Driver CUPS PPD for Samsung ML-1865W printer

Hi,

The printer is in the current list in article About AirPrint - Apple Support as HP ML-1865W. Mentioned as Samsung ML-1865W in an older edition of the article (modified Dec 10, 2015).

According to the article Add a printer on Mac - Apple Support: "If your printer is AirPrint-enabled, it’s compatible with macOS."

OK. The only basic Mac drivers (V5.00) at the HP Support site are for OS X 10.10 Yosemite and earlier. There are Linux drivers too (e.g. Ubuntu V1.00.39_01:17). I guess that you have checked all these already, as well as HP and older Samsung downloads from Apple, for anything of interest.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/samsung-ml-1865-laser-printer-series/19134664

HP Printer Drivers v5.1 for OS X

Samsung Printer Drivers v2.6 for OS X

Sometimes, it can be worth looking for drivers for similar printer models from the same manufacturer.

Good luck!

If your HP printer doesn't work and you see a warning that HP software '...will damage your computer' - Apple Support

Hello again,

The PPD that you mentioned appears to have been part of the then Samsung unified driver for Linux. If you go to HP's support page https://support.hp.com/gb-en/product/samsung-ml-1865-laser-printer-series/19134664

-> drivers (with Linux chosen as an operating system), you should find https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software13/printers/SS/SL-C4010ND/uld_V1.00.39_01.17.tar.gz .

If you download and save that file, and open the tar.gz, the result should be a uld folder. Inside is a noarch folder. Then a share folder. Finally, a ppd folder. If you open it, you will find an ML-1865W Series ppd file. Could this be what you are looking for?

Can you find any clues if you open the PPD file with a text editor and check each line? It is for CUPS, so it should not be too different.