how to install rastertospl in my usr/lib/cups/filter?

Question

For installing my Samsung ML -1676 Printer on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS how should I add filter rastertospl on my usr/lib/cups/filter folder?

Solution 1

The archive for the Linux driver contains a uld directory. This directory contains the install.sh file and three directories: arm, i386, and x86_64. These directories contain the rastertospl files for different architectures. You should copy the one for your architecture in the /usr/lib/cups/filter. Make the copy as root user, or you will get a permission error (from shell, use sudo.)

Solution 2

The problem happens when you install the printer from a PPD file without using the full installer for Unified Linux Driver obtained from Samsung website.

rastertospl is not part of any standard apt package, you need to download it from https://support.hp.com (as of 2019.09.02) or use https://www.bchemnet.com/suldr/.

Solution 3

You can go to the terminal and run :

sudo sh /home/yourusername/WhereverYourArchiveIs/install.sh

After downloading the drivers from the web, and selecting manually the .ppd file, you can go to the terminal and insert the command said before, just run the sh "install.sh", found at the main folder of the ULD driver folder, as SUDO, and then you can use the printer.

If this doesn't solve your problem, go and copy the "rastertospl" file, which is found at i386 folder (if you are x32 system) or at x86_64 (if you are x64 system), to the location "usr/lib/cups/filter" and then run the command.

That's all.

Comments

[J. Starnes]

You could improve your answer by including what package/ppa/website provides rastertospl.

[Jamie Hutber]

Where is the rastertospl file located?

[Dima Pasechnik]

some closed-source thing, maybe?