Why HP Fell - Hackdot

Re:Why HP Fell by ams6110 on Monday August 20, 2018 @10:58AM (#17800466)

I second the laser printer for people who only print occasionally. I have a cheap Samsung ML-1710 laser printer. Bought it for under $100. Unfortunately neither Apple nor Foomatic include drivers for it any longer so it's become a doorstop. If anyone knows where to find a working driver from a reputable source I'd love to know.

Edit: Apparently splix driver works for this one.

https://www.openprinting.org/driver/splix

I swear the ML-1710 model did not show up last time I checked the printer list. Maybe I just missed it.

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Re:Why HP Fell by mpol on Monday August 20, 2018 @12:11PM (#17801128)

Samsung gives out drivers for download. A simple search found it:

https://driver-samsung.com/samsung-printer-ml-1710-drivers/

I own a ML-1660 for now 7 years and the drivers still work fine for me. Just no duplex printing, which is a shame.

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Re:Why HP Fell by ams6110 on Monday August 20, 2018 @04:24PM (#17803618)

Yes but the drivers they have don't work on current MacOS. Mac OS X (Tiger) v10.4 is the latest.

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Re:Why HP Fell by secabeen on Monday August 20, 2018 @06:24PM (#17804600)

Interestingly, this is to some degree an Apple problem. Microsoft has no problem supporting printer drivers from Windows 7 (or before) in Windows 10, or Windows XP drivers in Windows 7. It's so very Apple to regularly throw out history.

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