How do I install the drivers for my Samsung printer?

Installing the driver

  1. Make sure that the machine is connected to your computer and powered on.
  2. From the Samsung website, download the Unified Linux Driver package to your computer.
  3. Right-click the Unified Linux Driver package and extract the package.
  4. Open one Terminal and enter the following commands:

    cd PSU_1.10.tar.gz (the uncompressed folder)

    cd cdroot && cd Linux && cd psu

    sudo ./install.sh

  5. Then it'll ask the root password, enter it.

    Now you should see the following image:

installation_windows

  1. Click on Next to start the installation.
  2. When the installation is complete, click Finish.

Source: Samsung Driver Manual


I used a similar method to install a Samsung M2020W (Express).

  • Download the driver. (driver for Samsung M2020W)
  • Move it to the desktop.
  • Extract the folder to the desktop.
  • Open a terminal window by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T
  • cd Desktop
  • cd to the folder (in my case, the folder was called uld).
  • Run command sudo ./install.sh.

Agree with all the "y" prompts, and job done. There was no GUI to run.

Added the printer in the usual way.


I used the The Samsung Unified Linux Driver Repository.

You install it as follows:

sudo bash -c 'echo "deb http://www.bchemnet.com/suldr/ debian extra" >> /etc/apt/sources.list';  
sudo wget -O - http://www.bchemnet.com/suldr/suldr.gpg | sudo apt-key add - ;  
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install suld-driver-4.01.17;