Is 10.5.3 causing vertical alignment issue with Samsung CLX-2160?

Hi Bruce,

After you mentioned the Samsung website, I looked and downloaded the most recent drivers they have there and installed them. They also had a firmware upgrade, and while it said it was for "All OS", the files it contained were .exe files for Windows.

I printed out something after installing new drivers and rebooting and the vertical alignment problem persists. How do I go about resetting the printer system?

Thanks for your help.

Travis

Hi Bruce,

It's fixed! I think that your suggestion of getting new printer drivers solved the problem. I did a test print out and still wasn't satisfied, although, I think at that point it was working the way it used to before I had the problem. Then I shredded the test page! Oops.

I searched the Apple Support pages to find out about resetting the printer. I repaired disk permissions first as per their advice, then reset the printer, added it again, and print out the document that I've been trying to print properly. And it worked fine.

Thanks for your help, I'm going to mark this question as answered and your post as solving it!

Travis

Hi there, mpressive,

I have been very happy with my Samsung CLX-2160. Yes it is a budget colour laser AIO, with scanner and copying built in. It's a flat bed. It's also fairly compact. If I were you I would look into how much the replacement toner will cost. It's about $50-60 per colour cartridge here in Canada, so I'm not looking forward to replacing them. Also, a USB cable isn't included in the box with the printer, you will have to buy your own. I haven't had a problem with the drivers. If you read this thread you will see the problem I had when I upgraded to version 10.5.3. I'm now at 10.5.4 and haven't tested the printing lately as I don't use it very often. But the issue I had with it is solved.

It is a mac-friendly device. My iMac is my first mac, however, and it took me a long time to figure out how to get the scanner to talk to the iMac. It connects through USB, but you have to use the software "Image Capture" that I believe comes built into Mac OS X. The scanning part works fine, though, after I "discovered" Image Capture I scanned in a couple photos and it was great.

I've wanted a colour laser for about 15 years, since when I first used one at a job. My first laser was a black-and-white multifunction, by Brother. I bought that to replace a nasty ink-jet. After my bad ink-jet experience I resolved to go with laser, and I won't go back to ink now.

Anyhow, like you say, the Samsung CLX-2160 is an affordable machine. The printing is good, although I haven't printed out any high power graphics. I printed out the Canada Food Guide, which looked beautiful as it had a rainbow of food groups spread out over 6 pages. Like I said, the only thing you want to pay attention to is how much the replacement toner costs. You will also want to make sure that you can find it. I know Staples carries it near me.

I'd certainly happy to recommend this all-in-one. No, I don't work for Samsung. Good luck!

Travis

Hi Martin,

You're welcome for the info on the CLX-2160. Happy printing! 🙂

No doubt, about the mac. I am a very happy mac-user and have 100 solid reasons for
sticking with mac, and well, if I think of one for switching back, I'll let you know. But three
years into my iMac purchase and I'm more satisfied with this than I've ever been and more
than I think I ever possibly would be satisfied with a PC. My only regret about having a mac
is that I wish I had one sooner!

Travis