Ricoh Sp112 Printer

ghr43 · 01-25-2018, 07:26 PM

Hi to Forum Members,
As newby, I have installed Lubuntu 17.10 and enjoying it. I am trying to get the Sp112 printer going and all went well with it being found.
The printer is setup Ok, but when a job is sent to print, the printer light registers and continues to blink, without printing.
When I check the print queue no job is registered?

AwesomeMachine · 01-25-2018, 07:47 PM

See this: https://github.com/madlynx/ricoh-sp1...master/INSTALL

Then, go to the files page and just do like it says.

ferrari · 01-25-2018, 07:48 PM

I going to assume an incompatible driver. Can you please share the driver details as reported by the following command?

Code:

egrep - i "name|model|filter" /etc/cups/ppd/*

From that info, someone should be able to guide further here.

Some potentially relevant guides...
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/printer-...nt-fixed/23871
https://blog.droidzone.in/2015/09/23...ter-in-ubuntu/

ghr43 · 01-25-2018, 11:13 PM

Thanks ferrari, I got some action in terminal on that command, but still no print. I am trying to get this piece of garbage printer going in mint & lubuntu with out success, as in last few years with linux, I have never had this problem before. Sorry, I can use terminal with clear instructions. There are no close by young fella's to help this old bloke (75 yrs) in the bush.

ferrari · 01-25-2018, 11:19 PM

Quote:

Thanks ferrari, I got some action in terminal on that command, but still no print.

No, it wasn't designed to resolve the issue. It was to check the current driver in use! I was hoping you'd run the command and post the output here. It can help provide a clearer picture about your situation.

The links provided by AwesomeMachine and myself will help you get a working printer driver. We're quite happy to provide further guidance if you need it, but start by reading the pages we linked to.

ferrari · 01-25-2018, 11:39 PM

Here's the basic download and install steps clarified a little more explicitly. Change directory to desired location to install to eg ~/Downloads...

Code:

cd ~/Downloads

Download the driver package

Code:

wget https://github.com/madlynx/ricoh-sp100/archive/master.zip

Unpack it wih

Code:

unzip master.zip

This will create a directory called 'ricog-sp100' and some PPD and driver files contained within.
Change directory...

Code:

cd ricoh-sp100-master

There is an INSTALLATION text file that shows the next steps which basically includes copying the files to the correct locations and making sure that the pstoricohddst-gdi filter is executable, then configuring CUPS to use the driver for your printer...

Quote:

So, installation procedures:

1) Open terminal, execute `check-requirements` script, you should see, that
all required components are correctly installed and available.

2) Install unavailable components

3) Copy `pstoricohddst-gdi` to cups' filters directory (usually
/usr/lib/cups/filter).

4) Make sure it is executable by lp user and owned by root:root (i.e.
chown root:root pstoricohddst-gdi)

5) Add printer through CUPS' web interface (usually
http://localhost:631/), click 'Choose file' and select one of provided PPD-files

6) Print!

Hopefully this helps. If you get stuck, try to explain which step you're having a problem with, and we'll go from there.

Anthony Playfulife · 01-23-2021, 08:44 AM

Hello,
I'm trying desperately to print from Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS to my printer Ricoh SP112 and found this thread.

Unfortunately the links:

wget https://github.com/madlynx/ricoh-sp1...ive/master.zip

https://github.com/madlynx/ricoh-sp1...master/INSTALL

Are no longer valid (so it seems to me).

I hate having to go back to Windows just to print.

Thanks for any help in solving this issue. Cheers, Anthony

ferrari · 01-23-2021, 01:56 PM

I think you may be out of luck here. A driver was written (several years ago) by user madlynx for their own needs....

https://unix.stackexchange.com/users/46635/madlynx

...but no longer hosted on github it appears. The pragmatic option would be to purchase a new printer supported by Linux.

ferrari · 01-23-2021, 10:57 PM

After further searching, I found this foo2ddst driver page that claims to provide support for the SP112 printer. Follow the instructions given there to get the necessary driver support. Good luck.

ondoho · 01-24-2021, 01:37 AM

^ but in Alpha quality.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ferrari

...but no longer hosted on github it appears.

The web.archive can help!
http://web.archive.org/web/202009202...nx/ricoh-sp100

ferrari · 01-24-2021, 01:41 AM

Nice work ondoho (would never have occurred to me to check)

ferrari · 01-24-2021, 01:48 AM

Yes, the ddst driver is described as 'Alpha Quality' but still worth evaluating IMO.

pabros · 05-04-2021, 04:24 AM

I bought a second hand SP112 without worring much about compatibilites and found myself also facing this issues. I'd like to add one more github link with content discussed above: https://github.com/vaginessa/ricoh-sp112-ppd

However, for me it seems I can just print once; when I try to print a content a second time (a different job) then it doesn't work. I have to restart my printer. Someone facing that?

Thank you.

Anthony Playfulife · 05-04-2021, 05:33 AM

Hi Pabros, I've basically given up. I can't even get my head around the instructions you've just posted. Uffffff!
I may have to get another printer... and what if that doesn't work?
Looking at Brother or Hp Laser B/W.
Cheers.

pabros · 05-04-2021, 05:37 AM

Well, I can tell just following the steps it worked at least (ok, not flowless). You must follow the installation through the CUPS interface on the localhost as it says. You've to logging with your user + root password, otherwise you won't be able to access it.

Which step isn't clear to you?