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Samsung ML-1610
 
Black & White laser printer, max. 600x600 dpi, works Perfectly
Recommended Driver: splix (Home page, Driver packages: x86 32 bit: 2.0.0 (RPM for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 2.0.0 (DEB for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 1.0.1 (RPM for LSB 3.1) (Signed), 1.0.1 (DEB for LSB 3.1) (Signed), x86 64 bit: 2.0.0 (RPM for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 2.0.0 (DEB for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 1.0.1 (RPM for LSB 3.1) (Signed), 1.0.1 (DEB for LSB 3.1) (Signed) (How to install))
Generic Instructions: CUPS, no spooler
 

Comments

User comment:

Samsung also has a driver here which I didn't try yet.

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A report on using the Samsung driver and installing this printer on Slackware.

http://www.linuxpackages.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15246

It works perfectly fine, although there is a peculiar 'error' logging in /var/log/cups/error_log - 'media tray empty!' after every print job, but it doesn't seem to affect the printer (or CUPS) at all.

The 'media try empty' error message is a bug in CUPS, and is fixed from:

CHANGES IN CUPS V1.1.21rc1 - The USB backend incorrectly reported "media tray empty" (STR #660)
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My experience on Gentoo: Samsung offers an tar.gz package, which contains a GUI installer. The installation is quick and flawlessly. You can use CUPS or LPRng as backend. The installer also offers to install a printer management GUI and to integrate that with KDE/Gnome. (This GUI seems to be able to manage other CUPS printers, too; I didn't try that, however.)

The driver package also contains a set of .ppd files among which is one for the ML-1610, appearently for PS Level 3.

As the installation went smooth and the printer works fine, I'm setting the status to "Perfectly".

Consumables/Refills: Single toner cartridge / 2,000 pages (ships with 1,000-page starter toner cartridge)

Drivers

The following driver(s) are known to drive this printer:

Recommended driver:

 
splix  (driver home page)
 
Driver for Samsung SPL2 (ML-1710, ...) and SPLc (CLP-500, ...) laser printers
Supplier: SpliX project
License: GPL (free software, show license text)
  This driver contains algorithms which are (possibly) patented (See license text).
User support:SpliX forum at SourceForge (voluntary)
Max. rendering resolution: 1200x1200dpi   Only monochrome output   Type: CUPS Raster
Text:||||||||||  100Graphics:||||||||||  100System Load:Unknown
Line Art:||||||||||  100Photo:||||||||||  80Speed:Unknown
Download:Driver packages: x86 32 bit: 2.0.0 (RPM for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 2.0.0 (DEB for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 1.0.1 (RPM for LSB 3.1) (Signed), 1.0.1 (DEB for LSB 3.1) (Signed), x86 64 bit: 2.0.0 (RPM for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 2.0.0 (DEB for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 1.0.1 (RPM for LSB 3.1) (Signed), 1.0.1 (DEB for LSB 3.1) (Signed) (How to install)
 

Other drivers:

 
gdi  (driver home page)
 
Using Ubuntu it seems to work when choosing the ML-1510 printer in CUPS, but in OOo sometimes the left & top margins aren't right.

Comment on the previous statement: There's no need to use the driver for the ML-1510, as Samsung offers an own driver for the ML-1610.
This driver is free software.

Type: Ghostscript built-in
Download:PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD