If a page doesn't print, check your settings: If you did it right, a test page should be printed after a few seconds and will show the name you gave it in CUPS (NOT the friendly name you assigned in the regular interface!). To test, click Open printing queue, then follow the menu: Printer > Print test page You can change the name from the regular interface, but this change won't be reflected in the CUPS interface. Select the brand: Samsung, Continue, then model: ML-2510īack to System Preferences, your newly-added printer should now appear in the left pane under the same name you gave it in CUPS.
Samsung, ML-2510 (has a space and punctuation)Ĭlick Continue Step 4: select the correct driver Spaces and special characters are not allowed AFAIK. Even though I needed to access CUPS installed on another computer to get to know the correct URI, you shouldn't need to. Replace accordingly with your own values from DSM. Usbprinter1 is the name the printer receives from DSM, Synology is the hostname I gave to the NAS. Instead, type: dnssd://usbprinter1%20%40%20Synology._ipp._tcp.local. None of these example will give you any connection to the ML-2510. You will now see a blank field named Connection, and some examples of valid URIs are listed below. In "Other Networks Printers", select IPP, then click Continue. On the newly displayed page, you will see that the ML-2510 is incorrectly detected among "Discovered Network Printers" as a ML-1250.
Since we enabled the CUPS Web interface in the previous step, you can now log in with the Mac OS X user, and CUPS shows its home page.Ĭlick on Administration, then Add Printer. Open a Terminal Window (Applications > Utilities > Terminal), then type: cupsctl WebInterface=yes Step 3: Adding the correct URI in CUPS Step 2: activating CUPS interfaceīy default, CUPS Web interface is disabled in Mac OS X El Capitan.
This page has a driver for Mac OS X 10.3 to 10.7. LG R510, running Ubuntu Mate Step 1: installing Samsung's driver for the ML-2510. It is automatically recognised and installed, with the generic name usbprinter1. The printer has a direct USB connection to it.
Synology DS115j running DSM 6.0.2-8451 Update 1. I thanked him for his time and patience, and looked for another solution. Samung's support chat Sergio (kudos!) tried to help as much as he could using the official tools, but didn't succeed. It also works fine with both USB and automatic network detection through Bonjour on Mac OS X "Snow Leopard", but since I use three different computers in different places, direct connection is simply not an option. I can't be the only one with a perfectly fine ML-2510 at home, as this low-cost printer sold by hundreds of thousands of units, and hope this bill can be helpful.Īt the same time, this printer works perfectly with a direct USB connection to Mac OS X 10.11.6. Considering Apple's attitude toward the "old", I wouldn't be surprised if they just chose not to ensure their OS stays compatible with older peripherals. The problem is, this printer isn't recognised properly by the OS, even though the regular System Preferences says otherwise. In my case, this NAS also serves as a print server While it has some problems (metallic noises due to vibration, limited support for external devices, etc.), its OS is universally praised as one of the best available on a ready-built NAS. I have a simple setup at home that includes a Synology NAS for Manually adding the correct URI in CUPS.