Introduction
The Samsung Universal Print Driver is a single driver that can be used with different printer models. This gives users instant access to not only Samsung print devices but also a range of other vendor's PDL based devices without the need to download separate drivers.
•PDL means both PCL and PS.
•Samsung does not guarantee the quality of other vendors’ printer devices and Samsung models that are not
supported (Click to see the supported Samsung device list). For unsupported Samsung models, driver is automatically set to usable default PDL.
Samsung Universal Print Driver vs. Model specific drivers
The following table shows the differences between the Samsung Universal Print Driver and the product based drivers:
| SAMSUNG UNIVERSAL PRINT | MODEL SPECIFIC DRIVERS |
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User interface | Consistent user interface. | Inconsistent user interface. |
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Installation | • Download and install with the installer | • Manually locate, download, and install |
| file provided with the Samsung | driver for each device. |
| Universal Print Driver. | • Install via CD autorun or Add printer |
| • Install via executing the installer file. | wizard. |
Device discovery | Easily locate and access suggested | Manually discover devices. |
| devices from the whole Samsung printer |
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Availability | Available on the Samsung web site. | Available on the CD provided with the |
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System requirements
Minimum system requirements for the Samsung Universal Print Driver are as follows:
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Windows Vista | Pentium IV 3 GHz | 512 MB (1 GB) | 15 GB | |
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Windows XP | Pentium III 933 MHz | 128 MB (256 MB) | 1.5 GB or higher | |
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Windows 2000 | Pentium II 400 MHz | 64 MB (128 MB) | 600 MB | |
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Windows 7 | Pentium IV 1 GHz | 1 GB (2 GB) | 16 GB | |
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•Support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128 MB memory (to enable the Aero theme).
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Windows Server 2003 | Pentium III 933 MHz | 128 | MB (512 MB) | 1.25 GB to 2 GB |
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Windows Server 2008 | Pentium IV 1 GHz | 512 MB (2 GB) | 10 GB | |
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Windows Server 2008 | Pentium IV 1 GHz (x86) | 512 | MB (2 GB) | 10 GB |
(R2) | or 1.4 GHz (x64) |
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