[Desktop-packages] [Bug 378068] Re: Unsatisfactory Quality on Samsung CLP-315 Color Laser Printer (foomatic)
I too a having issues getting this printer to print well in colour. I once did manage to get it to print really nicely in colour soon after I bought the printer in 2011, by following a How-To I found online, which I can't subsequently now find. It's really frustrating to know that this printer can be made to work well on Linux, but not being able to find the way to persuade it to do so. Tried installing Ghostscript 8.71, but had a similar experience to the previous commentator. This issue has been around for several years now, and seemingly though there is a solution, it's not well known. How I wish I'd kept the URL to the how-to I found all that time ago somewhere safe... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to foo2zjs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/378068 Title: Unsatisfactory Quality on Samsung CLP-315 Color Laser Printer (foomatic) Status in foo2zjs package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Component: Samsung CLP-315 Color Laser Printer Driver: Samsung CLP-315 Foomatic/foo2qpdl (recommended) OS: Clean Ubuntu 9.04 Installation with current updates System Environment: http://www.sysprofile.de/id42117 After connecting the printer the drivers were installer properly. I can print from all applications but the resulting print-out never is satisfying. Images are way too dark and patchy and characters are a bit blurry. Fortunately, the results are fine when using Samsung's original drivers. Hoping for this to be fixed in Karmic. ;-) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foo2zjs/+bug/378068/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 378068] Re: Unsatisfactory Quality on Samsung CLP-315 Color Laser Printer (foomatic)
OK, so testing confirms that, for me, this issue is present upstream. More careful reading leads me to believe that the poor quality printouts with foo2qpdl are actually due to a known issue with Ghostscript 9+. See https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696179 foo2qpdl documents the problem here: http://foo2qpdl.rkkda.com/INSTALL (under "GHOSTSCRIPT BUGS" section heading) http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/forum/read.php?63,3189 The suggested workaround is to use Ghostscript 8.71 but I was unable to get that to compile on Ubuntu 16.04. ** Bug watch added: Ghostscript (AFPL) Bugzilla #696179 http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696179 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 382379 pdftops CUPS filter has several problems -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to foo2zjs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/378068 Title: Unsatisfactory Quality on Samsung CLP-315 Color Laser Printer (foomatic) Status in foo2zjs package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Component: Samsung CLP-315 Color Laser Printer Driver: Samsung CLP-315 Foomatic/foo2qpdl (recommended) OS: Clean Ubuntu 9.04 Installation with current updates System Environment: http://www.sysprofile.de/id42117 After connecting the printer the drivers were installer properly. I can print from all applications but the resulting print-out never is satisfying. Images are way too dark and patchy and characters are a bit blurry. Fortunately, the results are fine when using Samsung's original drivers. Hoping for this to be fixed in Karmic. ;-) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foo2zjs/+bug/378068/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 378068] Re: Unsatisfactory Quality on Samsung CLP-315 Color Laser Printer (foomatic)
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 382379 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/382379 In the install instructions, upstream, at http://foo2qpdl.rkkda.com/INSTALL, under the heading "CUSTOM ICC/ICM COLOR PRINTER PROFILE (BUY)", CLP-315 is listed as a model the developer needs a profile for, which can be contributed to the foo2qpdl project if somebody obtains one. So, perhaps that is the required fix. If I have time, I may test the latest upstream version of foo2qpdl to see if it outputs better colours than the Ubuntu packaged version, and if not I may look into whether a better colour profile needs to be made for the printer, and whether that is something I can do. (I am assuming that the CLP-310 and CLP-315 are essentially the same hardware, besides the colour of the plastic case.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to foo2zjs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/378068 Title: Unsatisfactory Quality on Samsung CLP-315 Color Laser Printer (foomatic) Status in foo2zjs package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Component: Samsung CLP-315 Color Laser Printer Driver: Samsung CLP-315 Foomatic/foo2qpdl (recommended) OS: Clean Ubuntu 9.04 Installation with current updates System Environment: http://www.sysprofile.de/id42117 After connecting the printer the drivers were installer properly. I can print from all applications but the resulting print-out never is satisfying. Images are way too dark and patchy and characters are a bit blurry. Fortunately, the results are fine when using Samsung's original drivers. Hoping for this to be fixed in Karmic. ;-) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foo2zjs/+bug/378068/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 378068] Re: Unsatisfactory Quality on Samsung CLP-315 Color Laser Printer (foomatic)
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 382379 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/382379 It seems to me that there are two bugs being reported here: 1. foo2qpdl produces incorrect colour output on Samsung CLP-315 printer. This aspect IS NOT a duplicate of bug 382379 and presumably remains unfixed. 2. Samsung's proprietary printer driver (also known as the Samsung Unified Linux Driver) was slow when used in combination with the Ghostscript based pdftops CUPS filter. This aspect IS a duplicate of bug 382379 and should therefore be considered closed/fixed. For what it's worth, foo2qpdl has never produced good colours on my Samsung CLP-310N printer. My workaround for years has been to use the Samsung driver as packaged at http://www.bchemnet.com/suldr/ but of course that does not help to improve foo2qpdl. Bug 786497 seems to describe similar colour problems with another Samsung printer; perhaps both bugs share a common cause. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to foo2zjs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/378068 Title: Unsatisfactory Quality on Samsung CLP-315 Color Laser Printer (foomatic) Status in foo2zjs package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Component: Samsung CLP-315 Color Laser Printer Driver: Samsung CLP-315 Foomatic/foo2qpdl (recommended) OS: Clean Ubuntu 9.04 Installation with current updates System Environment: http://www.sysprofile.de/id42117 After connecting the printer the drivers were installer properly. I can print from all applications but the resulting print-out never is satisfying. Images are way too dark and patchy and characters are a bit blurry. Fortunately, the results are fine when using Samsung's original drivers. Hoping for this to be fixed in Karmic. ;-) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foo2zjs/+bug/378068/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
