Samsung laser suddenly printing garbage

I've been using a Samsung ML 2250 successfully for a couple of years with my Imac with the Gutenprint drivers. But suddenly, perhaps after my last software update, it began to print garbage on page after page after page. The first page starts out "%1PS-Adobe-3.0"
Is this related to an update of my OS? I've reset the printer system, reinstalled, but same problem.
Any suggestions?

Partial success--this thread helped: (Thanks to Matt Broughton)
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3442464
I installed the HPJIS driver found at http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/MacOSX/hpijs.
It doesn't support the ML 2250 but it does support the ML 2150. I installed it as that and it printed a page correctly.
I'm still not sure what happened to the Gutenprint driver...

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Hi,
test if the following PKGBUILD works for you. You need the files 99_smfpautoconf.rules and samsungUDC.desktop from the aur package samsung-unified-driver.
pkgname=samsung-unified-driver
pkgver=3.00.90
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Unified Linux Driver for Samsung printers and scanners."
arch=(i686 x86_64)
url="http://www.samsung.com"
license=('custom:samsung')
depends=('libstdc++5' 'libtiff' 'cups' 'ghostscript' 'sane')
conflicts=samsungmfp-configurator-qt4
options=(!strip)
source=("http://www.bchemnet.com/suldr/UnifiedLinuxDriver-${pkgver}.tar.gz"
'99_smfpautoconf.rules' 'samsungUDC.desktop')
sha1sums=('95de115a32399392cf3e50837c445f277cb3fdb6'
'29ee51d7bcb2541967f34c36c72ac62ecc621a1e'
'e2e337d2e22cab41071e5af585f04dcf9e779c7b')
if [ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
CARCHCUSTOM="x86_64"
LIBDIRCUSTOM="lib64"
else
CARCHCUSTOM="i386"
LIBDIRCUSTOM="lib"
fi
build() {
# mpf
install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/lib"
install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"
install -d "${pkgdir}/etc/udev/rules.d/"
install -m 755 "${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/${CARCHCUSTOM}/at_root/usr/${LIBDIRCUSTOM}/libmfp.so.1.0.1" \
"${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libmfp.so.1.0.1"
install -m 755 "${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/${CARCHCUSTOM}/at_root/opt/smfp-common/${LIBDIRCUSTOM}/libnetsnmp.so.10.0.2" \
"${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libnetsnmp.so.10.0.2"
install -m 644 "${srcdir}/99_smfpautoconf.rules" "${pkgdir}/etc/udev/rules.d/99_smfpautoconf.rules"
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install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/cups/filter"
install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/cups/backend/"
install -d "${pkgdir}/etc/cups/"
install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/share/cups/model/samsung/cms"
install -m 444 -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/cups/model/samsung/cms/" ${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/noarch/at_opt/share/ppd/cms/*
install -m 644 -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/cups/model/" ${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/noarch/at_opt/share/ppd/*.ppd
install -m 755 "${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/${CARCHCUSTOM}/at_root/usr/${LIBDIRCUSTOM}/cups/backend/mfp" \
"${pkgdir}/usr/lib/cups/backend/mfp"
install -m 755 -t "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/cups/filter/" ${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/${CARCHCUSTOM}/at_root/usr/${LIBDIRCUSTOM}/cups/filter/*
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"${pkgdir}/usr/lib/cups/filter/smfpautoconf"
install -m 644 -t "${pkgdir}/etc/cups/" ${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/noarch/at_root/etc/cups/*
# sane
install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/sane/"
install -d "${pkgdir}/etc/sane.d/dll.d"
install -m 644 "${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/noarch/at_root/etc/sane.d/smfp.conf" "${pkgdir}/etc/sane.d/smfp.conf"
install -m 755 "${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/${CARCHCUSTOM}/at_root/usr/${LIBDIRCUSTOM}/sane/libsane-smfp.so.1.0.1" \
"${pkgdir}/usr/lib/sane/libsane-smfp.so.1.0.1"
install -d "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/bin/"
install -m 755 "${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/${CARCHCUSTOM}/at_opt/bin/netdiscovery" "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/bin/netdiscovery"
install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/sbin/"
install -m 755 "${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/${CARCHCUSTOM}/at_root/usr/sbin/smfpd" "${pkgdir}/usr/sbin/smfpd"
install -d "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/share/"
install -m 644 "${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/OEM.ini" "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/share/OEM.ini"
#create symbolic links
# mpf
cd "${pkgdir}/usr/lib"
ln -s ./libmfp.so.1.0.1 ./libmfp.so.1
ln -s ./libmfp.so.1.0.1 ./libmfp.so
cd "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/sane"
ln -s ./libsane-smfp.so.1.0.1 ./libsane-smfp.so.1
ln -s ./libsane-smfp.so.1 ./libsane-smfp.so
echo "smfp" >> "${pkgdir}/etc/sane.d/dll.d/smfp"
chmod 644 "${pkgdir}/etc/sane.d/dll.d/smfp"
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install -d "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/bin/"
install -d "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/lib/"
install -d "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/share/"
install -d "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/share/help/"
install -d "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/share/images/"
install -d "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/share/tr/"
install -d "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/share/ui/"
install -d "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/share/utils/"
install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/"
install -m 755 -t "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/bin/" ${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/${CARCHCUSTOM}/qt4/at_opt/bin/*
install -m 644 -t "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/lib/" ${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/${CARCHCUSTOM}/qt4/at_opt/lib/*
install -m 644 -t "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/share/" ${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/noarch/at_opt/share/eula.htm
install -m 644 -t "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/share/" ${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/noarch/at_opt/share/VERSION-Common_LINUX
install -m 644 -t "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/share/" ${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/noarch/at_opt/share/VERSION-Common_LINUX_Script
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install -m 644 -t "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/share/" ${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/noarch/at_opt/share/VERSION-Printer_LINUX-Script
install -m 644 -t "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/share/" ${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/noarch/at_opt/share/VERSION-Scanner_LINUX
install -m 644 -t "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/share/" ${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/noarch/at_opt/share/VERSION-Scanner_LINUX-Script
install -m 644 -t "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/share/help/" ${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/noarch/at_opt/share/help/*
install -m 644 -t "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/share/images/" ${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/noarch/at_opt/share/images/*
install -m 644 -t "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/share/utils/" ${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/noarch/at_opt/share/utils/*
install -m 644 -t "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/share/tr/" ${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/noarch/qt4/at_opt/share/tr/*
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chmod 555 "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/SamsungConfigurator"
echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/Samsung/mfp/lib/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH /opt/Samsung/mfp/bin/ImageManager" >> "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/SamsungImageManager"
chmod 555 "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/SamsungImageManager"
echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/Samsung/mfp/lib/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH /opt/Samsung/mfp/bin/smfpscan" >> "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/smfpscan"
chmod 555 "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/smfpscan"
mkdir -p "${srcdir}/libtiff/"
tar xzf "${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/noarch/libtiff-3-${CARCHCUSTOM}.tar.gz" -C "${srcdir}/libtiff"
install -m 644 -t "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/lib/" ${srcdir}/libtiff/usr/${LIBDIRCUSTOM}/*

