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Product description: http://www.dell.com/ed/p/dell-2350d/pd
Double sided laser printer, 1200x1200 dpi. USB2. (Second hand, 50€, + 20€ new toner)

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Drivers

You can get Drivers at the Dell website:

  1. GNU/Linux
    http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/dell-2350d-dn/drivers
    http://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER01322997M/1/2350_Linux.zip (0.8Mb)
  2. Mac
    http://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER02727803M/1/2330%20Print%20driver.zip (6Mb)
  3. Windows
    http://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER01048856M/1/Dell_2330_2350_ACH_Admin.exe (140Mb)


Some more info and links here:
http://loadriver.com/2014/07/dell-2350ddn-mono-laser-printer-driver-download.html

1.2. Installation on GNU/linux (Ubuntu 16.04)

I did a clean install with default drivers provided by Ubuntu 16.04, without adding any drivers from dell website or others (so different from the procedure I followed years ago when I install it for Ubuntu 14.04 - explained below).

And it seems to be using this driver:

 
Generic PCL 6/PCL XL Printer Foomatic/pxlcolor (recommended)


I just needed to set the printer options (through the stanard Ubuntu printers GUI) to allow dual side printing (it was disabled by default).
And everything worked out of the box (apparently even better than in Ubuntu 14.04, when I got some spare pages printed too frequently with pdf comments about the driver or something). So everything looks good (even better): yay! :-)

1.3. Installation on GNU/linux (Ubuntu 14.04)

You need to install with the PPD provided in the compressed file with the drivers.

(There are other instructions at the Dell website, we we'd better skip them in our case:
http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/SLN284862/en )

For GNU/Linux (Ubuntu 14.04 in our case with Coprinus ), you can follow the instrucctions that come along the ZIP file with the drivers:

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Jul.02.10                                    Version v1.0
​
Package Name:  PPD-Files-DKACH.tar.Z
​
Installation:
-------------
  1.  Download the file.
​
      The tar file should be downloaded to the system you wish to install
      on. A "tmp" directory or in a "home" account is recommended. Please,
      remember to transfer in binary mode.
​
  2.  If the package file is compressed, uncompress the file via:
​
        uncompress PPD-Files-DKACH.tar.Z
​
  3.  Untar the file in this directory via:
​
        tar -xvf PPD-Files-DKACH.tar
​
  4.  Change to the ppd_file directory via:
​
        cd ppd_files
​
  5.  Install the PPD Files.
​
      a. Linux Based CUPS
         ----------------
         Logged in as root, run the install script:
​
         ./install_ppd.sh
​
         See the Readme-CUPS.txt file for more information.
​
      b. Other CUPS installations
         ------------------------
         Copy the appropriate PPDs into the CUPS model directory 
         and restart CUPS.
​
      c. OpenOffice / StarOffice
         -----------------------
         See the Readme-OpenOffice.txt file for more information.
​
      d. Other Applications
         ------------------
         See the application's documentation.
​
​
Removing the PPD Files:
-----------------------
  a. Common UNIX Print Subsystem (CUPS)
     ----------------------------------
     Delete the following files and restart CUPS.
​
       /usr/share/cups/model/Dell_PPD/* 
       
     or
​
       /usr/share/ppd/Dell_PPD/*
​
  b. Printer Configuration (printtool or printconf) and Foomatic Utilities
     ---------------------------------------------------------------------
     Delete the following files.
        
       /usr/share/foomatic/db/source/driver/Dell_PPD.xml 
       /usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/ppd-Dell_*
       /usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/Dell_*
​
Notes:
------
​
  1. File Encoding ( ISO-88590-1 - UTF-8 ) for non-globalze PPD only 
     -------------------------------------
     This package provides ISO-8859-1 and UTF-8 encoded PPDs.  The file
     encoding affects how characters are displayed.  Some applications
     need ISO8859-1 encoded PPDs, while others need UTF-8 encoded PPDs.
     Select the encoding that best fits your environment.  If you select
     the wrong encoding for your application, either some characters will
     not show up or display correctly and/or the application will not 
     create and modify queues correctly.  If this occurs, try re-installing
     the PPD with the other encoding.
​
​
  2. Supported Languages 
     -------------------
​
     Non-Globalize PPD             Globalized PPD
     -----------------                     --------------
     Brazilian Portuguese (pt)         Brazilian Portuguese (pt)
     English (en)              English  (en)
     French  (fr)              French   (fr)
     German  (de)              German   (de)
     Italian (it)              Italian  (it)
     Spanish (es)              Spanish  (es)
                       Japanese (ja)
                       Simplified Chinesse  (zh_CN)
​
​
​
  3. Supported Operating Systems
     ---------------------------
     Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
     Linspire 6.0
     Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS  3, 4, 5
     SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, 9, 10
     SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
     openSUSE Linux 10.2, 10.3, 11.0
     Red Flag Linux Desktop 6.0
     Ubuntu 7.10
     Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
     
​
​
  4. File Names
     ----------
​
​
     Printer Type                  Non-Globalize PPD                Globalize PPD
     ------------                  -----------------                ---------------
​
     Dell 2330d Laser Printer      Dell_2330d_Laser_Printer_en.ppd  Dell_2330d_Laser_Printer.ppd
                                   Dell_2330d_Laser_Printer_de.ppd
                                   Dell_2330d_Laser_Printer_es.ppd
                                   Dell_2330d_Laser_Printer_fr.ppd
                                   Dell_2330d_Laser_Printer_it.ppd
                                   Dell_2330d_Laser_Printer_pt.ppd
​
     Dell 2330dn Laser Printer     Dell_2330dn_Laser_Printer_en.ppd Dell_2330dn_Laser_Printer.ppd
                                   Dell_2330dn_Laser_Printer_de.ppd
                                   Dell_2330dn_Laser_Printer_es.ppd
                                   Dell_2330dn_Laser_Printer_fr.ppd
                                   Dell_2330dn_Laser_Printer_it.ppd
                                   Dell_2330dn_Laser_Printer_pt.ppd
​
     Dell 2350d Laser Printer      Dell_2350d_Laser_Printer_en.ppd  Dell_2350d_Laser_Printer.ppd
                                   Dell_2350d_Laser_Printer_de.ppd
                                   Dell_2350d_Laser_Printer_es.ppd
                                   Dell_2350d_Laser_Printer_fr.ppd
                                   Dell_2350d_Laser_Printer_it.ppd
                                   Dell_2350d_Laser_Printer_pt.ppd
​
     Dell 2350dn Laser Printer     Dell_2350dn_Laser_Printer_en.ppd Dell_2350dn_Laser_Printer.ppd
                                   Dell_2350dn_Laser_Printer_de.ppd
                                   Dell_2350dn_Laser_Printer_es.ppd
                                   Dell_2350dn_Laser_Printer_fr.ppd
                                   Dell_2350dn_Laser_Printer_it.ppd
                                   Dell_2350dn_Laser_Printer_pt.ppd


First run the install_ppd.sh script as sudo, and then, proceed to add a printer through the GUI utility in Ubuntu to add printers.

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This way, the specific driver for the Dell 2350D is already installed in your system, and preselected for your printer in your computer. So happy path: minimum number of clicks, and printer set up and configured properly. Go to Menu > Printers > Add Printer (while having the printer on, and connected through USB), and select your model as it is recognized after a few seconds in the box at the left:

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The next screen shows the default values for the usual settings with this printer (specially, the duplex unit is included):

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Last, you can click at properties for the printer configuration, so that you can enable by default the "duplex" printing:

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Please Note:

In other cases, we would install the PPD directly at installation time, but in our case, this procedure did not work:

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