Re: [gentoo-user] samsung network printer on amd64 - only half page printed

[Istvan Pongracz <gentoo.macs@freemail.hu>]

Hi,

Nobody has problem similar to mine?
Everybody have extremely smooth, well-working printing system with amd64? :)

Please give me some tipps :)

Regards,
István

Istvan Pongracz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a problem on my amd64 system.
> I put a fresh x64 gentoo install to an amd64 machine about a month ago.
> Now I bought a Samsung CLP 510N network printer and tried to use under
> 64 bit gentoo.
> 
> So, after hacking setup.sh (correct lib paths for 32 bit compatibility
> libraries) I installed the samsung's config programs, drivers etc.,
> using cups as printing system.
> 
> Now, the problem is:
> if I print out a document from openoffice 2, I got exactly the half
> pages. I mean, if I print out 3 pages, I got 1st page correctly, second
> contains only the upper half, the left simply missing.
> 
> If I print one page, I got a half.
> 
> This problem happens, when I print a test page under linux-config, which
> is the samsung provided utility.
> 
> BUT. If I print a test page from Webmin (1.250), I got a full page,
> without problem.
> 
> On my laptop, which is a 32 bit system, the printing working well to the
> same printer, using the same drivers, which are installed to the 64 bit
> system.
> 
> I googled around and I found lot of cups related issues with amd64,
> mostly from year 2005.
> My problem definitely was not there.
> I dig at www.gentoo.org printing howto, but there is no solution.
> I also tried to find something at samsung site, there is nothing.
> 
> Does anybody know this issue or have an idea, how to solve this situation?
> Now, printing is more or less useless for me in amd64 environment.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> István

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