ML-1710 & Tiger

May 4th, 2005 by Brad Froehle

Has anybody gotten their Samsung ML-1710 printer to work with Tiger?

I’ve installed the drivers from Samsung’s website (for Mac OS X 10.3), but they do not seem to show up when I add the printer.

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10 Responses to “ML-1710 & Tiger”

  1. John wrote on 05/7/05 at 10:25 am :

    I was just trying to figure this out myself and there doesn’t seem to be any mention of it on Samsung’s website. So I guess I wait before I install… :-(

  2. Brad Froehle wrote on 05/7/05 at 1:04 pm :

    I’ve got it printing using the Samsung GDI drivers from

    http://www.linuxprinting.org/macosx/samsung-gdi/

  3. ferndave wrote on 05/17/05 at 1:05 pm :

    I too got my 1710 working with my Airport on Tiger using the Samsung GDI drivers that Brad linked to.

  4. Brian Murphy-Dye wrote on 05/18/05 at 1:36 pm :

    The 1710 isn’t listed as one of the printers; which one did you select to make it work?

  5. shaz wrote on 05/31/05 at 12:07 am :

    I tried using the ML 1210 setting and it seems to be working ok.

  6. Rico Rodriquez Collins wrote on 07/1/05 at 12:20 pm :

    You guys rock! This is it! Thanks.
    For ML-1710: Go to http://www.linuxprinting.org/macosx/samsung-gdi/
    Download both ESP GhostScript and Samsung GDI
    Install ESP first, then do the GDI
    Add Printer and use the Samsung ML-1210 dropdown for “Print Using”

  7. pinax wrote on 07/6/05 at 1:26 am :

    Man, I am so glad I found this post, since I’m having the identical ML-1710/Tiger issue. I only wanted to add that I think the following page explains how to get the Samsung-GDI thing from linuxprinting.org to use the ML-1710 PPD, which is not listed as one of the “supported” printers:

    http://www.macosx.com/content/faq.php/q4597/Printer-Not-Werking-In-Tiger.html

    (Page starts with question about 1740, but explanation towards the end specifies how to get/use the 1710 PPD.)

    I’ll also add that the following page from the same site suggests setting up your printer as a 4500 or 4550 rather than the 1210; I have know idea whether it makes much difference, but I’m going to try to get the 1710 PPD to work tonight.

    http://www.macosx.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-67085.html

    Thanks!!!

  8. pinax wrote on 07/6/05 at 4:56 am :

    Update: When it says it’s not supported, it ain’t supported. The first link I listed above points to where you can get a 1710 PPD, but that page looks like it’s oriented for Windows users; perhaps the options on the Windows driver are different–who knows? Anyway with the 1710 PPD the setup went great, but nothing comes out of the printer–no blinking light, nothing. Stick with the supported 1210 or 4500. I tried both with a .rtfd file with a few simple embedded graphics and I found the b/w shading on the 4500 configuration to be ever so slightly better, but the output could have been identical.

    That first link did, however, point point to where you could get a slightly newer version of the ESP GhostScript thingy.

  9. Swifty wrote on 01/16/06 at 1:46 pm :

    It works! Thank you all so much for your help!!!!

  10. Aurel wrote on 01/18/06 at 8:19 am :

    Your posts were extremely helpful. Thank you!
    But I think the following link did the trick - there is a Samsung pilot on their Australian site that is announced as Tiger compatible.

    http://linuxprinting.org/pipermail/samsung-list/2006q1/001335.html

    My ML-1710 printer seems to be alive now.