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

[Martin Drab]

On Wed, 2 Jun 2004, Guenther Frick wrote:

> Martin Drab wrote:
> > On Wed, 2 Jun 2004, Helge Blischke wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>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. :(
> 
> You must differ between the printer name that you assign to a printer
> during setup and the model name in the PPD file.
> I'm think only the printer name is used.

I don't think I know what you're talking about. Could you please explain a 
bit more what names and what setup are you talking about?

In both PPD files (orig. HP and hpijs) it states:

	*ModelName:     "HP Color LaserJet 4600 PS"

and the printer name (under which the CUPS is recognizing the printer) is 
KIPLCOL. However I don't see how are these two (supposed to be) related, 
and how they should be related to the page accounting. I think the 
problem has to be in that the original HP PPD generates something 
that makes the pstops filter not do the accounting (or perhaps it doesn't 
generate something it should)? Perhaps I just don't understand?

Martin Drab