Printer: Samsung ML-1610 | OpenPrinting


	Samsung ML-1610

Black & White laser printer, max. 600x600 dpi, works Perfectly

Recommended Driver: splix (Home page, Driver packages: x86 32 bit: 2.0.0 (RPM for LSB 3.2), 2.0.0 (DEB for LSB 3.2), 1.0.1 (RPM for LSB 3.1), 1.0.1 (DEB for LSB 3.1), x86 64 bit: 2.0.0 (RPM for LSB 3.2), 2.0.0 (DEB for LSB 3.2), 1.0.1 (RPM for LSB 3.1), 1.0.1 (DEB for LSB 3.1) (How to install))

Generic Instructions: CUPS, LPD, LPRng, PPR, PDQ, no spooler

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User comment:

Samsung also has a driver here which I didn't try yet.

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A report on using the Samsung driver and installing this printer on Slackware.

http://www.linuxpackages.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15246

It works perfectly fine, although there is a peculiar 'error' logging in /var/log/cups/error_log - 'media tray empty!' after every print job, but it doesn't seem to affect the printer (or CUPS) at all.

The 'media try empty' error message is a bug in CUPS, and is fixed from:

CHANGES IN CUPS V1.1.21rc1 - The USB backend incorrectly reported "media tray empty" (STR #660)
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My experience on Gentoo: Samsung offers an tar.gz package, which contains a GUI installer. The installation is quick and flawlessly. You can use CUPS or LPRng as backend. The installer also offers to install a printer management GUI and to integrate that with KDE/Gnome. (This GUI seems to be able to manage other CUPS printers, too; I didn't try that, however.)

The driver package also contains a set of .ppd files among which is one for the ML-1610, appearently for PS Level 3.

As the installation went smooth and the printer works fine, I'm setting the status to "Perfectly".

Consumables/Refills: Single toner cartridge / 2,000 pages (ships with 1,000-page starter toner cartridge)

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Drivers

The following driver(s) are known to drive this printer:

Recommended driver:


	splix (driver home page)

Driver for Samsung SPL2 (ML-1710, ...) and SPLc (CLP-500, ...) laser printers
Supplier: SpliX project
License: GPL (free software, show license text)
This driver contains algorithms which are (possibly) patented (See license text).

User support:

SpliX forum at SourceForge (voluntary)

Max. rendering resolution: 1200x1200dpi Only monochrome output Type: CUPS Raster

Text:

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Graphics:

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System Load:

Unknown

Line Art:

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Photo:

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Speed:

Unknown

Download:

Driver packages: x86 32 bit: 2.0.0 (RPM for LSB 3.2), 2.0.0 (DEB for LSB 3.2), 1.0.1 (RPM for LSB 3.1), 1.0.1 (DEB for LSB 3.1), x86 64 bit: 2.0.0 (RPM for LSB 3.2), 2.0.0 (DEB for LSB 3.2), 1.0.1 (RPM for LSB 3.1), 1.0.1 (DEB for LSB 3.1) (How to install)

Other drivers:


	gdi (driver home page)

Using Ubuntu it seems to work when choosing the ML-1510 printer in CUPS, but in OOo sometimes the left & top margins aren't right.

Comment on the previous statement: There's no need to use the driver for the ML-1510, as Samsung offers an own driver for the ML-1610.
This driver is free software.

Type: Ghostscript built-in

Download:

PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD