diff --git a/handbook/computing/netconfig.html b/handbook/computing/netconfig.html index 73dbfc800..471eb75c8 100644 --- a/handbook/computing/netconfig.html +++ b/handbook/computing/netconfig.html @@ -135,11 +135,65 @@ has been added to the end of the runfakenet script as this setting does not seem We have a Samsung C430W printer with broken ethernet and wirless networking, but the USB cable works.

From a clean Devian install on the expo laptop, the missing thing for making the printer work was: apt-get install libcupsimage2 -Also you need the Samsung driver installation from the Samsung website. +Also you need the Samsung driver installation from the Samsung website (see below).

To share the printer:
cupsctl --share-printers
lpadmin -p C43x-Series -o printer-is-shared=true
this should be one-time config. +

Samsung Unified Printer Driver

+The archive site is at + + The Samsung Unified Linux Driver Repository: "This site provides an apt (.deb) repository for installing the Samsung Unified Linux Driver (as of 2017, sold to HP) in a more user-friendly and less problematic way than downloading and installing directly from the Samsung website or using the installer that ships with printers." + +

Or you can try to get the driver from + www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/ but it may have evaporated since HP took over the support. + +

Installing the Samsung driver package: +

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    Make sure that the machine is connected to +your computer and powered on.

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    Copy the Unified Linux Driver package +to your system.

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    Open Terminal program and go to the folder that you +copied the package to.

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    Extract the package.

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    Move to uld folder.

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    Execute "./install.sh" +command (If you're not logged in as a root, execute the +command with "sudo" as "sudo ./install.sh")

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    Proceed with the installation.

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    When the installation is finished, launch printing +utility(Go to System > Administration > Printing or +execute "system-config-printer" command +in Terminal program).

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    Click Add button.

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    Select your printer.

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    Click the Forward button +and add it to your system.

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When it all goes wrong

If everything is working between devices in the hut, but there is no internet access, then the first thing to check is that