Re: [OT] Samsung-provided linux drivers could be dangerous
Anson Gardner wrote:
> http://www.digg.com/linux_unix/Samsung_Linux_printer_driver_modifies_the_permissions_of_many_executables
>
> I was going to recommend a Samsung Laser printer (like my ML-2250) on
> the "Economic Printer" thread, but now maybe not.
>
> Well, in fact I still recommend it, just not their driver CD. I wonder if my
> CD (which is quite a bit older than the one mentioned in the article) has
> that problem. I do remember being impressed that the driver CD supported
> Debian.
I had an ML-1450 which worked brilliantly on CUPS (as an HP laserjet) straight
out of the box. I tried the Linux driver on the CD ("supported for Red Hat"). It
worked (after a little tweaking with symlinks, perhaps permissoins too) but was
not worth the effort.
I recently bought an ML-2570. The CD contains a ppd driver for CUPS. It works
well except for OOo, so I use the generic CUPS PostScript driver. I did report
this bug to Samsung, but I had no reply. The generic CUPS PostScript driver does
not provide a control for toner-save mode but otherwise works flawlessly. I
documented all this in the openprinting.org database [1].
I would suggest that you dig out the ppd driver from the Samsung CD (or CD
download from website) and try that with CUPS.
[1] http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Samsung-ML-2570
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Chris.
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