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Hello there, my old and trusty B&W Laser Printer from Samsung no longer prints or has a visible Print Driver for Catalina OS, so i am somewhat stuck now with a useless printer...luckily , my Girlfriends Older Macboo Air does have Mojave on it, and it works there for Printing. Does anyone have a tip for the Samsung Driver software update for Catalina or how to work around this? Thanks!
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.14
Ok, thanks for the tips - i was hoping to avoid the Airprint server (as my household cannot allow me to leave the older Mojave Macbook Air here for others to print of it, everyone else upgraded to Catalina) and I travel for work and take the Macbook Air with me...so I am somewhat stuck not upgrading for a while i guess, as long as i can get update from Apple for Mojave (Security and Supplemental) i am fine... :) I am currently on Samsung Printer Driver 2.01 as seen on the attached screenshot.
Ok, thanks for the tips - i was hoping to avoid the Airprint server (as my household cannot allow me to leave the older Mojave Macbook Air here for others to print of it, everyone else upgraded to Catalina) and I travel for work and take the Macbook Air with me...so I am somewhat stuck not upgrading for a while i guess, as long as i can get update from Apple for Mojave (Security and Supplemental) i am fine... :) I am currently on Samsung Printer Driver 2.01 as seen on the attached screenshot.
To be clear an AirPrint print server is a separate hardware unit that performs the functions AirPrint provides. You can use a Mac sharing Printing services, but that would make for a very expensive print server.
The cost of a print server is certainly more than an inexpensive AirPrint-capable monochrome laser printer though.
There is one possible alternative. The link below has many drivers for older model printers which are no longer supported by their manufacturers. The volunteers there write them and offer them free. I would take a look. You might find one that works for you. Good luck.
Hi,
The latest supported operating system for the Samsung ML-2010 V2.00 driver is Mac OS X 10.7. One should perhaps not rule out that it could work with a somewhat newer system, too. Which driver is installed on the MacBook Air (macOS Mojave 10.14)?
John Galt suggested using the MacBook Air as a print server. You may even want to investigate the possibility of adding AirPrint connectivity through the use of an application.
If absolutely necessary, you could try to run Windows (maybe an earlier version) in a virtual machine on your Mac. ML-2010 drivers are available from HP for anything from Windows XP to 10.
https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/samsung-ml-2010-laser-printer-series/19169796
If Samsung no longer supports that printer then use the MacBook Air as a print server, or purchase an AirPrint print server:
Thanks, will explore these options, as of now I am fine with the Mojave Macbook Air .... hanging on to it, as some Applications i need don't work on Catalina.
Samsung ML-2010 Monochrome Laser Printer (2007 Model) and Catalina OS
