that my printer does properly attach to /dev/ulpt0:
> 
> -snip-
> ulpt0 at uhub1 port 3 configuration 1 interface 1
> ulpt0: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. CLX-3180 Series, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 4, 
> iclass 7/1
> ulpt0: using bi-directional mode
> -snip-
> 
> but when I redirect files there, the printer makes happy beepy noises,
> heats up and then does not actually print. The same thing goes for
> printing via lpd, the jobs apparently make it to the printer and vanish
> from the print queue but there is no hardcopy. Any ideas what I might be
> doing wrong? Does anyone have any experience with Samsung printers and
> NetBSD?

I needed to use /dev/ulpn0 for one of my printers, c.f. ulpt(4)

     Some printers cannot handle the reset on open; in case of problems try
     the ulpn device.

Worth a try?

Cheers,

Patrick