Let’s be honest: They don’t make them like they used to.
The hero of this story is an open-source project called . These are reverse-engineered drivers specifically for old Samsung and Xerox GDI printers. samsung ml-2010 driver mac
The ML-2010 is a GDI printer. Unlike modern PostScript or PCL printers, GDI relies on the computer’s CPU to do the heavy lifting of rendering the page. Without Samsung’s proprietary driver, your Mac has no idea how to talk to it. The (Free) Fix: Splix Don't go digging through Samsung’s dead website. The official drivers stopped working two macOS versions ago. Let’s be honest: They don’t make them like they used to
Have you gotten an ancient printer working on a modern Mac? Tell me your war story in the comments below! The ML-2010 is a GDI printer
Here is the definitive guide to resurrecting your ML-2010. If you plug your ML-2010 into your USB-C hub right now, your Mac will see something is there, but it will call it a "Generic Printer." If you try to print, it will either do nothing, spit out pages of raw code (PostScript errors), or crash the print queue.
Fast forward to 2026. Your Mac is running macOS Ventura, Sonoma, or Sequoia. Your printer is 20 years old, dusty, but still has half a toner cartridge left.
The problem? Samsung doesn’t exist as a printer company anymore (HP bought them). And Apple certainly isn't writing drivers for a machine that was discontinued when the iPod Classic was cutting-edge.