Am Sonntag, den 16.02.2014, 07:48 -0500 schrieb Greg Troxel: > Moritz Wilhelmy <mw+net...@barfooze.de> writes: > > > is there a way to enable both scanning and printing on the same > > scanner/printer combo device? > > > > I have a Samsung CLX-3185 which is currently attached to /dev/ulpt0. > > However, SANE is unable to find it there so I'm guessing I have to > > recompile the kernel with the ulpt disabled so that it won't attach and > > the printer will attach itself as a generic USB device. > > It seems that multi-function devices often need manufacturer-specific > drivers.
I think you are right... There is a Linux-driver available for Samsung devices... > Omitting ulpt0 is a good plan; then perhaps cups or something can use > libusb to ugen. HP printers seem to work better that way. I tried to get my HP Photosmart Premium C309a work on my NetBSD computer with the hplip- package some month ago but wasn't able to get it work. Does somebody got a HP AIO device to work properly? It would be nice to know how to do a working setup on NetBSD... > > Will printing still be possible? (In this case, does the ulpt0 device > > even make sense to be enabled by default in the GENERIC kernel?) > > That's a tough call. Some devices work better with ulpt0; we probably > really need a giant quirk table that chooses ulpt0 for devices that > don't have a better option. So far this hasn't happened, I think due to > lack of anyone spending enough time. Greetings, Helge
