Samsung ml printers

[Nathanael D. Noblet]

On 07/07/2011 04:00 AM, Joachim Backes wrote:
> Attaching Samsung ML printers (e.g. ML-1660) registers such a printer
> with an URI as usb://... . But its's not possible to work with such a
> printer :-(
>
> The only way is to use the Samsung package
> UnifiedLinuxDriver_0.86.tar.gz. It installs such a printer too with an
> URI as usb://..., but then it is fully operable.
>
> Additionally, no splix package available in F15.
>
> On the other hand, the attach process in *Ubuntu 11.04* leaves a fully
> operable printer without any need for interaction.
>
> Why this difference?
>
>

Is the 1660 some how different than the 1710 in driver parlance? I have 
a samsung ML-1710 that's been happily printing for years on my 
continually upgraded Fedora box, without me installing anything in 
particular.

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