Setting up Samsung ML-1740 in OpenVZ VE

This is a quick walkthrough for setting up Samsung ML-1740 (or other Samsung laser printers) through USB port in Debian Linux OpenVZ VE . This adds on my previous guide and present a shorter walkthrough than the one in http://wiki.openvz.org/USB_Printing_in_VE

On HN:


Make sure the printer is on and connected to the usb port.

# aptitude install usbutils
# lsusb

Make sure the printer is listed in lsusb's output.
If this is the first USB printer connected to HN, then there should be /dev/usb/lp0.
Make sure /dev/usb/lp0 uid is "root" and gid is "lp" and the permission is at least 660 (u=rw,g=rw).


# vzctl set 555 --devnodes usb/lp0:rw --save


Now enter the VE:

# vzctl enter 555

Make sure there is /dev/usb/lp0 in VE (exported by HN). Make sure the permission is the same as in HN, owner user "root" and group "lp", and permission is at least 660.

# aptitude install cups splix
If you already have CUPS installed, restart it because the printer has to be powered on and plugged in before CUPS is started for it to see the printer.



# ${webbrowser} http://localhost:631

Go to "Administration", "Add printer", Enter name and click "Continue".
Next there's a device selection. Your printer should be listed there. My printer was listed as "Samsung ML-1740 USB #1 (Samsung ML-1740)".
If your printer is not there, the more likely causes are incorrect permission and/or CUPS started before the printer is up.

Select your Samsung model on the next screen and keep pressing "Continue".
You're done.

DebianAMD64 and Samsung ML1740 (or othere printers)

Today, M. Aurélien Croc, the author of Splix, informed me that a new version of Splix, 0.0.2, is now usable in 64-bit.

Of course I am happy because now I am no longer limited to submitting 4294967296 documents to the spooler; now I can submit 18446744073709551616 documents at a time. I mean why else would you even bother running a spooler in a 64-bit environment? (I kid).

Packages needed:

libcupsys2-dev
libcupsimage2-dev



/tmp/splix-0.0.2 $ make
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/splix-0.0.2/src'
g++ -O2 `cups-config --cflags` -I../include -c -o rastertospl2.o rastertospl2.cpp
g++ -O2 `cups-config --cflags` -I../include -c -o raster.o raster.cpp
g++ `cups-config --ldflags` -lcups -lcupsimage -o rastertospl2 spl2.o printer.o band.o compress.o rastertospl2.o raster.o
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/splix-0.0.2/src'
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/splix-0.0.2/ppd'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/splix-0.0.2/ppd'


/tmp/splix-0.0.2 $ sudo make install
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/splix-0.0.2/src'
install -m 755 -s rastertospl2 `cups-config --serverbin`/filter
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/splix-0.0.2/src'
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/splix-0.0.2/ppd'
install -d -m 755 `cups-config --datadir`/model/samsung
for filename in ml1510 ml1520 ml1610 ml1710 ml1740 ml1750 ml2010 ml2150 ml2250 ml2550; do \
install -m 644 $filename.ppd `cups-config --datadir`/model/samsung;\
for lang in fr it de; do \
install -m 644 $filename$lang.ppd `cups-config --datadir`/model/samsung;\
done; \
done \

make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/splix-0.0.2/ppd'

--- Everything is done! Have fun ---





The files installed are:


/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertospl2
/usr/share/cups/model/samsung/*.ppd (among them is ml1740.ppd)


We can add the printer from cups's web interface (typically found at http://localhost:631). When prompted for printer model, just provide the ppd (in my case it is /usr/share/cups/model/samsung/ml1740.ppd).


(originally from http://microjet.ath.cx/WebWiki/2006.11.17_DebianAMD64_and_SamsungML1740_Part2.html)