Printer - Ricoh Aficio MP 161 - No way getting it to work

[dave1953]

Don't think that filter will help you unfortunately. I was just trying to paint a picture of the hoops I had to jump through to get RP-211 laser printer working correctly. You would have a heck of a job to find that these days so I wouldn't bother if I were you. I'll have a look if there is anything else I can suggest and get back to you.

[dave1953]

Give this a try -

Uninstall the printer

Restart the pc

Open a terminal

Type in the following command exactly as it appears to install further resources

sudo apt-get install jbigkit-bin inotify-tools printer-driver-all foomatic-db-engine openprinting-ppds

Reinstall the printer, checking carefully what drivers you are offered in the drop list

Test the printer

Let us know how you get on

[dave1953]

Honestly don't believe rasterlilo filter will help you at all with that model printer but if you want to pm me with your email I'll send it to you and the procedure I have to implement to make it work (not complicated).

[kpagnussat]

Give this a try -

Uninstall the printer

Restart the pc

Open a terminal

Type in the following command exactly as it appears to install further resources

sudo apt-get install jbigkit-bin inotify-tools printer-driver-all foomatic-db-engine openprinting-ppds

Reinstall the printer, checking carefully what drivers you are offered in the drop list

Test the printer

Let us know how you get on

Thanks for your effort trying to help. I've dug up and found some of your posts in your journey making your printer work and already did that. For a little peace of mind, tried again as you said, but unfortunately, no dice.

I've found some brazilian forums and people there seemed to made it work, followed it too but I'm still in the same boat, it always report printing to be done but nothing comes out from the printer, even tried all the ports and protocols found using nmap, every driver availiable (in the distro and from openprinting).

I'm about to call an exorcist and man, I'm itching to dump windows btw...

Thank you for your effort and support, despite I'm not being able to make it work, I really apreciate all the contributions everyone brought here.

[dave1953]

So frustrating when you try to help and the op still cannot get his kit to work correctly.

[brian_p]

So frustrating when you try to help and the op still cannot get his kit to work correctly.

Early on, pdc_2 proposed gutenprint as a solution. This was then mentioned another two times. The suggestion to install printer-driver-gutenprint appears to have been ignored.

[kpagnussat]

So frustrating when you try to help and the op still cannot get his kit to work correctly.

Hi there Brian, thanks for posting here.
I was away from the forum and didn`t post a adequate reply to pdc.

"printer-driver-gutenprint" is installed by default.

Here is the output for lpinfo -m | grep 161:

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gutenprint.5.3://gestetner-dsm416/expert Gestetner MP 161/DSm416 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.3.3
openprinting-ppds:0/ppd/openprinting/Gestetner/PDF/Gestetner-MP_161_DSm416_PDF.ppd Gestetner MP 161/DSm416 PDF
openprinting-ppds:0/ppd/openprinting/Gestetner/PS/Gestetner-MP_161_DSm416_PS.ppd Gestetner MP 161/DSm416 PS
openprinting-ppds:0/ppd/openprinting/Gestetner/PXL/Gestetner-MP_161_DSm416_PXL.ppd Gestetner MP 161/DSm416 PXL
gutenprint.5.3://lanier-ld016/expert Lanier MP 161/LD016 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.3.3
openprinting-ppds:0/ppd/openprinting/Lanier/PDF/Lanier-MP_161_LD016_PDF.ppd Lanier MP 161/LD016 PDF
openprinting-ppds:0/ppd/openprinting/Lanier/PS/Lanier-MP_161_LD016_PS.ppd Lanier MP 161/LD016 PS
openprinting-ppds:0/ppd/openprinting/Lanier/PXL/Lanier-MP_161_LD016_PXL.ppd Lanier MP 161/LD016 PXL
gutenprint.5.3://nrg-mp_161/expert NRG MP 161 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.3.3
openprinting-ppds:0/ppd/openprinting/NRG/PDF/NRG-MP_161_PDF.ppd NRG MP 161 PDF
openprinting-ppds:0/ppd/openprinting/NRG/PS/NRG-MP_161_PS.ppd NRG MP 161 PS
openprinting-ppds:0/ppd/openprinting/NRG/PXL/NRG-MP_161_PXL.ppd NRG MP 161 PXL
gutenprint.5.3://ricoh-afc_mp_161/expert Ricoh Aficio MP 161 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.3.3
openprinting-ppds:0/ppd/openprinting/Ricoh/PDF/Ricoh-Aficio_MP_161_PDF.ppd Ricoh Aficio MP 161 PDF
openprinting-ppds:0/ppd/openprinting/Ricoh/PS/Ricoh-Aficio_MP_161_PS.ppd Ricoh Aficio MP 161 PS
openprinting-ppds:0/ppd/openprinting/Ricoh/PXL/Ricoh-Aficio_MP_161_PXL.ppd Ricoh Aficio MP 161 PXL[/b]
foomatic-db-compressed-ppds:0/ppd/foomatic-ppd/Samsung-ML-1610-gdi.ppd Samsung ML-1610 Foomatic/gdi
drv:///splix-samsung.drv/ml1610.ppd Samsung ML-1610, 2.0.0
gutenprint.5.3://sharp-ar-161/expert Sharp AR-161 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.3.3
foomatic-db-compressed-ppds:0/ppd/foomatic-ppd/Sharp-AR-161-hpijs-pcl5e.ppd Sharp AR-161 Foomatic/hpijs-pcl5e
foomatic-db-compressed-ppds:0/ppd/foomatic-ppd/Sharp-AR-161-lj4dith.ppd Sharp AR-161 Foomatic/lj4dith
foomatic-db-compressed-ppds:0/ppd/foomatic-ppd/Sharp-AR-161-lj5gray.ppd Sharp AR-161 Foomatic/lj5gray
foomatic-db-compressed-ppds:0/ppd/foomatic-ppd/Sharp-AR-161-ljet4.ppd Sharp AR-161 Foomatic/ljet4
foomatic-db-compressed-ppds:0/ppd/foomatic-ppd/Sharp-AR-161-pxlmono.ppd Sharp AR-161 Foomatic/pxlmono (recommended)
foomatic-db-compressed-ppds:0/ppd/foomatic-ppd/Sharp-AR-M161-pxlmono.ppd Sharp AR-M161 Foomatic/pxlmono (recommended)
foomatic-db-compressed-ppds:0/ppd/foomatic-ppd/Sharp-AR-M161_PS-Postscript.ppd Sharp AR-M161 PS Foomatic/Postscript
openprinting-ppds:0/ppd/openprinting/Sharp/sharm161.ppd Sharp AR-M161 PS, 1.1

