I've just buy a new printer/scanner, and as the documentation found on the web on how to setup the printer falsely instruct me to download some third-party driver, I will explain here how to set it up:
- for the printing part, plug the printer, ask cups to look for new printer, and add it to cups. It just work.
for the scanner, it doesn't work as easily. After having installed xsane, go to /etc/sane.d/xerox_mfp.conf, and add:
# Samsung SCX-3400 usb 0x04e8 0x344f
somewhere in the file.
then copy /lib/udev/rules.d/60-libsane.rules to /etc/udev/rules.d/60-libsane.rules, and add:
# Samsung SCX-3400 ATTRS{idVendor}=="04e8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="344f", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"You don't need to download samsung unified Linux driver for it to work.
By the way, Dear lazy web, I was wondering. In gimp, when I ask it to create a new image using Xsane, the menu give me the choice between the "Device Dialog" or my webcam. Is there any way to have my scanner there?
I'm looking for a new printer too (I'm considering the Samsung ml-2955nd but I can't find enough info on linux support and I don't want any proprietary drivers).
Is your printer supported by the splix driver?
@Anonymous: I don't realy now what driver I use, and if it is splix or not. As a printer, it work in a "I just plug into my debian, asked cups to add a new printer, and there it is. The pilot I used is
Samsung SCX-3200. The fact that I've no non-free package installed that is related to printing.Hi, i had the same problem with Xsane i think. Do simple-scan lists your printer/scanner in the Settings dialog ?
I didn't know about this simple-scan command...
It did list the scanner, and is really simple... Cool new app added to my "Apps I will use regularly" short list.