Samsung ML-1740 Printer
 

I'm having trouble getting my printer to work. (By the way, I haven't gotten around to updating it, so I have a 2.4.26 kernel.) When I try to add the printer with a parallel port via linux-config, I get the message "add-printer failed: client-error-not-possible". I googled this, and according to someone, that means the parallel port drivers aren't properly loaded, so I added the following to my /etc/modules.conf:
This hasn't helped, though. Is there any way to get my printer to work without updating to the 2.6 kernel?

Oh, my God! I installed Linux on a friend's computer last month and had a problem with that exact same printer.

Download the .tar.gz from this page and follow the instructions on the page exactly:
http://www.samsung.com/download/File...e=DR&language=

That's what I've done. The problem for me originates from that package.

Nothing in the package instructions says to use linux-config (whatever that is).

So if you're following these instructions:

1) Login as root

2) Download and Extract the driver.

# tar xzf DownloadedFileName ( .....tar.gz)

3) Execute Installation Program.

# ./image/setup.sh

4) Proceed Installation and click "Start" to add a printer.

what's the exact output? At what point does the add-printer failed: client-error-not-possible message come up--after ./image/setup.sh?

After you execute ./image/setup.sh, it creates the necessary printer files, and then, once you press continue, or something, it goes into another window where you add your printer. That is linux-config. After I click "OK" to add my printer, a notice pops up and says "add-printer failed: client-error-not-possible". That's the only output it gives me.

A great reference is http://www.linuxprinting.org and its forums. Unfortunately they only have the 1710 and 1750 models on at present, but one might be close enough to the 1740 to get it working. One thing they note (and I found with a 1710) is that the Samsung drivers do not work with all distributions.

If you can't get Samsung's drivers installed, you have to configure CUPS directly, following the pointers on the linuxprinting site. CUPS is accessible by a web interface - point your browser at:

http://localhost:631/admin

KDE desktop also provides a nice interface to CUPS in the printer control panel. Maybe Gnome also.

If you do not have CUPS installed you had better update your distro before continuing.