Error Adding Printer Samsung CLX-3180 Series OSX 10.9

MacBook Pro Retinta Display OS X 10.9.4 8 G RAM; 2 GHz Intel Core
I am having troubling adding a printer to my recently purchased Macbook
I downloaded the drivers from the Samsung website for the CLX-3180 Series, the software installs (at least it says it did).
I then go to add printer under printers/scanners and select Samsung CLX-3180 Series from the window. Messages indicate that the software was downloaded and updated and then I get the message "An error occurred while trying to add the selected device; Unable to find an appropriate software on your system after running software update."
I then reset the printer system, update the system software, restarted the laptop and tried again; still get the same error message.
No clue what to do next.

OS X Mavericks: Reset the printing system

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