How To Install printer-driver-splix on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install printer-driver-splix on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is printer-driver-splix
printer-driver-splix is:
Support for printing to SPL2- and SPLc-based printers. These are most of the cheaper Samsung laser printers which do not understand standard languages like PostScript or PCL. Both monochrome (ML-15xx, ML-16xx, ML-17xx, ML-2xxx) and color (CLP-5xx, CLP-6xx) models are supported. Also some rebranded Samsungs like the Xerox Phaser 6100 work with this driver.
Note that older SPL1-based models (ML-12xx, ML-14xx) do not work. Use these printers with the older “gdi” driver which is built into GhostScript.
There are three methods to install printer-driver-splix on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install printer-driver-splix Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install printer-driver-splix using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install printer-driver-splix
Install printer-driver-splix Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install printer-driver-splix using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install printer-driver-splix
Install printer-driver-splix Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install printer-driver-splix using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install printer-driver-splix
How To Uninstall printer-driver-splix on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the printer-driver-splix package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove printer-driver-splix
Uninstall printer-driver-splix And Its Dependencies
To uninstall printer-driver-splix and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove printer-driver-splix
Remove printer-driver-splix Configurations and Data
To remove printer-driver-splix configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge printer-driver-splix
Remove printer-driver-splix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove printer-driver-splix configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge printer-driver-splix
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install printer-driver-splix package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
