Yes, the splix driver does seem to print a smoother test page with the Samsung ML-1610 printer. Making this my new default.
I'm using the ML-2250 driver as suggested at http://splix.ap2c.org/ Thanks very much. -- the Samsung ML-1610 printer works with ML-1510 driver https://launchpad.net/bugs/41789 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs