After installing the Samsung Color Laser Printer CLP-365W in 12.04, the printout is condensed into the left half of the A4 page (regardless whether 'fit to page' on or off). This happens both with the automatically recognised Ubuntu driver and the 'Unified Linux driver' from the Samsung website. (The 300.ppd (as per 'Unified driver' install) or 360.ppd are the closest matches to '365'.)

Any help??

Test page printout

Test page printout closeup

Solution 1:

I had the same problem with CLP-360 on x86_64 laptop. (On x86 all is OK.)

I fixed it using the following driver on cups:

• Samsung CLP-340 Series (SPL-C) (color, 2-sided printing)

Solution 2:

I used the same driver that Eliah mentioned with success under Linux Mint 13 (basically Ubuntu 12.04)

First, install the Samsung unified driver package from theSamsung download center).

Extract the Linux folder and open it within the terminal and run:

cd ~/Downloads/Linux/
sudo ./install.sh

The installation wizard will now open, it might be necessary to disable LPT support during the installation, since disabling it worked for me.

After completing press Alt+F2 and open system-config-printer and search for the IP of the printer, select the printer and the faulty driver will install. After completing the installation open the properties of the printer and click change next to Make and Model, select Provide PPD File and navigate to "/opt/Samsung/mfp/share/ppd" and select "CLP-340.ppd". Click Forward and use the option Use the PPD (Postscript Printer Description) as is and click Apply.

The printer should now be installed correctly.