Pantum M6550NW multifunction printer driver for opensuse leap 15.5

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I have a Pantum M6550NW multifunction scan and copy printer i was using on windows with its proper driver. Now i have installed opensuse leap 15.5 on my desktop ad the printer conneted by usb cable, yast recognise it but doesn' t have the specific driver . The manufacturer states that the printer is linux compatible, but looking into its site only the driver for ubuntu is available. There is something i could do to use again this printer?

Paige Thompson · Accepted Answer · 2023-12-28T02:41:11.383

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You can try this:

zypper install alien on SuSE
grab the driver from their website: https://drivers.pantum.com/userfiles/files/download/drive/Pantum%20Ubuntu%20Driver%20V1_1_106.zip
unzip it
in the folder it extracts, Pantum Ubuntu Driver V1.1.106/Resources there are two .deb files, run alien -t pantum_1.1.106-1_amd64.deb or the i386 one if you're on a 32-bit system
tar -C / -kxvpf pantum-1.1.106.tgz

you may find that quite a few of these files already exist:

tar: ./usr/share/cups/model/Pantum/Pantum BP5100DW Series PS.ppd: Cannot open: File exists
./usr/share/cups/model/Pantum/Pantum P3500DNT Series PS.ppd
...

That should be okay and quite a few of them were already supported but perhaps this model just wasn't (I have a system package for Pantum myself on Debian.)

if you want a list of the files that were installed: run: tar -tvf pantum-1.1.106.tgz
finally unplug the printer, run: sudo systemctl restart cups and plug the printer in then attempt to add the printer from YaST.

edited Dec 28 '23 at 02:41

answered Dec 27 '23 at 17:31

Paige Thompson

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I managed to generate a tar program and install it following your istructions(thank you very much indeed it solved my problem) , added the print from Yast,and selected its proper Pantum driver, everything went smooth and printing was fine. Only the scanner wasn' t working, because no driver vas found , maybe it is not included in the driver. any idea about it? Anyway i seldom use it , so it's not a big problem – Harlequin Dec 31 '23 at 10:25
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You might try installing xsane if it's not already installed with zypper install xsane then run it; when it starts it should probe for scanners both directly connected and on the network. For me it even detects one one the network and I haven't even configured it before so hopefully it's as easy as that for you, too. If you search the internet for pantum xsane there's a bit of information about people using it with Pantum scanners out there. – Paige Thompson Dec 31 '23 at 13:49
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intalled xsane , problem solved , thank you very much for your help – Harlequin Jan 02 '24 at 17:23

Pantum M6550NW multifunction printer driver for opensuse leap 15.5

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