Samsung laser printer software updater gone haywire?

I upgraded to Mountain Lion several months ago. I've had the same Samsung ML-2850 printer attached to my system for over 2 years. All of a sudden about a week ago, through nothing I've done, I get a window popping up randomly asking if I want to update the ML-2850 software. If I click "yes" it says there's no software available (which is correct, per the Samsung support web site). If I click "not now" it goes away, only to pop back up randomly several times a day.
I've been in Software Updater and can't find any way to stop this. I've been to the Samsung web site, and I have (and have had) the latest driver for well over a year.
How do I get it to stop this new and very irritating habit??
Tks!
B

Thanks for the link. Here's the part of the thread that helped me...
What worked for me was telling it which printer to print to on that server by, instead of clicking the IP item to add the printer:
1. On the Mac, when Adding a Printer in System Prefs, right click on the toolbar, selectCustomize Toolbar..., and add the 'Advanced' item (looks like a gear)
2. Now, when adding a printer, select that Advanced item (looks like a gear). Select from the drop down 'LPD/LPR Host or Printer', and URL: islpd://(ip address of your printer)/(name of printer) So for example, if your shared printer's name is RW-240 you would use lpd://10.0.1.1/RW-240 using the specific IP of your PC and printer name. Then select your Driver as usual and add.

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