Samsung SCX-4100 manual Common Linux Problems, Problem Possible Cause and Solution

Common Linux Problems

Problem		Possible Cause and Solution
The machine doesn't print	• Check if the printer driver is installed in your system.
		Open MFP configurator and switch to the Printers tab in
		Printers configuration window to look at the list of
		available printers. Make sure that your machine is
		displayed on the list. If not, please, invoke Add new
		printer wizard to set up your device.
	•	Check if the printer is started. Open Printers
		configuration and select your machine on the printers list.
		Look at the description in the Selected printer pane. If its
		status contains "(stopped)" string, please, press the Start
		button. After that normal operation of the printer should
		be restored. The "stopped" status might be activated
		when some problems in printing occurred. For instance,
		this could be an attempt to print document when MFP
		port is claimed by a scanning application.
	• Check if the MFP port is not busy. Since functional
		components of MFP (printer and scanner) share the same
		I/O interface (MFP port), the situation of simultaneous
		access of different "consumer" application to the same
		MFP port is possible. To avoid possible conflicts, only one
		of them at a time is allowed to gain control over the
		device. The other "consumer" will encounter "device
		busy" response. You should open MFP ports configuration
		and select the port assigned to your printer. In the
		Selected port pane you can see if the port is occupied by
		some other application. If this is the case, you should
		wait for completion of the current job or should press
		Release port button, if you are sure that the present
		owner is not functioning properly.
	• Check if your application has special print option such as
		"-oraw". If "-oraw" is specified in the command line
		parameter then remove it to print properly. For Gimp
		front-end, select "print" -> "Setup printer" and edit
		command line parameter in the command item.
The machine does not	•	Check if your machine is attached to your computer.
appear on the scanners list
		Make sure that it is connected properly via the USB port
		and is turned on.
	• Check if the scanner driver for you machine is installed in
		your system. Open MFP Configurator, switch to Scanners
		configuration, then press Drivers. Make sure that driver
		with a name corresponding to your machine's name is
		listed in the window.

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