On Kubuntu, how do I install my Samsung ML-1640 printer?

I installed Kubuntu on my laptop and now I want to install my printer drivers. I tried from System Configuration and by selected printers. Then, my laptop detected my printer, but when I searched for the driver, there was not driver for my printer (ML-1640) in the list.

Can you help me to install the packages? I begin with Kubuntu, by the way.

Thank you very much,

Pierre-Olivier

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Get you driver from here from the Manual Download section click on SEE MORE and pick Linux, then follow these steps to install:

1. untar the file:

   tar -xvf uld_v1.00.36_00.91.tar.gz

2. Change into the decompressed (uld) folder and run the install.sh script:

   sudo ./install.sh

3. When presented with a license agreement press Space bar to scroll a page at a time then accept with a y at the end of it. Follow the prompt to install it.

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I just found that the splix package includes drivers for ML 1640. Worked like a breeze on my Raspberry Pi Debian. It should work well on Kubuntu as well.

run

sudo apt-get install splix

For older samsung printers (like ml-16**) on newer ubuntu versions (like 20 or 21) you can use sudo apt install printer-driver-splix

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