printing problem, samsung ml2010 [solved]

[Guest Serge_P]

A strange problem occurs when printing scanned images, or sometimes images from e.g. Google Maps on Samsung ML2010 laser printer. For example, I try to print this one:

 

 

and this is what I obtain:

 

 

The driver is currently the GPL one (Mandriva 2007.1); but I tried installing the Samsung Unified Driver, with exactly the same results. This problem never happens when printing text files.

[tyme]

Have you tried using the printer on another OS to ensure that this is a driver/software problem and not something wrong with the hardware of the printer itself? This would be my first test, before looking into driver/software as an issue.

 

And welcome to the board :)

[Gowator]

this happened on my ML-1210 too....

I messed about a lot... not sure what fixed it in the end except it reverted after an upgrade at some point...

[Guest Serge_P]

Have you tried using the printer on another OS to ensure that this is a driver/software problem and not something wrong with the hardware of the printer itself? This would be my first test, before looking into driver/software as an issue.

 

Yes, with Windows it works OK (I didn't test it a lot, but it is apparently so; in particular, the image shown in my first post was printed OK).

[Guest Serge_P]

Now the problem seems to be solved: printerdrake -> options -> advanced -> then change "Halftoning algorithm" from "advanced" (or whatever) to "standard".