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ghostscript 9.05-1
gsfonts 1.0.7pre44-3
gutenprint 5.2.7-3
foomatic-db 1:4.0.7_20110707-1
foomatic-db-engine 1:4.0.7_20110707-1
foomatic-db-nonfree 1:4.0.7_20110707-1
foomatic-filters 1:4.0.7_20110707-1
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Last edited by felihommen (2012-03-04 20:33:39)

Solved!
Restarting cupsd didn't work.
But reinstalling cups...
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root 1549 0.0 0.1 75548 4080 ? Ss 21:04 0:00 cupsd -C /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
felipe 1690 0.0 0.0 8416 1028 pts/1 S+ 21:13 0:00 grep cups
I kill it
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$ ps aux | grep cupsd
felipe 1694 0.0 0.0 8416 1024 pts/1 S+ 21:13 0:00 grep cups
Ok. Reinstall cups
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Start cups daemon:
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Open firefox. Go to web interface, bla, bla, bla.... And it's there!
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I'm aware that there are problems with multifunction printers and Leopard, but I have the latest Tiger.
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Infinimac wrote:
Finally, it allows hardly any of the HP multifunctionality it's supposed to come with.
This is a limitation of using third party wireless print servers. Most multifunctions will only allow (simple) printing.
HP touts this as being a wireless-adaptable printer, so everything should work with my wireless setup.
I would expect this is the case IF you use the HP wireless adapter for your printer.
The D-Link is supposed to work with Macs also.
My HP LaserJet 1300 works fine wirelessly with this setup.
This would be expected as it is just a printer.
iFelix

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