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Zakhar Skorokhodov2021-08-16 12:22:26
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Zakhar Skorokhodov, 2021-08-16 12:22:26

How do I connect a Samsung SCX-4300 MFP to a MacBook running macOS 11 Big Sur?

Good afternoon.
There is an old Samsung SCX-4300 MFP, which serves faithfully and does not create problems.

A year ago (or so) I became the owner of a macbook, on which the printer was also installed without problems through downloading drivers and manually adding.

And then the guys from Apple decided that 32x was for the weak and turned off support. This story did not affect me in any way, macOS was quietly updated, nothing has changed in my life. The printer continues to work properly.

But here we bought a macBook for my wife and I could not connect a printer to it, because something very 32-bit is included in the driver and the OS does not let it pass under any pretext.

What has been tried:

  1. Search for the latest enthusiast drivers marked (Big Sur compatible). Three found do not work.
  2. Drag and drop driver from my mac using scripts. The two found do not work.
  3. Install drivers from "compatible" versions of the printer. The best that was achieved was the definition of the printer. Print failed. And there is something else and the scanner is.


Essence of the question:
  1. If someone solved the same problem, please share the method.
  2. Can I put some netbook with server ubuntu and configured CUPS next to the MFP so that a generic printer & generic scanner appears on the network without dancing with a tambourine?

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myselfdsk, 2021-11-11
@myselfdsk

elbrus56 gave the correct answer, thanks for the help!
Installed as follows:
1. Download 2.6 from https://www.samsung-driver.org/2019/09/samsung-scx...
2. Download Pacifist
3. Drop SamsungPrinterDrivers2.6.dmg into Pacifist
4 Install SamsungPrinterDrivers. pkg
5. Printer ready to go

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elbrus56, 2021-08-20
@elbrus56

Download the official driver package from the Apple website for Samsung printers.
The installer will tell you not to install it.
Download the Pacifist app and install with it.
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