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Old 07-03-2015, 05:16 AM   #1
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samsung M283x series driver


I purchased a Samsung laser printer M283x series after reading somewhere that the linux driver was on the Windows CD but there is no such thing on the CD, I also found a site on the Internet saying that Samsung has developed a driver suitable for a lot of their printers, suggesting to click a link which would trigger Samsung software able to detect the printer and automatically install the driver but it does not work, other links also did not work. I have also downloaded and tried without success
Code:
ULD_v1.00.35.tar.gz
and
Code:
UnifiedLinuxDriver_1.01.tar.gz
although I could be missing something thinking extracting the files is all I need to do.

Is there anyone who can suggest a driver to try or a link known to work? I am using Debian 7 on an Asus X532 laptop.

Thank you for your help
 
Old 07-03-2015, 11:18 AM   #2
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I have also downloaded and tried without success
Code:
ULD_v1.00.35.tar.gz
and
Code:
UnifiedLinuxDriver_1.01.tar.gz
although I could be missing something thinking extracting the files is all I need to do.
Hi...

No, merely extracting the files is normally not enough. There's almost always an install process that comes after that. See if there is an install process mentioned in the files you extracted, probably in a "README" file.

Another option (that might be easier) would be to take a look at this page and see if the debian (.deb) package might be of help. Be sure to read the instructions for Debian here first if you choose to try this driver.

Let us know how it goes.

Regards...
 
Old 10-03-2015, 05:01 AM   #3
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There is no
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of any kind in the extracted files, only a few executables none of which worked at the time I tried to install the driver, hence my wrong understanding the download was all there was needed.
Since then I found my hard disk drive is dying (I have a new one on order) and I tried the procedure again, apparently during a time my hard disk drive did not falter and the executable worked since this printer also works now. (I cannot remember precisely how many executables there is but they have tried to cover installation of printers and scanners and maybe the combination of both)

However, there is an annoying "feature" in this executabe in that Samsung is of the opinion that presenting to the prospective installer the "legalese" one line at a time was very smart, lines which each needs it own "Enter" and seem (like any legalese) to be never-ending. As one usually clicks "Enter" faster as these lines display in the expectation of a following clear indication of having reached the end you get caught by the lack of such indication as you click the last line which is a "disagree" option. You then have to restart the whole process with the only safe otion of reading every line to insure it does not contain an "Accept" or "Disagree" option.

This installer will add the driver for your printer to the list available to CUPS (and I anticipate other printing software) and you need to select it manually when you use CUPS (or other) to install the new printer. However this list is alphabetically sorted, an order which is not respected when the new driver is added as the first entry in the list which may give the impression "it did not work" if you search for it alphabetically.
 
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Since then I found my hard disk drive is dying (I have a new one on order) and I tried the procedure again, apparently during a time my hard disk drive did not falter and the executable worked since this printer also works now. (I cannot remember precisely how many executables there is but they have tried to cover installation of printers and scanners and maybe the combination of both)
I'm glad you got it working.

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However, there is an annoying "feature" in this executabe in that Samsung is of the opinion that presenting to the prospective installer the "legalese" one line at a time was very smart, lines which each needs it own "Enter" and seem (like any legalese) to be never-ending. As one usually clicks "Enter" faster as these lines display in the expectation of a following clear indication of having reached the end you get caught by the lack of such indication as you click the last line which is a "disagree" option. You then have to restart the whole process with the only safe otion of reading every line to insure it does not contain an "Accept" or "Disagree" option.
If this procedure is intentional on Samsung's part, they certainly want you to take their EULA seriously.

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