[kpagnussat]

So frustrating when you try to help and the op still cannot get his kit to work correctly.

Oh, never mind, my friend.

Just to give a disclaimer, whenever I got to test the solutions presented here, I do so on a live image or in a vm (with my wifi card in bridge mode).

Thanks for all the support guys.

[brian_p]

"printer-driver-gutenprint" is installed by default.

Here is the output for lpinfo -m | grep 161:

A suitable PPD appears to be:

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gutenprint.5.3://ricoh-afc_mp_161/expert

Your lpino -v shows only a single URI:

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lpd://192.168.0.150/

and nmap indicates an open 515 port. There isn't any port 9100, which is rather a shame.

Anyway, substitute for URI and PPD, execute

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lpadmin -p mp161 -v URI -E -m PPD

and test with

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lp -d mp161 /etc/nsswitch.conf

I am not very confident with using lpd URIs. Ypu could also try

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lpd://192.168.0.150/queue

[kpagnussat]

"printer-driver-gutenprint" is installed by default.

Here is the output for lpinfo -m | grep 161:

A suitable PPD appears to be:

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gutenprint.5.3://ricoh-afc_mp_161/expert

Your lpino -v shows only a single URI:

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lpd://192.168.0.150/

and nmap indicates an open 515 port. There isn't any port 9100, which is rather a shame.

Anyway, substitute for URI and PPD, execute

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lpadmin -p mp161 -v URI -E -m PPD

and test with

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lp -d mp161 /etc/nsswitch.conf

I am not very confident with using lpd URIs. Ypu could also try

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lpd://192.168.0.150/queue

Hey Brian, good to hear from you again.

Here is the output for lpadmin -p mp161 -v URI -E -m PPD

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lpadmin: Printer drivers are deprecated and will stop working in a future version of CUPS.
lpadmin: Bad device-uri "URI".

and for lp -d mp161 /etc/nsswitch.conf

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lp: No such file or directory

So I thought it was lpadmin -d mp161 /etc/nsswitch.conf which gave me:

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lpadmin: The printer or class does not exist.

Tried the URIs: lpd://192.168.0.150/ , lpd://192.168.0.150/queue and lpd://192.168.0.150/PASSTHROUGH (as I`ve found in a brazilian forum) and all of them gave me the same outputs.

You`ve mentioned port 9100, which I supose is for jetdirectsocket, Windows uses port 10001 which nmap reports to be open, tried it too with the socket://192.168.0.150:10001 but didn`t made it work too.


Thank you for your effort, I very much apreciate it.

Kristofer.

[kpagnussat]

May be useful:

Ricoh Aficio MP161/161L/161LN Manuals
http://support.ricoh.com/bb_v1oi/html/o ... 161len.htm

Found in the GDI Windows's driver:

%Printer1% = GDIUSB.ntamd64,USBPRINT\RICOHAficio_MP_161L2160,LPTENUM\RICOHAficio_MP_161L2160,RICOHAficio_MP_161L2160

LanguageMonitor = RN4 Language Monitor,RN4LM.DLL

;DefaultDataType = RAW

[brian_p]

Here is the output for lpadmin -p mp161 -v URI -E -m PPD

lpadmin: Printer drivers are deprecated and will stop working in a future version of CUPS.

