Welcome
SpliX is a set of CUPS printer drivers for SPL (Samsung Printer Language) printers. If you have such a printer, you need to use SpliX. Moreover you will find documentation about this proprietary language here.
Many Linux distributions ship SpliX already so that you do not need to compile and install it by yourself. The SpliX driver will usually get assigned automatically to the supported printers. You get also the Ghostscript Printer Application in the Snap Store which also contains SpliX. Wrapped in trhis Printer Application SpliX can still be used iwth CUPS 3.x and later, which does not support classic drivers any more. Even Windows users can make use of SpliX by installing it under WSL.
Don't hesitate to leave us a message if necessary.
We have moved to OpenPrinting's GitHub site now!
Important notice
We are *NOT* affiliated any of the manufacturers of the printers which SpilX supports. These drivers have been produced without the approval by the manufacturers. These companies only distribute proprietary and old drivers.
News
- Wednesday April, 3 2024: Now, 15 years after the 2.0.0 release, it is time for 2.0.1, which we have released today. It catches up with all the commits (mainly bug fixes and device additions) after 2.0.0 and has the patches of the Debian/Ubuntu package included. And the code has moved to OpenPrinting's GitHub site, to ease future fixes and releases, and also the distribution packaging.
- Tuesday May, 15 2012: No, the SpliX project isn't dead. Thanks to the great job of Till Kamppeter, SpliX evolved during the last three years. It is time to do a new release which will be available very soon. Thank you for all of you who support this project and make it better and better.
- Friday February, 6 2009: The version 2.0.0 of splix has been released. This version adds the support for newer printers, manual duplex, improve the quality of the color prints etc. You should download it now and use it.
List of supported printers
Below you will find a non-exhaustive list of currently supported printers. Please leave us a message if your printer works with SpliX and is not listed below (or listed as untested).
| Manufacturer | Model | State |
|---|---|---|
| Dell | 1100 | Works |
| Dell | 1110 | Works |
| Lexmark | X215 MPF | Untested |
| Samsung | CLP-200 | Untested |
| Samsung | CLP-300 | Works |
| Samsung | CLP-310 | Untested |
| Samsung | CLP-315 | Untested |
| Samsung | CLP-500 | Works |
| Samsung | CLP-510 | Works |
| Samsung | CLP-550 | Works |
| Samsung | CLP-600 | Untested |
| Samsung | CLP-610 | Does not work |
| Samsung | CLP-610ND | Does not work |
| Samsung | CLX-216X | Works |
| Samsung | CLX-2170 | Untested |
| Samsung | CLX-3160 | Works |
| Samsung | ML-1510 | Works |
| Samsung | ML-1520 | Works |
| Samsung | ML-1610 | Works |
| Samsung | ML-1630 | Works |
| Samsung | ML-1640 | Works |
| Samsung | ML-1660 | Works |
| Samsung | ML-1710 | Works |
| Samsung | ML-1740 | Works |
| Samsung | ML-1750 | Works |
| Samsung | ML-1910 | Untested |
| Samsung | ML-1915 | Untested |
| Samsung | ML-2010 | Works |
| Samsung | ML-2015 | Untested |
| Samsung | ML-2150 | Untested |
| Samsung | ML-2240 | Untested |
| Samsung | ML-2250 | Works |
| Samsung | ML-2251 | Works |
| Samsung | ML-2510 | Works |
| Samsung | ML-2525 | Untested |
| Samsung | ML-2550 | Works |
| Samsung | ML-2570 | Works |
| Samsung | ML-2571 | Untested |
| Samsung | ML-2580 | Untested |
| Samsung | ML-3050 | Untested |
| Samsung | ML-3051 | Untested |
| Samsung | ML-3471 | Untested |
| Samsung | ML-3560 | Works |
| Samsung | SCX-3200 | Untested |
| Samsung | SCX-4100 | Untested |
| Samsung | SCX-4200 | Works |
| Samsung | SCX-4216 | Untested |
| Samsung | SCX-4300 | Untested |
| Samsung | SCX-4500 | Works |
| Samsung | SCX-4521 | Untested |
| Samsung | SCX-4600 | Untested |
| Samsung | SCX-4623 | Untested |
| Samsung | SCX-5330 | Untested |
| Samsung | SF-565 | Untested |
| Toshiba | eSTUDIO180S | Untested |
| Xerox | Phaser 3115 | Untested |
| Xerox | Phaser 3116 | Untested |
| Xerox | Phaser 3117 | Works |
| Xerox | Phaser 3120 | Untested |
| Xerox | Phaser 3121 | Works |
| Xerox | Phaser 3122 | Untested |
| Xerox | Phaser 3124 | Untested |
| Xerox | Phaser 3130 | Works |
| Xerox | Phaser 3140 | Untested |
| Xerox | Phaser 3150 | Untested |
| Xerox | Phaser 3155 | Untested |
| Xerox | Phaser 3160 | Works |
| Xerox | Phaser 3420 | Untested |
| Xerox | Phaser 3425 | Untested |
| Xerox | Phaser 5500 | Untested |
| Xerox | Phaser 6100 | Works |
| Xerox | Phaser 6110 | Works |
| Xerox | WorkCentre 3119 | Untested |
| Xerox | WorkCentre PE16 | Untested |
| Xerox | WorkCentre PE114e | Untested |
Many of the printers which work with SpliX also work with drivers of the foo2zjs package, especially foo2qpdl. Printers supported by SpliX and generally laser printers made by Samsung, Dell, Lexmark, Toshiba, and Xerox may perhaps also work with the foo2zjs drivers, PCL 5e (monochrome printers only), PCL 5c (color printers only), PCL XL (monochrome, color), and PostScript drivers and also with proprietary drivers supplied by the manufacturers.
Use these alternative drivers if your printer is listed as "Does not work", listed as "Untested" and does not work for you (please tell us), or not listed at all.
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About SPL(1) printers
The SPL1 printers use a specific language internally called
Smart GDI. However, SpliX attemps to bring a support for the
internally called QPDL language. Moreover, the smart GDI language is
already supported by Ghostscript under the name
"gdi".
For all these reasons, Splix won't support old SPL(1) printers.
Please refer to the Smart GDI driver on OpenPrinting for more information.
Non-exhaustive list of SPL1 printers : ML-1210, ML-1430, ML-1440, ML-1450
