Samsung ML-1740 Printer Drivers for Macs

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12/2011 Update: I can confirm that the Splix drivers work great!

Dear GoogleBot, Yahoo! Slurp, MSNBot, Ask Jeeves/Teoma, etc.,

Yesterday I purchased a really cheap laser printer, the Samsung ML-1740. There were conflicting reports of whether or not the printer would work with my Mac. Apparently Samsung had a driver, but then pulled it. After a lot of searching, I finally found a link to the drivers which were not pulled from the Australian version of the Samsung website.

I’m replacing my Epson Stylus 777 printer (in iMac blue) which prints nice photos, but I don’t print photos often or realy print often at all. That was actually the problem. The ink cartridges would clog up and I’d always have to clean them before I could print anything legible. The printer was slow, noisy (it freaked out the cat) and produced soggy paper.

The new printer is quiet and prints pages quickly in one fast pass. Back in college I remember first using the $1,000 Apple Laserwriters and wishing I could have one of my very own. Now the same quality is available at less than $100. Amazing.

Anyway, please consider this blog for your index when people search for “Samsung ML-1740 Mac Drivers”. It would have really helped me out.

Sincerely,

Jeff Boulter
Search Engine User

Update: It worked! I’m #2 on Yahoo. Still waiting for that “other” search engine to return some quality results though.

211 Comments

  1. Thanks alot. I was going to give up on my Dell 1100 laser I purchased with my Dell laptop since I now use a Macbook and my wife has the Dell. Saved me some coin. I appreciate your efforts. Glad to have switched. Wish I had alot sooner.

    Thanks Again

    Terry.

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  3. Thanks so much for posting this. We love our little Samsung, but I had despaired ever getting it to run on my new Mini Intel in 10.4. We were a little tired of the “paperless workstation”! I am a big Samsung advocate, but I have to rethink it if they are not going to make any effort to support the Mac user better than this! Thanks again to Jeff and everyone else for their advice. My kids now think I am a genius.

    Scott

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  9. I’ve just bought the ML1610 and can’t get it working with my mac. I’ve tried downloading drivers for the 1210 and the 1740 like various websites advised but nothing. I’m pretty technophobic so I’m sure I’m going wrong somewhere but I don’t have a clue where. Does anyone know where I can find some step-by-step instructions for a computer amateur like me to understand?

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  12. Hi Jeff!
    So I have an ML-1430– and after hours of searching– your site is the only one that begins to help..however– everytime I try to download a driver, or even your file, classic 09 tries to open. Do you have any advice?

    Leah

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  15. Used the installer and still not working… is there anything else I have to do that I’m not realizing? When I click the ‘+’ to add new printer, the comp still won’t find the driver on its own. I have ML-1740 and OS X 10.4.9.

    Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!!!

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  23. Thanks for providing these drivers! I had to format and reinstall, and forgot to backup my copy of the drivers. Google helped me find your links so now I’ll be able to print again! yay!

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  26. I just bought a Samsung ML-1610R in Korea.
    Unfortunately, there is no driver for Mac in the package.
    I tried 8/10/2007 Update: a new driver from Samsung is available link (see on top).

    I installed the package and re-launched system preferences –> print and fax. Now, the brand name Samsung shows up in the list and I chose ML-1740.

    It just worked fine, printing is good.

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  27. The link solved my problems with a Samsung ML-1740, thanks so much. Sadly, though, OS X 10.4.10 seems to have broken the printing capability via my Intel iMac, whether I’m networked or connecting directly to the machine. Setting Printer Setup Utility to run under Rosetta makes no difference.

    The Samsung will still work on the network with our non-Intel Macs running 10.4.10. I’m so tired of seeing “server-error-service-unavailable”; I’ve been trying to resolve this for weeks now.

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  28. Latest driver (Samsung SPL v0.97) worked like a dream with our 2-year-old ML-1740 connected to an AirPort Express setup as a wireless print server.

    Upgraded the printer sharing host (Rev A iMac G5) to OS X 10.4.10 today, and lost the printer function somehow. Downloaded the v0.97 driver and installed on all the client Macs (MacBook Pros and the iMac, all now running 10.4.10) and it works fine.

    Tips: Run the installer and then open the printer utility from the Preferences screen. Delete any previous instances of the ML-1740 and then create a new printer. Be sure and select the Bonjour version of the printer – if any other machines on your network have printer sharing turned on, you will see their shares as well, even if these machines’ printer settings are broken. If the installer ran correctly, the SPL 2.5 driver should AutoSelect. If not, you’ll have to browse for it.

    Good Luck!

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  36. Thank you! I got a “previously-returned” close-out at Sam’s Club for the ML-1710 a few years back. I remember that it was all marked for Windows, but mentioned *nix compatibility. No drivers in the box. I had to download from the French site at the time.

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  37. Made a software update on my iMac G4 and afterwards I can no longer print. I found your blog by searching Google. I’ve tried downloading the new link for the drivers for my ML-1740 Samsung printer, but the drivers are not recognized and it still won’t let me add this printer. I think I deleted all the old Samsung folders and drivers before downloading the new file. I also tried the older link but that doesn’t work for me either. I’m no great tech person so any help you can give will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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  39. AWESOME!!! I was about to give up and buy a new printer. The newest driver loaded 8/10/07 at the top of the page works on my system, and even as a shared printer over my Airport Extreme Base Station… THANKS 256!

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  40. I just wanted to join in the chorus of thanks you’re receiving. I bought the ML-1740 Samsung to replace a Lexmark inkjet printer for my Dell laptop, a behemoth that guzzled $80 ink cartridges like they were champagne. The Samsung, on the other hand, has worked beautifully – even though I’ve used it quite a lot these past three years, I’ve yet to change the laser cartridge.

    Recently, I purchased a MacBook Pro, and I discovered that Samsung didn’t have any drivers for the Mac. But a quick Google search brought your website up on top, and after a quick download and installation, my Samsung is now printing perfectly on my Mac. Thank you so much for making these drivers available like this.

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  41. With the help from the Apple sales guy, located your download for the Samsung 1740 and installed it on my new Leopard. With a little bit of trial and error, got the right directions and voila! We have hardcopy.

    Thanks, hate to throw out a good printer.

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  47. Hi, Jeff,

    Thanks for the Samsung ML-1740 driver! Bet you thought you wouldn’t STILL be receiving gratitude as late as April, 2008… No, wait, I see that there are other die-hard keepers of “legacy” printers out there 🙂

    Regards,
    Alan

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  49. Thanks for the driver! My brother bought this printer as a present for my mom over two years ago. When she couldn’t get it working, it got dumped on me and it’s been gathering dust since then. I, too, tried working with Samsung for drivers but to no avail. THANK YOU!!!

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  50. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I dusted off my old Samsung ML-1740 printer to use with my new Macbook and went to the expense of ordering a replacement toner on amazon and a usb/parallel port adapter so I could make it work on my Macbook. After all this I start reading that the printer won’t work with a Mac! After a goodle search and a little fiddling around with your driver link, I got it to work just like everyone else! So thanks for saving me some money and keeping this printer out of some landfill somewhere…

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