On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:16:34 +0000, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:29:45 +0000, Harishankar wrote: > >> I'm using HPLIP /CUPS with the hpcups driver to print using my hp psc >> 1315 printer. >> >> Has anybody had the issue that during a print job it is impossible to >> ask the printer to use both the B&W and colour cartridge at the same >> time? I mean, if you select Normal Color it prints even black text >> using the colour cartridge (giving a non-sharp brownish grey effect) >> and when I select Normal Greyscale it is impossible to print in colour? > > (...) > > I have that options for my HP colour laserjet printer (using a PPD file, > CUPS PS driver, not HPLIP): > > *** > Text Neutral Grays: 4 colour / [x] black only Graphics Neutral Grays: 4 > colour / [x] black only Photographs Neutral Grays: [x] 4 colour / black > only *** > > Those options are pretty close to its counterpart windows driver and can > be changed at real time for each print. > >> I had the same problem using HPIJS drivers as well but the HPCUPS >> haven't solved the problem either? >> >> Has anybody ever successfully printed a multi-coloured document with >> both the B&W and colour cartridge used where black is printed using the >> B&W cartridge and other colours printed using the colour cartridge like >> in Windows? >> >> This seems closely related to this bug report: >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+sour ... bug/235399 >> >> Seems nobody at HP have resolved the issue related to Linux printing or >> am I doing something wrong? > > Have you tried by downloading the latest PPD file for your printer > ("hpcups 3.10.6.15" or "hpijs 3.10.6.15") and adding a new printer > instance with CUPS in the old fashioned way (I mean, without using > HPLIP, just the provided PPD file)? :-? > > Greetings, > > -- > Camaleón
Thanks for the response. Actually I have chosen the default driver provided by the hpcups package in Debian. Should I download a separate PPD from another website and try using that instead? I configured the printer using the CUPS interface only. Should I uninstall HPLIP? -- Harishankar (http://harishankar.org http://literaryforums.org) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/i2mr0v$pg...@dough.gmane.org
