Install Samsung CLP-320 on macOS Monterey

I fixed it!!!

1. Download the .dmg file from Samsung Printer Drivers v2.6 for OS X (AU)
2. Download the 3rd-party macOS app called Pacifist by CharlesSoft from https://www.charlessoft.com
3. Open the .dmg such that it mounts in Finder
4. Open Pacifist
5. Select Open Package
6. Locate the file inside of the mounted .dmg
7. Select Install in the top toolbar of Pacifist, and provide your admin credentials when prompted
8. Add your printer from System Preferences > Print and Scan > + successfully!

Hooray!!

So, the issue is clearly that Apple haven't updated their file on the Apple Support website in a long time. But, all hope is not lost, because 3rd-party software comes to the rescue.

I can print again!

Hi,

There is an old Samsung Printer Drivers v2.6 for OS X download from Apple at

https://support.apple.com/kb/DL905?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US .

It says Post Date: Nov 14, 2013, but the download address seems to indicate some kind of change during 2019 (https://updates.cdn-apple.com/2019/cert/041-88836-20191011-73a473cb-fbb5-4e57-bc2f-14ccd60ea682/SamsungPrinterDrivers.dmg). A Samsung CLP-320 Series version 1.07.01 driver is mentioned in Printer and scanner drivers for Mac - Apple Support. Normally, one would not expect the download in question to work with macOS Catalina and later, but you never know. Have you tested this?

Have you tried the drivers for the last macOS version liste which is 10.14?

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/samsung-clp-320-color-laser-printer-series/19133902

Make sure you reset the printing system before re-adding the printer and installing the new drivers

Reset the printing system on your Mac to solve a problem - Apple Palaikymas (LT)

Hi,

If necessary, and with access to another (spare) Mac or PC, there may be a couple of workarounds (experimental):

Do you have access to an older PC? If so, you could try to download and install an appropriate (free) Desktop version of Ubuntu on that machine, in order to make it a print server. There are Samsung CLP-320 drivers for Linux (Ubuntu) from HP. Ubuntu is using CUPS. A printer (such as the CLP-320) could be connected to a USB port on the Ubuntu PC. Then this printer could be configured to be shared (only a few steps). An Ubuntu PC can handle Bonjour (mDNS/Avahi), and a shared printer should thus be recognised by Mac computers on a network. Connect the Ubuntu PC via Ethernet to the network (one of the LAN ports of a Wi-Fi router) and try to print from the new Mac. Would this work?

You could also try to set up USB printer sharing on a Mac running an older version of Mac OS X/OS X/macOS, and connect that computer to the network (if possible, via Ethernet to one of the LAN ports of the Wi-Fi router). Then check what happens if you try to print via the network from the macOS Monterey Mac (check whether the printer appears as a Bonjour printer in the Print dialogue).

Share your printer on Mac - Apple Support

For what it's worth, I'm having this exact same issue.

I have a Samsung CLX-3185FN (part of the CLX-3180 Series) printer. It was working fine on my MacBook Pro running macOS Big Sur 11.6.4, which has been upgraded over several years through successive macOS versions.

I had to wipe my disk and re-install macOS fresh from scratch. Since then, macOS cannot seem to automatically install the driver like it used to be able to do.

In addition, the download on the Apple website Samsung Printer Drivers v2.6 for OS X (AU) for "Samsung Printer Drivers v2.6 for OS X" gives me the error message "This volume does not meet the requirements for this update", same issue as @drfunkuk.

I have another, older Mac running Catalina. I tried navigating to /Library/Printers, copying both the PPDs and Samsung folders from there to my MacBook Pro, resetting the Printing System from System Preferences, and then adding the printer.

Now, the driver is found by macOS - but I get an error upon adding the printer that tells me "The software for the printer was installed incorrectly", which persists regardless of whether I re-run a reset of the printing system or a First Aid in Disk Utility to fix permissions.

The HP website has no compatible drivers for this printer beyond macOS 10.9, which are not compatible as they are 32-bit only

https://support.hp.com/au-en/drivers/selfservice/samsung-clx-3185-color-laser-multifunction-printer-series/17156898

It is ridiculous that this printer worked perfectly fine on Big Sur before I wiped the hard disk, it works perfectly fine on Catalina currently, it works fine under Windows... but not on a fresh install of macOS Big Sur.

I'm at a loss at this point; my only option now is to purchase a new AirPrint-compatible printer, which is ridiculous - and I do not have the money for it.

Apple have broken something, and they're not acknowledging that fact.

Hi,

Thank you for the information. Actual drivers inside a package may or may not work with a modern operating system, but one problem can also be the installer itself and its system version detection. Unfortunately, a mere transfer of printer driver components from one machine to another is often not feasible.

It is really not acceptable that a printer is prevented from working with a new computer just because of the way the operating system was installed, especially not when the same printer could be used with an earlier computer model running the same operating system version. It ought to be possible for a computer manufacturer controlling the operating system to facilitate continued use of existing printers. Not all printers are AirPrint-models. A computer buyer cannot be expected to throw away older, functional printers.

I don't see how that would work.

drfunkuk wrote:

Sadly no. It's so frustrating.

I did wonder whether if I installed macOS Sierra in a separate container, then run the 32 bit driver installers, then deleted the container, that the drivers would work in the Monterey part.

Go to Printer & Scanners on the Mac that prints. What is listed to the right of Kind:""

Same on the Mac that does not print.

Hi,

I'm having the same trouble.

Did you find any solution on this?

Thanks

Thank you sooooooo much!!!!!

Love!

Worked for me as well on my new MBP 14" with OSX 12.2.

Thank you!

Louis