connecting printer to macbook pro on big sur

Based on a quick search…

HP bought the Samsung printer product line a while back; in 2016.

You’ll want to check with HP support, then.

HP have no posted drivers and no firmware and no specs available for that printer.

which is not an auspicious start.

Specs I can locate indicate OS X 10.3 to 10.5, and Vista, and the manual (see below) also lists OS X 10.6, so a fairly old printer, and seemingly one abandoned.

No AirPrint support, which is usually the least-complex way to configure.

Assuming the W model with wired and wireless networking, and not the USB path… Configure the printer for the local wired or wireless network from the control panel, and then see if the Mac can add the printer by its IP address. You’ll either want to use a fixed IP address outside the DHCP address pool, or set up the DHCP server to provide a fixed address. How to do that depends on your router/gateway/firewall box. You don’t want the DHCP server handing out the printer’s IP address ro something else, and you don’t want the printer’s IP address changing. (Welcome to IP networking.)

Here’s the Samsung user’s setup manual for that series, at HP: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05783740.pdf

The alternative is replacement, and here are some considerations: Which Printer Should I Buy? - Apple Community

You're not alone. Perhaps printer requires recent (?) driver updates.

Since that is actually an HP printer, and they no longer support it.

Appears nothing recent, either for M1 Silicon, or Intel-based Mac.

Mac Mini M1 and Samsung CLP-315W series n… - Apple Community

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252313256

A new printer device is recommended. For exercise, you may try

Reset the Mac printing system to solve a problem

Hi,

Also, the experimentally inclined could perhaps check whether it would be possible to use something like the Feb 11, 2021 Samsung universal print driver V3.93.01 (https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software13/printers/SS/Print_Common_SW/Samsung_Mac_Driver_V3.93.01.dmg) for this printer (while choosing other models). That driver is used, for example, for the SL-C430 series (https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/samsung-xpress-sl-c430-color-laser-printer-series/16462518).

See also, https://support.hp.com/gb-en/product/samsung-xpress-sl-c460-color-laser-multifunction-printer-series/17157233/document/c06520117 . As with any experiment, there is a certain risk. It may not work at all. Software/hardware problems cannot be ruled out. Data may be lost. Do not proceed unless you know what you are doing. Make sure that you have backup copies of important files before testing anything.