That's OK.

lpadmin: Bad device-uri "URI".

Kristofer, this is not OK. You were asked to substitute for URI and PPD. Here is the complete command. Please check it.

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lpadmin -p mp161 -v lpd://192.168.0.150/queue -E -m gutenprint.5.3://ricoh-afc_mp_161/expert

and for lp -d mp161 /etc/nsswitch.conf

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lp: No such file or directory

The queue mp162 cannot be found because it has not been set up correctly.

[kpagnussat]

Here is the output for lpadmin -p mp161 -v URI -E -m PPD

lpadmin: Printer drivers are deprecated and will stop working in a future version of CUPS.

That's OK.

lpadmin: Bad device-uri "URI".

Kristofer, this is not OK. You were asked to substitute for URI and PPD. Here is the complete command. Please check it.

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lpadmin -p mp161 -v lpd://192.168.0.150/queue -E -m gutenprint.5.3://ricoh-afc_mp_161/expert

and for lp -d mp161 /etc/nsswitch.conf

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lp: No such file or directory

The queue mp162 cannot be found because it has not been set up correctly.

I`ve changed the URI in the settings before (through the printer manager UI and cups web interface) and the PPD too.

But now I`ve done as you said:

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mint@mint:~$ lpadmin -p mp161 -v lpd://192.168.0.150/queue -E -m gutenprint.5.3://ricoh-afc_mp_161/expert
lpadmin: Printer drivers are deprecated and will stop working in a future version of CUPS.
mint@mint:~$ lpadmin -p mp161 -v URI -E -m PPD
lpadmin: Printer drivers are deprecated and will stop working in a future version of CUPS.
lpadmin: Bad device-uri "URI".
mint@mint:~$ lp -d mp161 /etc/nsswitch.conf
request id is mp161-2 (1 file(s))

That file is a test page.
Still got a bad URI. Holy moly, this printer sucks.

[brian_p]

But now I`ve done as you said:

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mint@mint:~$ lpadmin -p mp161 -v lpd://192.168.0.150/queue -E -m gutenprint.5.3://ricoh-afc_mp_161/expert

lpadmin: Printer drivers are deprecated and will stop working in a future version of CUPS.

That is the only command to use, but you may execute it again with a different UR If that one does not give printing. For example, try lpd://192.168.0.150/mp161

mint@mint:~$ lpadmin -p mp161 -v URI -E -m PPD
lpadmin: Printer drivers are deprecated and will stop working in a future version of CUPS.
lpadmin: Bad device-uri "URI".

Do not use this command. It is not a valid command.

Please give what you get for

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ippfind -T 5

[kpagnussat]

But now I`ve done as you said:

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mint@mint:~$ lpadmin -p mp161 -v lpd://192.168.0.150/queue -E -m gutenprint.5.3://ricoh-afc_mp_161/expert

lpadmin: Printer drivers are deprecated and will stop working in a future version of CUPS.

That is the only command to use, but you may execute it again with a different UR If that one does not give printing. For example, try lpd://192.168.0.150/mp161

mint@mint:~$ lpadmin -p mp161 -v URI -E -m PPD
lpadmin: Printer drivers are deprecated and will stop working in a future version of CUPS.
lpadmin: Bad device-uri "URI".

Do not use this command. It is not a valid command.

Please give what you get for

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ippfind -T 5

Unfortunately

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ippfind -T 5

gives no output.

[brian_p]

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ippfind -T 5

gives no output.

That implies that port 631 cannot be used. You are stuck with the lpd protocol and soting out a URI to use.

BTW, I cannot read most of the screen shot.

[kpagnussat]

That implies that port 631 cannot be used. You are stuck with the lpd protocol and soting out a URI to use.

Yes, if you got any other idea, let me know, thanks for now.

BTW, I cannot read most of the screen shot.

Yes, the preview wasnt at its best, I guess.

[pdc_2]

the preview wasnt at its best, I guess.

No; you need to add attachments; that are different and that can be read

what works; is to see the tab below called Attachments; when you are in the EDIT POST screen;

attach.png (13.89 KiB) Viewed 624 times

look for the tab, then click on that; there you can attach screenshots; (jpg images); that can then be read

[kpagnussat]

the preview wasnt at its best, I guess.

No; you need to add attachments; that are different and that can be read

what works; is to see the tab below called Attachments; when you are in the EDIT POST screen; attach.pnglook for the tab, then click on that; there you can attach screenshots; (jpg images); that can then be read

I tought attached files would be some link to download.
Nice to know that, thanks pdc2!