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Error when updating printer drivers

Hi all, I have an old (13 or 14 yrs) Samsung CLP-300 colour laser printer that is still in excellent condition, has had little use and is way too nice to get rid of. However, I am getting errors lately when attempting to print and would like to update the drivers. I have downloaded the most recent drivers + installer from Samsung's site, but when I launch the installer, it fails and I get the below error. I am running Mojave 10.14.6 on my macbook pro laptop (note: the CLP-300 is not a wireless network printer). Any help would be appreciated, cheers!

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Oct 16, 2021 6:10 PM

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Posted on Oct 17, 2021 6:29 AM

Hi,


To begin with, try resetting the printing system and re-adding the printer. Check whether the operating system offers a suitable printer driver.

Reset the Mac printing system to solve a problem - Apple Support

Add a printer on Mac - Apple Support


There are Linux (for example, Ubuntu) drivers from HP for the Samsung CLP-300.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/swdetails/samsung-clp-300-color-laser-printer-series/19133844/swItemId/fp-194243-2

If you have access to an old (spare) PC with a network card, and if nothing else works, a workaround could possibly be to install (an earlier version of) the free Ubuntu operating system on that machine. You may then want to carry out an experiment with the CLP-300 connected by USB to that PC. The idea is to share the local USB printer on a network. Ubuntu uses CUPS and understands Bonjour. Sharing a printer in Ubuntu can be done via the CUPS (web) interface. A Mac connected to the network ought to be able to see and use the shared printer. The PC wired (by Ethernet) to one of the LAN ports of a Wi-Fi router would allow wireless access.


Yet another way could be to use a virtual machine running an appropriate (earlier) version of Windows under macOS Mojave 10.14 on the Mac. Printer drivers for Windows are available for the CLP-300.

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Oct 17, 2021 6:29 AM in response to nothingwmn

Hi,


To begin with, try resetting the printing system and re-adding the printer. Check whether the operating system offers a suitable printer driver.

Reset the Mac printing system to solve a problem - Apple Support

Add a printer on Mac - Apple Support


There are Linux (for example, Ubuntu) drivers from HP for the Samsung CLP-300.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/swdetails/samsung-clp-300-color-laser-printer-series/19133844/swItemId/fp-194243-2

If you have access to an old (spare) PC with a network card, and if nothing else works, a workaround could possibly be to install (an earlier version of) the free Ubuntu operating system on that machine. You may then want to carry out an experiment with the CLP-300 connected by USB to that PC. The idea is to share the local USB printer on a network. Ubuntu uses CUPS and understands Bonjour. Sharing a printer in Ubuntu can be done via the CUPS (web) interface. A Mac connected to the network ought to be able to see and use the shared printer. The PC wired (by Ethernet) to one of the LAN ports of a Wi-Fi router would allow wireless access.


Yet another way could be to use a virtual machine running an appropriate (earlier) version of Windows under macOS Mojave 10.14 on the Mac. Printer drivers for Windows are available for the CLP-300.

Oct 17, 2021 1:27 AM in response to nothingwmn

You cannot expect a printer from 14 years ago to function with modern OS's.


If you go to the HP support site for your printer you will see it was last supported in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

https://support.hp.com/gb-en/drivers/selfservice/samsung-clp-300-color-laser-printer-series/19133844



You say you downloaded the drivers from a Samsung website, was this an official Samsung site, Samsung was taken over by HP some time ago.


See if the print driver here, http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net will work with your printer and macOS mojave.

Error when updating printer drivers

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