[Abbas]

I have the Samsung 4216F connected to a Windows PC on the Network and although my iBook can see it, I dont really know how to install the driver for it.

Samsung has a driver on their site which I downloaded and installed from the following location:

http://www.samsung.com/me/support/pr...e=DR&language=

I used the 10.3 driver and after installing, there is a SAMSUNG directory in the Library/Printers folder however, that only has four files and none of them seems to be a driver file- at least not when I add a printer and browse for a driver.

So how would I go about installing the driver?

-Abbas

[mcsjgs]

First, I would go:

Applications>Utilities>Printer Setup Utility to see if the printer is now recognized by OS X. You may not need to do anything else.

[Abbas]

Its not recognized. So I think a driver will be needed.

Thanks
Abbas

[Goldfinger]

Did you reboot ? Sometimes those printer drivers require a reboot before working.

[meem]

http://www.linuxprinting.org/macosx/

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...21017064855619

dunno if they will help but give it a try

[Phil Sherry]

try running the 2nd & 3rd Panther discs. they've got printer drivers on.

[Abbas]

Rebooted as well, but the driver just doesnt show up in the list of drivers. And while installing the O/S I installed ALL the printer drivers from the instalation DVD.

-Abbas

[Busemann]

Have you tried connecting it right to the Mac to see if it is not something with the Windows machine?

[Abbas]

Originally posted by Busemann:
Have you tried connecting it right to the Mac to see if it is not something with the Windows machine?

Havent tried that- but how would that help? I mean I wont really have the printer connected to the ibook every day. Do you think that connecting the printer will find a way f installing drivers and once thats done, maybe I can use those drivers to connect it to the windows Network?

Thanks
Abbas

[Laurence]

Ok, first make sure the printer is working from the windows machine. Then share the printer in Windows. (Right click, sharing) and make sure that "everyone" has access to it. Then in PrintCenter (Printer Setup Utility) select Add and when the add dialog comes up select Windows Printing from the pulldown menu. The Windows computer should be listed in the left column. select the windows computer and click ok. This should then bring up a list of printers connected to that computer. Once you select the printer the driver list at the bottom should have all drivers that are available. If the driver doesn't show up that way then the driver may only support USB connections on the Mac, in which case you will have to try other similar drivers to determine if anything can communicate with it.

I had a printer like this that would not work properly at all, I just connected it to the Mac and shared it. My Windows machine could print to it just fine if I selected "Apple laserwriter" on the windows machine as the driver.

[MrForgetable]

is the printer connected by USB or no?

[Big Mac]

You should be able to manually add the printer .plugin file to the proper manufacturer sub-folder of the global Library Printers folder. (HD/Library/Printers/)

[cpac]

Originally posted by Abbas:
Havent tried that- but how would that help? I mean I wont really have the printer connected to the ibook every day. Do you think that connecting the printer will find a way f installing drivers and once thats done, maybe I can use those drivers to connect it to the windows Network?

It will help by narrowing down what exactly the problem is.

If you can print when connected directly, you don't have a driver problem - you have some sort of printer-sharing problem.

[Abbas]

Ok- now when I connect the printer directly to a USB port, I get the option to select Samsung PCL 5 driver and the printer works jst fine.

However, through the Windows network, I can browse to that printer but I cannot see the samsung PCL 5 driver when I select the option to chose a driver thats not listed (Samsung is not listed).

Why is that? Installing a printer driver should be easy. And if I can get the samsung PCL 5 when conencted through the USB, why cant I get it when trying to chose for a Network

-Abbas

[Busemann]

Originally posted by Abbas:
Ok- now when I connect the printer directly to a USB port, I get the option to select Samsung PCL 5 driver and the printer works jst fine.

However, through the Windows network, I can browse to that printer but I cannot see the samsung PCL 5 driver when I select the option to chose a driver thats not listed (Samsung is not listed).

Why is that? Installing a printer driver should be easy. And if I can get the samsung PCL 5 when conencted through the USB, why cant I get it when trying to chose for a Network

-Abbas

Again, this is not a driver issue. There is probably something with how the windows machine is set up.

[cpac]

Originally posted by Abbas:
Ok- now when I connect the printer directly to a USB port, I get the option to select Samsung PCL 5 driver and the printer works jst fine.

However, through the Windows network, I can browse to that printer but I cannot see the samsung PCL 5 driver when I select the option to chose a driver thats not listed (Samsung is not listed).

Why is that? Installing a printer driver should be easy. And if I can get the samsung PCL 5 when conencted through the USB, why cant I get it when trying to chose for a Network

As the previous poster stated: YOU DONT HAVE A DRIVER PROBLEM. Since your Mac was able to print just fine when connected directly, it obviously has the printer driver installed and functioning.

The problem lies somewhere in the way your Mac and Windows machine are communicating. I would go through your set-up once again, and do a search here for "sharing windows printer" or look over at Mac OS X Hints for something similar.