I’m now on my second attempt to install the Multifunction Printer. I discovered that the driver on the cd which came with the MFP is useless, so I downloaded a new driver, without success. Now I’ve discovered a new page for the most uptodate driver and you can get it from the link below.

Samsung’s Multi Function Printer SCX-4200 Driver and Install Guide

It’s pretty tiresome in every sense that one can’t just put in a cd and have it install. Once again I waver about leaving Ubuntu, though having said that I haven’t felt a longing to return to XP, particularly as I have no urgent printing or scanning. That could change soon.

So what am I doing wrong? I’ve followed the instructions in the Samsung pdf guide, and now I’ve followed the instructions given in Elijah Lofgren’s Ubuntu and Kubuntu Linux Tips , to no avail. Well, following Elijah Lofgren’s instructions actually installed the driver, I think, but there wasn’t a budge out of the printer.
Re his instruction about the DeviceURI file:

#Open /etc/cups/printers.conf Under “DefaultPrinter scx4100″ change the “DeviceURI” so it looks like this:

DeviceURI file:/dev/usblp0

when I changed this, nothing happened. When I changed it back to “DefaultPrinter scx4100″ the machine actually stirred when I tried a test page, but despite that, it didn’t print.

There’s nothing wrong with Elijah’s instructions. Somehow they didn’t work for me, though to my horror I seem to be getting better at the terminal. I hate the whole concept of a terminal.

Back to the drawing board. If I can’t get this installed, I’ll seriously have to think of abandoning Ubuntu. It just takes up too much time getting the simplest things done.