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Solution on bottom. + +Le 2012-06-05 17:08, Marc Paré a écrit : +><i> I was just printing some material in "landscape" mode on my Samsung +</I>><i> SCX-4200 printer and could not figure out why it would only print in +</I>><i> "portrait" mode. After fiddling around with settings, I found that when +</I>><i> at the printing stage, the print window will open and if I went to +</I>><i> "Print->Properties->Device(tab)->Printer Language Type->" it showed +</I>><i> "pdf". If I changed it to ""PostScript (Level from driver)" everything +</I>><i> worked fine. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Is there a way to make the "PostScript" drive the default driver? It +</I>><i> just seems that whenever I open/close a piece of editing/wordprocessing +</I>><i> software, the driver goes back to "pdf". +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Many thanks for any help. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Cheers, +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Marc +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Mageia2; Samsung SCX-4200 +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I> +The problem is the driver and dependencies that was supplied with the +Samsung SCX-4200; the driver is no longer supported by Samsung and this +is most likely the reason why "landscape mode" does not work due to +missing dependencies (the driver is expecting older dependencies to make +landscape mode work). + +Please use the driver found on the "OpenPrinting.org" site that is +maintained by the Linux Foundation[1]. The driver is called the "SpliX" +driver and the acronym means: "Samsung Printer Language -- for linux) -- +SPL is a printing language that Samsung uses and that some other printer +makers license from Samsung. + +Once downloaded (there are .deb and .rpm packages available -- Mageia +uses .rpm!), double-click on your downloaded file and it will install +all of the missing dependencies. + +After installation, test-try your printer by opening a .odt file in +LibreOffice and ask for it to be printed in Landscape mode. It should +work properly. + +If the file does not print properly, then you still have the older +driver install by defaut. To correct this: + +* open MCC (Mageia Control Centre) +* left-hand panel -- click on Hardware +* right-hand panel -- click on "Set-up the printers ..." +* right-click on "SamsunG-SCX-4200 ..." +* choose "Properties" +* choose "Maker and model"->Modify +* wait till system finds all of the drivers +* choose "Samsung" +* choose "Next" +* choose "Samsung SCX-4200 SpliX 2.0.0 (OpenPrinting LSB 3.2)" +* choose "Next" +* CHOOSE "Use this new PPD file (Postscript Printer Description) as is" +* choose "Apply" +* print a "test" page from the MCC Printer Setup page +* the output should have a line that says "Make and model: Samsung +SCX-4200, sPLIx 2.0.0 (oPENpRINTING lsb 3.2)" +* Done! + +Test the new driver + +* close LibreOffice if open +* open LibreOffice +* create a new page in landscape mode (or open a file that is made for +landscape mode) +* print + +Hope this helps anyone else with these problems. + +Cheers, + +Marc + +[1] <A HREF="http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Samsung/Samsung-SCX-4200">http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Samsung/Samsung-SCX-4200</A> (the +driver is on the bottom of this page) (NOTE: the driver also works for a +large number of Samsung, Dell, Xerox printers. See page here for +supporter printers: <A HREF="http://splix.ap2c.org/index.html">http://splix.ap2c.org/index.html</A>) + +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="007733.html">[Mageia-discuss] Samsung Printer driver and choice of "pdf" "PostScript" in print default +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#7732">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#7732">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#7732">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#7732">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |