laser printer

Skully · 03-08-2020, 01:04 AM

I have a samsung laser printer xpress m2026w mono, i have tried to install a driver but most dont work, but I did find one m2020-series_sec30cda7b6ebob

this driver does work but only after i have tried to print after the fourth try,this happands every time i try to print.

I am using Linux mint 19.3 on a Acer timeline aspire U laptop.

why does it take four goes to print?

beachboy2 · 03-08-2020, 03:36 AM

Skully,

Welcome to LQ forums.

I found the uld_V1.00.39_01.17.tar.gz for the M2026 at:
https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/printers

Select Open with Archive Manager > OK.

Click on Extract.

Click on Extract.

Close.

Skully · 03-12-2020, 01:17 PM

Hi Thanks for the info on my laser printer, i have down loaded the file but as i am very new to Linux mint i dont know
how to install this driver, any idea.

Thanks again

ferrari · 03-12-2020, 02:12 PM

The general idea is explained in this post.

Change directory to where you downloaded the driver archive package eg Downloads

Code:

cd Downloads

then unpack the archive

Code:

tar -zxvf uld_V1.00.39_01.17.tar.gz

Change to the uld directory it provides

Code:

cd uld

and execute the install.sh script like this

Code:

sudo ./install.sh

It should take care of the necessary configuration steps.

jefro · 03-12-2020, 04:49 PM

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=265854

For some reason it seems that how the page formatting and send to printer may take quite a while.

Many printers can be set in a mode that makes generic printing possible too.

uteck · 03-12-2020, 04:56 PM

Some printers will work fine with the generic printer driver, did you try that?
I have used that for laser printers in the past that did not have a lot of options, or if I just needed to print and did not need double-sided.