I tried a lot but it is more a trial and error because I lack a basic understanding of the cups system which seems to be neccessary.
(The printer is okay, under 20.04 I was able to print, scan etc...)
my system:
two Thinkpad laptops (my wife and me) with Ubuntu 22.04 and we want to share one samsung C48x color printer usually connected via WLan an 192.168.2.199.
from a previous question I received the link to the actual samsung driver (uld_V1.00.39_01.17.tar.gz) and it is now under /home/uld extracted and installed with "sudo ./install.sh"...on both pc
I was able to print successfully from one PC, but I am not able to do the same from the other PC although they are quite simmilar; and now everything
my wish:
to be able to use the printer from both PCs using the Wlan
questions:
- Do I have to use cups (2.4.1) (I was not aware of such a service in Ubuntu 20.04)?
- Is there a difference if I install a printer under cups via "localhost:631" or via the Ubuntu menu under "properties - printer"?
- Is there an easy to understand step-by-step description how to use cups for various tasks (like mine) - preferably in german? (the description on localhost:631 are not easy to understand for me, therefore not helpful)
the actual problems i struggle with:
when I turned on the printer the cups menu (add printer" shows 3 to 5 samsung c48 printers, sometimes double (e.g.
- Samsung C48x Series on 192.168.2.199 (Samsung C48x Series)
- Samsung C48x Series (SEC30CDA7B12411) (Samsung C48x Series)
- Samsung C48x Series (driverless) (Samsung C48x Series)
- Samsung C48x Series (Samsung C48x Series)
which one to choose?
(what I found out that these printers show different connections like dnssd..., socket..., ipp...local, ipp..., dnssd......uuid) => no idea what are the consequences
sometimes (on the add-printer page) it shows something like "connection : 192.168.2.199" on the top of the list...shall I leave the checkbox activated ? what is the influence on following steps?
once I choosed a printer to add, shall I activate the checkbox "approval for network" (netzwerkfreigabe) or not? In other words: if a printer is connected via Wlan and used by 2 PCs... is it a local printer for each pc or a network printer?
then I have several options to assign a driver to my selected printer
- Samsung C48 series - ipp everywhere
- Samsung C48 series PS (en) (listed twice)
- Samsung C48 series, driverless, cups filters 1.28.15 (en)
no idea what is the difference and what are the consequences. I assume the drivers may relate to the different "versions" of the same printer as mentioned above
You may see, I am really lost and have no idea how to get forward. There are so many options I don't understand and so many possible combinations of these options... Hopefuly there are some patient guys out there with helpful hints...
dieter
