One of the things that really should “just work” in the Apple environment is printing. Printers are a piece of hardware “sent from hell” and it doesn’t get any easier just because you have a Mac. See this insightful Oatmeal comic for why that is.
Printer drivers don’t keep up, perhaps because of the endless variants created mostly to sell ink cartridges, toners and other useless add-ons.
Download the 64-bit VueScan application which supports the Samsung SL-C48x devices without the need for Samsung drivers. This is not free-ware, but you can certain try it and see if it works for you. This is not free-ware, but you can certain try it and see if it works for you. Learn how to install the scan driver for Mac OS X with Samsung printers. Figure: Example of Scan Installation folders for macOS X To install the scan drivers, follow these steps in the order presented or click the link below that corresponds with your scan driver and then follow the steps to complete the scan installation. If you have not installed the print driver yet, go to Software and Driver Downloads and type your printer model into the search text box to download the latest driver. Figure: Example of the Samsung Printer Software Installer Once the Installer opens, click the Mac OS X icon if your operating system is Mac OS X 10.5 or higher. Nov 15, 2013 Download the latest version of Apple Samsung Printer Drivers for Mac - For OS X 10.6 through OS X 10.9. Read 5 user reviews of Apple Samsung Printer Drivers on MacUpdate. Samsung galaxy s3 driver free download - Apple Samsung Printer Drivers, Apple Mac OS Update 8.6, Apple Mac OS Update 9.0.4, and many more programs.
Unfortunately, Mac OS X Lion does not include drivers for the Samsung ML-1210, a cheap old black and white laser printer that I bought years ago. I should’ve remembered this as I had the same problem on OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard. The following solution works on all those variants:
In common with other variants of OS X, Lion supports CUPS – the Common Unix Printing System. This means that generic open-source drivers are available to use that enable Lion (and indeed Leopard, and Snow Leopard) to successfully print using this printer.
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There are three separate pieces of software to install, including the driver, but all can be found at this page on the Linux Foundation website.
Essentially, you need to download each Disk Image listed (Samsung GDI, Foomatic-RIP and GPL-GS) and run the installer inside each one.
Once you’ve done this, open System Preferences and then click Print & Scan. Click on the small + icon on the left which should bring up the Add Printer dialog box. Samsung ML-1210 should already be listed and, under ‘Print using the Samsung ML-1210 Foomatic/gdi driver should already be selected.
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Click ‘Add’ and the printer will be added to the list of available printers on your system. Sorted!
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