In F21, Samsung ML-1740 laser printer doesn't work immediately, but does after installing splix

[Sérgio Basto]

On Dom, 2014-12-07 at 02:15 +0000, Andre Robatino wrote: 
> I have a Samsung ML-1740 laser printer which in F20 and below would work
> immediately after install, even though splix wasn't installed. I believe it
> was necessary for foomatic to be installed, and in one previous release it
> wasn't installed by default, but was supposed to be.  

I had use openprinting-splix-2.0.0-2lsb3.2.x86_64.rpm package a long
time ago, it was built on Mai 2009 and still working ... 
I don't knew that splix was packaged for Fedora and it is a good new,
I'm trying it now. 
I need splix drivers to print on my Sansung printer . So it is not
strange that works just after install splix ...
  

> Anyway, in F21 it was
> necessary to install splix. Was the suppport for this printer moved from
> foomatic to splix, 

No, without splix , we couldn't print on this kind of printers, I think.


> and if so, should this be filed as a bug against
> Distribution to have splix installed by default, same as foomatic?


Best regards,  
-- 
Sérgio M. B.