Samsung today launched the Universal Print Driver (UPD) that will enable organizations to install a single driver for a number of printers across the network. UPD helps to save time, money as it can easily detect devices on the network or can be added manually. It also prepares a list of actively used printers and checks their status so as to save time by sending the print job to active printers only.
Apart from that, Samsung’s UPD solution is compatible with other brand’s printers too that uses PCL6 or PostScript.
Samsung Universal Print Driver can be downloaded from the ‘Support & downloads’ of the printer sections at Samsung.com.
The Samsung “Universal” Print Driver is anything but! I am running Windows Vista (32 bit) with a Samsung CLP-315 color printer. When I “plug and pray” the printer, Vista detects the printer and *automatically* (i.e no chance for me to select the driver on the disk) installs the UPD. THEN the UPD FLATLY REFUSES to allow me to update the driver to the Samsung one on the disk. Just so you know, the UPD does NOT work with the CLP-315. I have NO way of getting this printer to work with my computer.
In short, the UPD is more like a virus than a program. The designers have REALLY dropped the ball on this one! I’m returning the Samsung printer and probably getting a HP laser printer. At least I know THOSE will work with my computer.
I have a heavy gripe with this alleged “universal” driver as well, which has now removed the granular control I come to expect from my printer drivers. How about making it obvious how to do something as basic as changing a printer’s share name without spending half an hour trying to figure out how to navigate the UPD interface and still failing.
Make the UPD interface optional or don’t make it available at all. My job is hard enough without having to learn some new inefficient interface. I expect better than this from Samsung.
worked ok witj ml1740 except how do you share the printer ???? no share options available ?
Anyone figure out how to share a printer with this driver? The old one worked 100%, this one has proven to be a virus. No computers on my network can find the printer any more….disaster.
Update – removed Samsung universal print driver (XP) – rebooted – loaded CD that came with the printer and everything works again! Don’t use the UPD!!!! I can’t belive Samsung overrode the sharing tab…yikes.