[solved] Samsung SCX-3200 prints garbage

Question

Hi,
Some months ago I got a Samsung SCX-3200 mono multifunction printer. I installed samsung unified driver from AUR I think it was v3 and printer worked.
After the driver got updated to v4 I think my problems started. Sometimes when printing a document I only got pages with garbage characters in the first line on the whole page. Recently I am unable to print anything, always getting the same result, smileys, hearts etc on the first line. printing test page is the same.
I installed windows to another HDD in my desktop computer and no printing issue occurred. Also I installed samsung unified driver to another computer (running Arch), used the same USB cable, but garbage text was all I got.
Then I tried the official samsung package / installer and everything was the same.
Unfortunately there's no samsung unified driver 3 package  in AUR anymore.
Please help me get my printer back.
Last edited by siriusb (2012-09-09 09:55:51)

Answer 1

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" "${pkgdir}/etc/udev/rules.d/99_smfpautoconf.rules"
# cups
install -d "${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/${LIBDIRCUSTOM}/cups/filter/*
install -m 755 "${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/${CARCHCUSTOM}/at_root/usr/${LIBDIRCUSTOM}/cups/filter/smfpautoconf" \
"${pkgdir}/usr/lib/cups/filter/smfpautoconf"
install -m 644 -t "${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"
# samsungmfp-configurator-qt4
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/" ${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/noarch/at_opt/share/VERSION-Common_LINUX_Script
install -m 644 -t "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/share/" ${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/noarch/at_opt/share/VERSION-Printer_LINUX
install -m 644 -t "${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/" ${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/noarch/qt4/at_opt/share/tr/*
install -m 644 -t "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/share/ui/" ${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/noarch/qt4/at_opt/share/ui/*
install -m 644 "${startdir}/samsungUDC.desktop" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/samsungUDC.desktop"
install -m 644 -t "${pkgdir}/opt/Samsung/mfp/lib/" ${srcdir}/cdroot/Linux/${CARCHCUSTOM}/qt4/at_root/opt/smfp-common/${LIBDIRCUSTOM}/*
echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/Samsung/mfp/lib/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH /opt/Samsung/mfp/bin/Configurator" >> "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/SamsungConfigurator"
chmod 555 "${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}/*