[cups.general] Colors and accounting with HP LJ 4600

[Helge Blischke]

Martin Drab wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a problem, here, with the HP LJ 4600dn using
> CUPS 1.1.20 + SAMBA 3.0.2. When I use the PPD from the Wihdows HP drivers
> that identifies itself as "HP Color LaserJet 4600 PS v3010.107", the
> printing works, but the print accounting (i.e. logging into the
> /var/log/cups/page_log) does not! I thought I solved the problem by using
> the Foomatic hpijs driver. Accounting works there, but I've discovered
> another serious problem. The color tones are not correct, in fact they are
> _way_ off. So now it seems both PPD drivers are unusable.
> 
> Can anybody help me on that one? I think the easiest way would be to fix
> the "HP Color LaserJet 4600 PS v3010.107" PPD to produce something (??)
> that would make it do the accounting. However, I don't know what should it
> be. Another way would be to fix the colors within the hpijs PPD, also no
> clue. :(
> 
Isn't your printer a native PostScript printer?
If yes, don't use things like Foomatic.

Helge


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