*Ubuntu 16.04 does not "discover" the printer Samsung ML-1660, though "printer-driver-splix" has been installed.

[Bas G. Roufs - in English]

PS. Also via CUPS, I do NOT manage any more to discover the printer or to 
manually install a Splix printer driver enabling me to get the printer working 
again.


On vrijdag 30 december 2016 13:54:04 CET you wrote:
> Hello Everybody.
> 
> The package "printer-driver-splix" has been installed at my system, when
> making a fresh install of Kubuntu 16.04. This package is aimed at providing
> drivers for, amongst others,  the printer Samsung ML-1660. However, when
> plugging in the printer, the system does NOT recognise it. It does not see
> the printer at all. I have used "printer-driver-splix" in several previous
> versions of Kubuntu in combination with the same printer, so, I do not
> understand why it does not work in this case.
> 
> When going to SYSTEM SETTINGS > printers, the system does not "see" the
> printer. But I do also not see the list of drivers to install manually - as
> I could see in several previous versions of Kubuntu. That's why, I do not
> manage to invoke the splix driver I need.
> 
> For several years, I have been using this method also:
> https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1591873
> However, I do not find any more the "Unified printer driver" at the website
> of Samsung.
> 
> Can you please help me to get my printer working again?
> 
> Yours.
> Bas G. Roufs.


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