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rcrsn51 · Added 2012-08-05

When installing a Samsung printer, there are a number of sources for the driver.

1. Puppy comes with Gutenprint drivers for a few Samsung models.

2. Some older models can be installed using a built-in Ghostscript driver. See the example here.

3. If you have a monochrome laser printer from the ML or SCX series, use the samsung_mono-4.00.35.pet attached below.

4. If you have a colour laser printer from the CLP or CLX series, use the samsung_colour-3.00.71.pet. However, you must also download the CMS colour profile database from here.. This is a large package. But once your printer is installed, go to /usr/share/cups/model/Samsung/cms and delete all the files that do not apply to your model.

Note: This colour driver is new and requires testing. PLEASE provide feedback - either success or failure.

5. Some Samsung colour laser printers can be installed using the foo2xxx driver package from here. Note the discussion in that thread about the ICM colour profile data.

6. Samsung provides a Unified Driver package on their website. Do NOT install it - it doesn't work properly in Puppy and it may break CUPS!

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There are two Samsung scanner driver packages available for Puppy. At powerup, make sure that you give the scanner enough time to initialize. Otherwise it may not work properly.

The samsung_scan_sam-3.00.71.pet is built from Samsung's official installer and should work with all USB models. However, it does not work OOTB with Peasyscan. See the note below.

The samsung_scan_os-1.0.23.pet contains an open-source SANE backend for various Xerox and Samsung scanning units. Some Puppies have an early version that only partially works. This driver works with both Xsane and Peasyscan.

If this driver does not detect your scanner, check in the file /etc/sane.d/xerox_mfp.conf. Add an entry for your model. Use the command "sane-find-scanner" to determine its vendor:product ID codes.

This driver also claims to support network scanning, but this has not been tested in Puppy. Open the file /etc/sane.d/xerox_mfp.conf and note the final line

jomahead · Joined: 12 May 2011 Posts: 2

Hi,

I recently installed the newest version of Puppy Linux and am trying to set up my networked printer (Samsung ML-2525 USB via HP JetDirect Print server). After no success using CUPS, I downloaded the Unified Samsung driver (per somebody else's recommendation on another forum). Needless to say, CUPS does not work anymore. Whenever I try to "Add a Printer" I just get the "500 Internal Server Error". The unified Samsung driver also DID NOT work. Is there anyway to either re-install CUPS or fix it somehow? THanks

rcrsn51 · Last edited by rcrsn51 on Sun 15 May 2011, 13:08; edited 1 time in total

jomahead · Joined: 12 May 2011 Posts: 2

Ok that worked great. Thanks for the help!

chicks · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 65

I've been running the Samsung drivers with a USB-connected ML-2510 on Puppy for a very long time, quite successfully.

A couple of days ago I found a Linksys WPSM54G wireless print server for $10 at the Goodwill, thought it would be nice to share the Samsung with the three Windows PCs in the house as well as the two Puppy boxes, so hooked it up.

Well, the provided Linksys Windows software is a joke, it can't find the print server! So, after installing the Samsung drivers on the Windows box, just pointed it to the IP of the print server, port 9100 - bingo! Works like a charm.

Back on Puppy, tried setting it for IPP - big mistake. It would print, then kept saying that the printer is busy, retrying. Kept printing the same job over and over again, until I canceled. Finally set it for socket printing to port 9100, works perfectly! Now just one printer shared by all Linux and Windows PC's. Yes!

rcrsn51 · Posted: Sat 14 May 2011, 08:13 Post subject:

HiDeHo · Joined: 16 Mar 2011 Posts: 262

are these pets provided here for lupu or 431. as the pet did not install any extra drivers to cups. i have a samsung ml-2010 which has been skipped altogether.

rcrsn51 · Posted: Fri 17 Jun 2011, 06:08 Post subject:

rcrsn51 · Posted: Fri 17 Jun 2011, 11:59 Post subject:

@HiDeHo: What happened with your ML-2010? If you ask for help, you should have the courtesy to provide some feedback.

It's particularly frustrating when you post to several threads and don't reply to any of them.

HiDeHo · Joined: 16 Mar 2011 Posts: 262

rcrsn51 · Posted: Sat 18 Jun 2011, 07:38 Post subject:

HiDeHo · Joined: 16 Mar 2011 Posts: 262

bc272 · Joined: 23 Jul 2010 Posts: 7

I was following the situation here in getting a Samsung printer to work, maybe there is something here that can shed light and possibly insight.

I just now looked at my Samsung folder where rcrsn51 said to look on this page, I have a bunch of Samsung drivers there. Recently I loaded a puppy 5.2.5. system and installed the printer but think it was already available in the newer Puppy. For ml2010, I see in that folder "ml2010spl2.ppd.gz", that may indicate from where it came I don't know, but from same folder is driver for mine which is CLP-600splc.ppd.gz If not already in Puppy 5.2.5, than it was loaded from my standby file for Samsung printers which I have used with success before, it is : Samsung_unified-253.pet. Still pretty much a novice, but if helps am using Cups 1.4.3 and cups shows it uses SPL-C type driver, and that one I've seen before in Cups setup as the one that worked. I have color printer, still works good.

I first got the Samsung working from a pet file from rcrsn51 months ago and was glad to get it to work in LInux, makes system with value, rc was talking to another blogger about ml printers and he said this pet file was inclusive of a samsung printer driver collection in addition to his printer, my printer is a Samsung CLP-600. It's actually a 600N (network) and still could use it for a network printer using same driver. Foo drivers didn't work. Thanks

Subito Piano · Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 459 Location: UPSTATE New York

rcrsn51: THANK YOU! Boy that was quick. Smile

ML-2510 on Puppy 5.2.5 with your Samsung_printter-3.00.65.pet.

Blessings.

rcrsn51 · Posted: Tue 02 Aug 2011, 13:45 Post subject:

Glad to help. I have no idea why the previous poster had so much trouble locating his printer in the samsung_printer-3.00.65.pet.