Set up Samsung ML-1910 Printer (or similar) with CUPS on Raspberry Pi

samsung-ml1920-cups-rpi.md

Set up Samsung ML-1910 Printer (or similar) with CUPS on Raspberry Pi

Install and configure CUPS

sudo apt install cups
sudo usermod -a -G lpadmin pi
sudo cupsctl --remote-any
sudo cupsctl --share-printers

sudo lpinfo -v # should show your USB-connected printer

Get the driver

Source: https://www.bchemnet.com/suldr/suld.html I used version 1.00.06 (driver2), works fine. But you can try another one with arm binaries.

• Download https://www.bchemnet.com/suldr/driver/UnifiedLinuxDriver-1.00.06.tar.gz
• Extract to any location

Add printer

• Go to https://<RPI-IP>:631/
• Navigate Administration -> Add printer
• Select your printer
• Configure name, sharing option
• Select PPD file for your printer from extracted tar archive, e.g.: uld/noarch/share/ppd/Samsung_ML-191x_Series.ppd

Install missing driver libs/binaries on your Pi

• scp /path/to/your/UnifiedLinuxDriver-1.00.06.tar.gz pi@<RPI-IP>:/home/pi or wget --trust-server-names https://www.bchemnet.com/suldr/driver/UnifiedLinuxDriver-1.00.06.tar.gz
• then extract and copy all that you need:

tar zxvf UnifiedLinuxDriver-1.00.06.tar.gz
sudo cp ./uld/arm/libscmssc.so /usr/lib/ && \
    sudo cp ./uld/arm/smfpnetdiscovery /usr/bin/ && \
    sudo cp ./uld/arm/smfpnetdiscovery /usr/lib/cups/backend/ && \
    sudo cp ./uld/arm/pstospl /usr/bin/ && \
    sudo cp ./uld/arm/pstospl /usr/lib/cups/backend/ && \
    sudo cp ./uld/arm/pstosplc /usr/bin/ && \
    sudo cp ./uld/arm/pstosplc /usr/lib/cups/filter/ && \
    sudo cp ./uld/arm/rastertospl /usr/bin/ && \
    sudo cp ./uld/arm/rastertospl /usr/lib/cups/filter/ && \
    sudo cp ./uld/arm/rastertosplc /usr/bin/ && \
    sudo cp ./uld/arm/rastertosplc /usr/lib/cups/filter/
rm -rf ./uld

And finally print!

lpstat -t # list printers
echo "test" | lp -d <YOUR_PRINTER_NAME>