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I want to connect my Samsung M2070 printer to my computer running Ubuntu but I didn't find any up-to-date solutions. I followed these instructions on the forum about another printer, the printer appears in the printers list, I linked it to the ppd file, but nothing happens when I try to print a page. What can I do now? (I'm new to Linux) Thank you.

yeti66
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There's a good step-by-step description of what to do on the German ubuntuusers forum:

https://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/installation-von-samsung-m2070fw-anschluss-via/

Go to the last post of this thread (from "24. August 2019 21:47") and follow the steps described in that post carefully. You might not be able to understand the German, but you will be able to fix your problem.

user1193827
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I also just had to deal with this issue. While the currently accepted answer from 2021 suggesting the user peruse a German language forum is not incorrect, it is not self-contained, so I will expand on it here for others who may deal with the same situation. Hopefully it will save someone some frustration.

Firstly, note that Samsung's printer division was acquired by HP, which is why the drivers are available via HP's website.

If you navigate to https://support.hp.com/de-de/drivers/samsung-xpress-sl-m2070-laser-multifunction-printer-series/16450377 you can select your operating system (German: 'Betriebssystem') and version from dropdowns. Choose 'Linux' and 'Ubuntu' respectively. Then click on the button that says 'Absenden' (German for 'send'/'submit').

You will then have to click on 'Treiber-Produktinstallations-Software(1)' -> 'Basistreiber' -> 'Herunterlade' to download the compressed driver tarball (it's 14.7MB in size).

Then: extract and decompress the tarball, navigate to the uld directory and run the install-printer.sh script (it requires root privileges, so be sure you trust the code!). This will guide you through the installation process.

You should then be able to access the CUPS server by navigating to http://localhost:631/ in your browser - the username and password are your system credentials. From there you should be able to add your printer. If you can't access the server or login, make sure your user is part of the correct group: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PrintingCupsWebInterface.

In my case my M2070 was initially identified as an HP printer, so be sure that to select the correct model and manufacturer.

Martin C.
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