How-To: Setup up the Samsung CLX-3160
The Samsung CLX-3160 is a color workgroup printer that has the ability to scan, fax, copy, and print. It is a pretty good printer, but the drivers provided for the printer really are just designed to be used when connected to USB. Well thats just WONDERFUL for a printer that is designed to be used over the network right? 🙂 So as opposed to complaining, lets solve the problem for any of you that needs this for the future.
1) Open the CUPS web app on your machine (yeah surprised me to)
http://localhost:631
2) Click on the Administration Tab
3) Click on Find New Printers so that the CUPS server will be able to find your printer over the network. If it find it, skip to the test page stuff
4) More than likely it didn't find your printer so click on Add New Printer. Enter a Name, Location and Description for this printer. Doesn't matter what you pick really so long as you follow the comments and don't use forbidden characters. Click on Continue.
5) On the next screen it will ask you for the Device (which is really asking for the protocol) and you want to select the IPP (Internet Printing Protocol). Don't select the Http version!
6) The next screen is asking for your Device URI. To get this, go to the Printer and on the Menu go to the Network Settings.
Menu Button > Network > Network Info > Print > Yes
A page will then print on the printer containing the details you need
On this page there will be a Printer URI (i.e. http://10.0.1.4:631), enter this into the Device URI box and press continue.
For the Make select Samsung, Press continue.
On the Model select CLS-3160 Series and press Add Printer.
The next screen lists the default printer options. Select whatever options you want and then press any of the Set Printer Options buttons.
You will now see the printer setup in the browser. If you go over to the Printer dialog in System Preferences you will see the printer there as well. Before you leave this screen though, press the Print Test Page button.
Give it a few seconds to print.
You're done. Enjoy! 🙂
1) Open the CUPS web app on your machine (yeah surprised me to)
http://localhost:631
2) Click on the Administration Tab
3) Click on Find New Printers so that the CUPS server will be able to find your printer over the network. If it find it, skip to the test page stuff
4) More than likely it didn't find your printer so click on Add New Printer. Enter a Name, Location and Description for this printer. Doesn't matter what you pick really so long as you follow the comments and don't use forbidden characters. Click on Continue.
5) On the next screen it will ask you for the Device (which is really asking for the protocol) and you want to select the IPP (Internet Printing Protocol). Don't select the Http version!
6) The next screen is asking for your Device URI. To get this, go to the Printer and on the Menu go to the Network Settings.
Menu Button > Network > Network Info > Print > Yes
A page will then print on the printer containing the details you need
On this page there will be a Printer URI (i.e. http://10.0.1.4:631), enter this into the Device URI box and press continue.
For the Make select Samsung, Press continue.
On the Model select CLS-3160 Series and press Add Printer.
The next screen lists the default printer options. Select whatever options you want and then press any of the Set Printer Options buttons.
You will now see the printer setup in the browser. If you go over to the Printer dialog in System Preferences you will see the printer there as well. Before you leave this screen though, press the Print Test Page button.
Give it a few seconds to print.
You're done. Enjoy! 🙂
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