11-30-2005, 01:27 PM

I was just wondering if anyone has used the samsung ml-2010 with a mac and whether the driver for macs supports network printing.

11-30-2005, 05:06 PM

The 2010 is an upgraded version of the 1750 which is an upgraded 1710 series. The major difference is that the 1750 and 2010 support 1200x600 dps printing where the 1710 is 600x600. I've used a 1710 for several years in a SOHO and it has been reliable and inexpensive to operate. The 1710 has a USB only interface and will not network. I'm not positive but because the 2010 is also USB-only I would expect that it is not networkable either. The Samsung site info seems to indicate that only printers with ethernet connections are networkable. A work-around is a USB switch that would allow you to connect it to two or more computers and switch between them. Belkin makes both manual and automatic models. It's not true networking but you don't need a host computer the way a shared printer does.

11-30-2005, 11:49 PM

I'm not saying hook it up to the network. I'm saying hook it up to (in this case) my windows machine and turn on printer sharing for it so that I can access it on my mac wirelessly. I only ask because I have had problems with my other printer (Canon pixma ip5000). In windows it works fine, and hooked up directly the mac driver is fine, but the mac driver doesn't support the network at all. I can even use the printer in virtual pc on the mac, but not when I'm in osX. So basically what I'm asking is if it will be able to see the printer hooked up to another computer over the network.