Samsung laser drivers for Linux - thinking aloud

[Jim]

On 02/15/2013 09:56 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Fernando Cassia wrote:
>
>> So the $1M question is: can´t Samsung design drivers which can be
>> installed via a package manager (rpm), or via a cups install routine,
>> instead of the current method?. I´m sure they can, in theory.
> I agree completely.
> I have a number of Samsung devices (printer, Android, TV)
> and while the hardware in all cases is of the highest quality,
> the software is always bizarre in some way,
> seemingly produced by someone whose thought processes
> run along different lines to my own.
> Eg my clp-325W printer is supposed to be WiFi-enabled,
> but for some reason you have to put in a password to use this,
> and I have never succeeded in doing this.
> Apparently one has to press several buttons simultaneously
> to change the password, but the instructions are obviously
> for some other printer, since the buttons described
> do not exist on this printer.
> Many other people have encountered the same problem,
> but Samsung's response to queries is to consult the supplier,
> who in my case at least does not have the slightest idea what to do ...
>
>
>
SeLinux has problems with the Samsung Downloaded drivers.

After you  have installed the driver you have to do a ;

setenforce 0; fixfiles -F restore; setenforce 1; reboot

and then complete setup with system-config-printer .

I prefer keeping SeLinux enabled so that is why I don't disable it.